Strategies for adopting unified object identifiers in logistics resource integration environments

Abstract

Object identifiers (IDs) are playing an increasingly important role in contemporary logistics resource integration processes. In particular, an increasing number of logistics enterprises have noted that unified object IDs (UOIDs) could facilitate effective communication. Numerous researchers have begun to study how to unify object IDs. However, their unification continues to be imperfect. Numerous factors contribute to this imperfection such as technology, economy and application aspects. In this study, the three most important economic factors that were addressed are outlined as follows: extra income, the investment cost created by using UOIDs, and the income loss caused by not using UOID. To study the influences of these three factors on decision-making, a model of UOID adoption strategies was established using evolutionary game theory. The findings are twofold: (1) Different parameter values could cause enterprises to use different evolutionarily stable strategies. These can be determined according to the enterprises’ own funds, other competitors’ strategies, and their logistics resource integration environment. (2) Enterprises participating in logistics resource integration should undertake in-depth cooperation with the help of UOIDs to accelerate the integration process and fulfill their integration goals.

Keywords:

• Unified object identifier
• Logistics resource integration
• Adopting strategy
• Evolutionary game theory