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RFID in Closed Loop Systems, a Co-operative Approach by Lund University and IKEA

Mr Jan Spjuth, Project Manager Supply Chain Development
IKEA Svenska AB, Sweden
 
 

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Presentation Summary

  • Our pilot project used to identify, measure, analyse and implement RFID technology in closed-loop settings
  • How we can achieve traceability for high value and production critical components, loading units (containers, trailers), unit loads, racks and other packaging systems using RFID technology.

Speaker CV

Jan Spjuth, Project Manager Supply Chain Development
 
Jan Spjuth has over 17 years of experience in Supply chain logistics. Jan started at Volvo Göteborg and worked for 9 years mainly with business development/account manager. 1997 and four year ahead he was at Frontec in Malmö as a senior consultant in the area of business integration and information logistics. Jan started at IKEA year 2000 as an Operation manager and since a year and a half he have been working at Supply chain development as a Project Manager for "Goods Identification" where RFID is one part.

Company Profile

IKEA offers a wide range of well-designed, functional home furnishing products at prices so low that as many people as possible will be able to afford them. This is the single idea at the heart of everything IKEA does, including the way we develop and purchase products and the way we sell them in IKEA stores around the world.
 
IKEA has today 213 stores in 32 countries/territories. The IKEA Group itself Owns 189 stores in 23 countries. The other 24 stores are owned and run by franchisees outside the IKEA Group in 15 countries/ territories.
 
Sales for the IKEA Group for the financial year 2004 (1 September 2003 - 31 August
2004) totalled 12.8 billion euro (15.5 billion USD).
 
The IKEA group has 84,000 co-workers and operates in 44 countries.
 
IKEA was founded by Ingvar Kamprad 1943.

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