A Product Driven System to Facilitate FEFO Application in Warehouses

Abstract

The growing competition between industrial companies forces them to improve their management systems. Moreover, the emergence of information and communication technologies has led to the notion of mass customization. Thus, the need to deploy smart supply chains. In this paper we propose the use of the product driven system concept to make reliable the application of FEFO. The First expired First out (FEFO) is used for the product with an expiration date. The proposed solution is modelled with BPMN (Business Process Model and Notation) to clearly visualize the different interactions between the smart products and the warehouse managers. Through this solution, we ensure a reliable application of the FEFO, and consequently an elimination of the problem of product expiration.