RFID technology, systems, and applications

Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) has been around for more than half a century. It is only in recent years that this technology has begun to attract a lot of attention, due to the convergence of lower cost and increased capabilities of RFID tags. Currently, RFID is emerging as an important technology for revolutionizing a wide range of applications including supply chain management, retail, anti-counterfeiting, baggage handling, and healthcare. Many organizations are planning embrace or have already embraced RFID in their main operations to take advantage of the potential of more automation, efficient business processes, and inventory visibility. While RFID provides promising benefits such as business process automation, significant challenges on information systems and technologies need to be overcome before these benefits can be realized.