Benefits Of Radio Frequency Identification Research Articles

Incorporating Artificial Intelligence Technology in Smart Greenhouses: Current State of the Art

This article presents the current state-of-the-art research on applying artificial intelligence (AI) technology in smart greenhouses to optimize crop yields, water, and fertilizer use efficiency, to reduce pest and disease, and to enhance agricultural sustainability. The key technologies of interest were robotic systems for pesticide application, irrigation, harvesting, bio-inspired algorithms for the automation of greenhouse processes, energy management, machine path planning and operation of UAVs (unmanned aerial vehicles), resolution of scheduling problems, and image signal processing for pest and disease diagnosis. Additionally, the review investigated the cost benefits of various energy-management and AI-based energy-saving technologies, the integration of photovoltaics and dynamic pricing based on real-time and time-of-use metrics, and the cost benefits of LoRa, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, ZigBee, mobile, and RFID (radiofrequency identification) technologies. The review established that commercially viable AI technologies for agriculture had increased exponentially. For example, AI-based irrigation and soil fertilizer application enabled farmers to realize higher returns on investment on fertilizer application and gross returns above the fertilizer cost, higher yields, and resource use efficiency. Similarly, AI image detection techniques led to the early diagnosis of powdery mildew. The precise operation of agricultural robots was supported by the integration of light imaging, detection, and ranging (LIDAR) optical and electro-optical cameras in place of the traditional GPS (geographic positioning systems) technologies, which are prone to errors. However, critical challenges remained unresolved, including cost, disparities between research and development (R&D) innovations and technology commercialization, energy use, the tradeoff between accuracy and computational speeds, and technology gaps between the Global North and South. In general, the value of this review is that it surveys the literature on the maturity level of various AI technologies in smart greenhouses and offers a state-of-the-art picture of how far the technologies have successfully been applied in agriculture and what can be done to optimize their usability.

Mechanism of Internet of Things (IoT) Integrated with Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) Technology for Healthcare System

Radio frequency identification (RFID) technology has already demonstrated its use. RFID is used in many productions for different applications, for example, apparatus chasing, personal and vehicle access panels, logistics, baggage, and safety items in departmental stores. The main benefits of RFID are optimizing resources, quality customer service, improved accuracy, and efficient business and healthcare procedures. In addition, RFID can help to recognize appropriate information and help advance the probability of objects for certain functions. Nevertheless, RFID components need to be studied for use in healthcare. Antennas, tags, and readers are the main components of RFID. The study of these elements provides an understanding of the usage and integration of these components in healthcare environments. The security of the patient is now a global alarm for public health, particularly among older people who need integrated and technologically integrated physiological health monitoring systems to monitor medical needs and manage them. This paper proposes using Internet of Things (IoT) and RFID tags as an effective healthcare monitoring system. In this method, we utilize RFID dual-band protocols that are useful for identifying individual persons and are used to monitor body information using high frequency. The patient’s physiological data are monitored and collected by sensors to recognize the patient, using an RFID tag. The IoT-based RFID healthcare provides the elderly and people with physiological information. The aim is also to secure patient health records using the signing algorithm based on the hyperelliptic curve (HEC) and to provide the physician with access to health information for patients. Furthermore, the confidentiality of the medical records for patients of variable length is provided. The evaluation reveals the algorithm proposed for optimum health care with different genus curves.

A qualitative study of improving the operations strategy of logistics using radio frequency identification

PurposeThis study aims to investigate how radio frequency identification (RFID) is used and opinions about RFID in two world-leading logistics companies and four organisations in their supply network. Operations strategy was used to understand the sources of operations improvement and associated competitive advantage. However, the complexity of operations strategy hampers an evaluation of the benefits of RFID for logistics processes. We can evaluate RFID applied in logistics processes by thoroughly applying the theories of operations strategy.Design/methodology/approachParticipants were recruited based on their roles and level of experience using non-probability purposive sampling. The findings were checked with participants to confirm interpretations and to ask confirming questions as necessary. Interviews were conducted as video chats. NVivo Pro was used for the fragmentation, classification, management and analysis of the primary and secondary data, allowing themes and relationships to emerge inductively. The literature was compared with the primary data.FindingsThe findings reinforce the argument that a firm can improve more than one performance objective at a time; show the relevance of technology and an operations performance objective; support the argument that top management strategies to implement technology should be aligned with the operations strategy and business aspirations.Research limitations/implicationsThis research area would benefit from more detailed investigation to strengthen the arguments for the relationships between RFID capabilities and elements of operations strategy for logistics processes. The findings indicate that top management support of strategically aligned RFID projects will have the best chance of success if they create and leverage valuable data whilst addressing identified competitive priorities.Practical implicationsSmart connected devices, such as RFID, give firms access to big data, which can be used to develop long-term processes, to achieve competitive advantage and access new forms of economic value. RFID cumulatively influences the operations performance objectives of cost, quality, flexibility, speed, dependability and technology. Business strategies based on technology should align with operations strategy.Social implicationsThe sharing of operational performance results, both before and after the implementation of RFID, will help to build learning within operations, increase the support of senior management and improve the performance of logistics processes with the associated benefits for society at large.Originality/valueRFID is often evaluated in terms of theoretical technical or cost benefits. This research evaluates RFID by assessing and suggesting how it can contribute to operations strategy.

