TY - GEN
T1 - The pros and cons of RFID in supply chain management
AU - Michael, Katina
AU - McCathie, Luke
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2005 IEEE.
PY - 2005
Y1 - 2005
N2 - This paper presents the pros and cons of using radio-frequency identification (RFID) in supply chain management (SCM). While RFID has a greater number of benefits than its predecessor, the bar code, it currently comes at a price that many businesses still consider prohibitive. On the one hand, RFID is advantageous because it does not require line-of-sight scanning, it acts to reduce labor levels, enhances visibility, and improves inventory management. On the other hand, RFID is presently a costly solution, lacking standardization, it has a small number of suppliers developing end-to-end solutions, suffers from some adverse deployment issues, and is clouded by privacy concerns. Irrespective of these factors, the ultimate aim of RFID in SCM is to see the establishment of item-level tracking which should act to revolutionize SCM practices, introducing another level of efficiencies never before seen.
AB - This paper presents the pros and cons of using radio-frequency identification (RFID) in supply chain management (SCM). While RFID has a greater number of benefits than its predecessor, the bar code, it currently comes at a price that many businesses still consider prohibitive. On the one hand, RFID is advantageous because it does not require line-of-sight scanning, it acts to reduce labor levels, enhances visibility, and improves inventory management. On the other hand, RFID is presently a costly solution, lacking standardization, it has a small number of suppliers developing end-to-end solutions, suffers from some adverse deployment issues, and is clouded by privacy concerns. Irrespective of these factors, the ultimate aim of RFID in SCM is to see the establishment of item-level tracking which should act to revolutionize SCM practices, introducing another level of efficiencies never before seen.
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U2 - 10.1109/ICMB.2005.103
DO - 10.1109/ICMB.2005.103
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:34547367358
T3 - 4th Annual International Conference on Mobile Business, ICMB 2005
SP - 623
EP - 629
BT - 4th Annual International Conference on Mobile Business, ICMB 2005
A2 - Brookes, Wayne
A2 - Lawrence, Elaine
A2 - Steele, Robert
A2 - Chang, Elizabeth
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
T2 - 4th Annual International Conference on Mobile Business, ICMB 2005
Y2 - 11 July 2005 through 13 July 2005
ER -