RFID (Radio‐Frequency Identification) technology has shown itself to be a promising
technology to track movements of goods in a supply chain. As such, it can give …

The recent transformation of the world's economic environment necessitates the re-thinking
of supply chain management (SCM) goals and decision-making techniques. Adaptive …

By embedding RFID tags onto their products, both manufacturers and retailers try to control
for shrinkage (eg due to theft). Current inventory control systems do not take into account the …

Inventory inaccuracy is the mismatch between the recorded inventory and the physical
inventory, which is severe and widespread in industry. A few studies have investigated the …

This paper examines how the 2008-2009 global economic crisis affected retailers' spending
on securi-ty and their losses due to theft, burglary, vandalism or arson. The main purpose of …

Inventory record inaccuracy leads to ineffective replenishment decisions and deteriorates
supply chain performance. Conducting cycle counts (ie, periodic inventory auditing) is a …

Today many companies rely on computerized tracking of inventory. Although computerized
inventory tracking is generally assumed to be accurate, in reality, actual on-hand inventory …

We explore the impact of inventory inaccuracy on the product whose demand is dependent
on inventory level based on a general, stochastic demand model. The shrinkage error and …

Challenging existing ideas about not only what constitutes retail shrinkage, but also the
approach that should be adopted to deal with it, it critically examines how current …

Purpose–The purpose of this paper is to examine the patterns of reported cargo thefts at non-
secure parking facilities in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) with respect to stolen …