Challenges to Global RFID Adoption

Because of its promise to revolutionize global supply chain management (SCM) systems, ultra high frequency (UHF) radio frequency identification (RFID) was recently the cause of much optimism. Wal-Mart mandated its top 100 suppliers to begin using RFID on January 1st, 2005; this day was viewed as a w...

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Hauptverfasser: Wu, N.C., Nystrom, M.A., Lin, T.R., Yu, H.C.
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:Because of its promise to revolutionize global supply chain management (SCM) systems, ultra high frequency (UHF) radio frequency identification (RFID) was recently the cause of much optimism. Wal-Mart mandated its top 100 suppliers to begin using RFID on January 1st, 2005; this day was viewed as a watershed day in the industry. However, that date has come and gone, and the expected rapid industry adoption of RFID has not taken place. This paper explores the existing challenges and obstacles to RFID's quick adoption, the potential resolutions and approaches to the challenges, and the migration strategies to expand the RFID industry
ISSN:2159-5100
DOI:10.1109/PICMET.2006.296595