This paper explores the applications and future commercial impacts of radio frequency identification (RFID) technology. Its objective is to summarize the ways in which organizations and academics are thinking about these technologies and to stimulate strategic thinking about their possible uses and implications. It first provides an overview of this technology and how it works. Then it explores...

Automatic object identification and distributed computing technology have recently been investigated in order to realize a ubiquitous computing environment. Radio-frequency identification (RFID) technology has been applied to many business areas such as logistics and supply chains. The Electronic Product Code (EPC) Network, an open global standard proposed by EPCglobal, links RFID to the Intern...

We argue that sensing and computation platforms that leverage RFID technology can realize “smart-dust” applications that have eluded the sensor network community. RFID sensor networks (RSNs), which consist of RFID readers and RFID sensor nodes (WISPs), extend RFID to include sensing and bring the advantages of small, inexpensive and long-lived RFID tags to wireless sensor networks. We describe ...

Radio frequency identification (RFID) technology offers the possibility of significantly enhancing tool management and tool procurement process. We present an exploratory project in which we study the role of RFID in spare parts supply chain management. We discuss integration of information captured using RFID at various levels in the supply chain including procurement, Enterprise Resource Plan...

The typical Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) architecture, defined by EPCglobal, comprises RFID tags, which are embedded or attached to objects, an RFID reader and Information Services (ISs) server. The RFID reader can be stationary or mobile; the latter enables more applications. This paper describes the core components required for realising a mobile RFID application, such as mobile RFID...

The problem of technology management is presented on example of Radio Frequency Identification. Research questions were formulated and methodology for assessment of RFID was presented. Paper is focused on strategic aspects of assessment of RFID technology. Therefore, application of portfolio method was proposed. Original set of questions for evaluation criteria was proposed and tailored to supp...

This paper examines the impact of RFID investment announcements on the market value of the firms and explores industry effects of the positive abnormal returns to firms making the announcements. Drawing upon the efficient market theory, market signaling hypothesis, and prior empirical studies, we employ event study methodology to analyze RFID investment announcements over a six-year period from...

RFID technologies are currently considered a hot topic in the IT arena and have been described as a major enabling technology for automated, contactless, wireless data collection. Little is known about the perceived strategic importance of RFID among IT decision makers, current RFID usage, companies' intentions to invest in RFID and companies’ visions of RFID application. This research contribu...

We examine the use of RFID (Radio Frequency Id) technology on supply chain management (SCM) systems for a retail store chain. RFID technology may trigger frequent activities in the supply chain such as inventory processing and reordering. We classify the RFID readings according to the transactions they may trigger. We then use the classification to estimate the information processing load rate....

Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) is appearing as a favorite technology for automated identification, which can be widely applied to many applications such as e-passport, supply chain management and ticketing. However, researchers have found many security and privacy problems along RFID technology. In recent years, many researchers are interested in RFID authentication protocols and their s...