Adopt or not: Manufacturers' RFID decisions for gray marketing in a competitive environment

With the global development of the e-commerce economy, gray marketing has increased sharply and caused significant impacts on manufacturers. Radio frequency identification (RFID) technology provides a new approach for gray marketing management. In this paper, we introduce RFID to track the distribution of products within the gray marketing in a competitive environment. Using a game-theoretical model, we investigate the interplay between the manufacturers' RFID adoption decisions and the third-party's gray marketing decisions and examine the impacts of competitive intensity on firms' profits and decisions. We observe that RFID narrows the scope of the third-party's gray marketing and competitive intensity plays an important role in influencing the third-party's gray marketing decisions. The third-party's gray marketing decisions depend on the RFID double effects (cost effect and punishment effect), market disparity, and competitive intensity. Despite the benefits of RFID, the manufacturer does not always adopt it. When the market disparity is sufficiently small, the manufacturer will not adopt RFID. When the market disparity is sufficiently large, the manufacturer will only adopt RFID if the RFID punishment effect is strong. We also find that increased competitive intensity decreases the third-party's incentive to engage in gray marketing. Finally, although gray marketing decreases the branded manufacturer's profits, it may also increase the competitor manufacturer's profits. Therefore, public policymakers should take into account the positive impacts of gray marketing on competitor manufacturers when they formulate policies to inhibit gray marketing. Public policies should be developed to promote the entire social welfare.

The Proposed Implementation of RFID based Attendance System

Recent trends in Information and Communication Technology (ICT) embrace several smartphone applications in a variety of educational and industrial domains in the last several years. This research focuses to solve one of the promising problems of an educational domain to take attendance smartly using the Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) system. Current attendance system in King Abdul-Aziz University (KAU) Saudi Arabia is partly solving the attendance problem. There are several problems in the existing attendance systems such as time-consuming, the chance of mistakes, truancy issues, no contact with parent/guardian and not efficient because of roll call as taking manual attendance. The proposed RFID based attendance system will provide robust, secure and automatic attendance. The proposed system will use modern technology and support to institutions and parents to deal with most of the problems of existing attendance systems. There are several other benefits of RFID based system such as web-based and mobile interfaces, daily absent report, an automatic SMS alert to parent/guardian, reduce administrative work, improve the ratio of attendance, economical and highly efficient. The case study method will be used as a research design. The proposed system is developed and tested in KAU Saudi Arabia. The proposed system will have both web and mobile interfaces. The web interface will need the Internet to access the proposed system and the mobile interface will use the Android platform for the testing scenarios. The user will access the system to generate customized reports to review the status of students for a particular course. It is anticipated that the proposed system will significantly improve students’ monitoring mechanisms hence enabling both parents and teachers in making appropriate decisions.

The Proposed Implementation of RFID based Attendance System

Recent trends in Information and Communication Technology (ICT) embrace several smartphone applications in a variety of educational and industrial domains in the last several years. This research focuses to solve one of the promising problems of an educational domain to take attendance smartly using the Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) system. Current attendance system in King Abdul-Aziz University (KAU) Saudi Arabia is partly solving the attendance problem. There are several problems in the existing attendance systems such as time-consuming, the chance of mistakes, truancy issues, no contact with parent/guardian and not efficient because of roll call as taking manual attendance. The proposed RFID based attendance system will provide robust, secure and automatic attendance. The proposed system will use modern technology and support to institutions and parents to deal with most of the problems of existing attendance systems. There are several other benefits of RFID based system such as web-based and mobile interfaces, daily absent report, an automatic SMS alert to parent/guardian, reduce administrative work, improve the ratio of attendance, economical and highly efficient. The case study method will be used as a research design. The proposed system is developed and tested in KAU Saudi Arabia. The proposed system will have both web and mobile interfaces. The web interface will need the Internet to access the proposed system and the mobile interface will use the Android platform for the testing scenarios. The user will access the system to generate customized reports to review the status of students for a particular course. It is anticipated that the proposed system will significantly improve students’ monitoring mechanisms hence enabling both parents and teachers in making appropriate decisions.

RFID application in patient and medical asset operations management: A technology, organizational and environmental (TOE) perspective into key enablers and impediments

PurposeIn spite of the recent progress in understanding how radio frequency identification (RFID) systems can substantially advance health care service, there is a significant gap in the literature concerning determinants of RFID application in managing various forms of health care operations. Hence, this study attempts to fill this gap by examining the key enablers and impediments of using RFID systems in patient and medical asset operations management using the technology, organization and environment framework (TOE). MethodsA research model was developed using a variety of TOE factors that may enable or impede RFID adoption in managing health care operations. Then, the model was empirically tested by means of Structural Equation Modelling (SEM) based on survey data of 311 online questionnaire responses that were collected from managers, technicians, physicians and nurses in charge of asset and patient management in public and private hospitals in the United Arab Emirates. The majority of respondents were over 30 years old (63%) and have more than 5 years of experience in the medical context (88%). They work mainly in private hospitals (71%) in managerial positions (65%). This profile designates sufficient experience and knowledge of participants to understand the questions. ResultsThe findings demonstrate the effect of technical advantages and organizational capacity on both asset and patient management is significant, while the effect of environmental competitiveness is only evident in patient management operations. Furthermore, the results confirm the negative influence of technical complexity and environmental uncertainty on both asset and patient management. Surprisingly, using RFID in asset and patient management tend to be not influenced by organizational resistance. The paper proposes a number of implications that can guide leaders and vendors to successfully implement RFID technology for managing healthcare operations. It directs the attention of RFID research toward future venues within the health care context. ConclusionsHospitals must contemplate the impact of technological, organizational and environmental forces to leverage the benefits of RFID in patient and asset operations management. The results of SEM confirmed the strong effect of the variables on patient management since 57 per cent of its variance is explained by five factors (i.e., technical advantages, organizational capacity, environmental competitiveness, technical complexity and environmental uncertainty). Four factors explain about 48 per cent of the variance in asset management (i.e., technical advantages, organizational capacity, technical complexity and environmental uncertainty). The results provide robust implications for health care managers and RFID vendors to better understand crucial RFID implementation issues, increase its technology fit into service operations, and accelerate its implementation as follows: (1) while organizational resistance does not show significant impact on RFID adoption for managing patient and asset operations, health care professionals should consider that RFID implementation decision is mainly organizational at the firm level rather than an individual choice, as long as RFID benefits are well communicated to the staff. (2) while the effect of environmental competitiveness is only evident in using RFID in managing patient operations, health care professionals should focus on RFID applications that have direct impact on enhancing health service quality, flexibility and delivery considering patients as a base for competitiveness; (3) with regard to the impact of technical advantages, RFID benefits such as enhancing work efficiency and reducing cost should be documented, communicated and nurtured to medical and administrative employees; (4) In response to the impact of organizational capacity, the contribution of RFID applications to medical and managerial knowledge generation and utilization should be tracked and integrated into daily work processes; (5) Vendors should provide appropriate orientations and training sessions targeting RFID complexity involving networks, architectures and operating; and (6) the customization of commercial RFID technology for managing health service operations must be deliberated between all stakeholders in health care context. Forthcoming research is needed to reexamine this model with different variables (e.g., culture) and under further health care conditions or contexts.

Evaluating the supply chain information flow in Egyptian SMEs using Six Sigma

Purpose There is a great deal of concern among the Egyptian economy that small- and medium-sized enterprises’ (SMEs’) potentials are not fully used although they dominate it and contribute to its success. The question is what challenges are preventing those SMEs from performing efficiently. This research aims to focus on examining the issues regarding the supply chain of Egyptian SMEs, exploring the areas that need improvement and assessing the impact of technology in enhancing their performance and whether they afford applying it. Design/methodology/approach In this research, semi-structured interviews were conducted at 14 Egyptian SMEs. Then, the business process at six of the fourteen SMEs was observed. After that, a representative sampling was applied and a company was chosen as a representative case company. