Pollution represents a major issue, and so does the ability to utilize, when available, renewable energy sources instead of traditional ones. If, on the one hand, it is possible to utilize renewable energy sources in many contexts, on the other hand they are not exploited because of the high...

This paper provides a quantitative assessment of the potential reduction in the bullwhip effect, and thus in safety stocks, in the supply chain, thanks to real-time visibility of product flows provided by the Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technology and the EPC Network. The assessment is...