Logistics tasks heavily depend on reliable shipment and accurate tracking information. For this reason, logistics today have evolved into a high-technology industry. Distribution is no longer simply about moving cargo on the road or via air from location A to B, but is a complex process based on intelligent system for sorting, planning, routing, and consolidation that supports faster transporta...

Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technology enables a new era of business optimization. RFID provides capturing large volumes of data at high velocity and can be used for identifying, locating, tracking and monitoring physical objects without line of sight. However, despite these benefits, this technology poses many new challenges in the current data processing and management systems. RFID...

Deployment of radio frequency identification (RFID) systems is rapidly growing and has the potential to affect many different industries and applications. We present a brief history of RFID technology and automatic identification systems. We summarize major RFID applications, and present a primer on RFID fundamental principles. Finally, we discuss several challenges and obstacles to RFID adopti...

Technology vendors increasingly praised RFID technology to improve tracking and replenishment in supply chain management (Vervest et al. 2004). Many companies, especially retailers, announced plans for quick RFID adoption. Despite obvious technology advantages, RFID adoption made only little progress in today’s supply chains. This paper explores the discrepancy between RFID announcements and re...

Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technology is emerging as an important tool with applications in a variety of fields. The major concern regarding RFID is the ubiquitous nature of its deployment that extends far beyond the capabilities of any of the tools available today for monitoring any item without an RFID tag. Many of the applications envisioned have a legitimate use. However, this te...

The use of location tracking technology can be applied to industry to improve many areas such as security, safety and the supply chain. The main reason that location tracking systems have not be applied across many applications is due to the number of limitations that restrict the technology. Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) is mainly used in close proximity identification such as entering...

RFID technology emerged some time back and was not used that much because of lack of standardization and high costs. Latest technologies have brought costs down and standards are being developed. Today RFID is mostly used as a medium for numerous tasks including managing supply chains, tracking livestock, preventing counterfeiting, controlling building access, and supporting automated checkout....

Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) is a technology that uses radio signals for object identification. Since the invention of RFID in the mid 1930’s, the technology has been used to identify aircraft, collect bridge-toll payments, deter theft, and track livestock, among many other applications. Interest in RFID has spiked in recent years with the formation of the Auto-ID Center and visions of...

Supply chain pressures have caused some firms to reexamine their processes. In doing so, firms are exploring emerging technology such as RFID to enable seamless exchange of information within their supply chain. While RFID promised to “revolutionize” the way business processes are managed today, the impact and benefits of the technology are still unclear and ambiguous concepts such as “intellig...

Radio Frequency IDentification (RFID) technology is being used more and more in the construction industry. RFID tags and peripheral equipment are becoming cheaper and more suitable for application in the supply chain. However, it is difficult for contractors to estimate the costs and benefits of using RFID technology in their production processes. Based on a case study and simulations, the aim ...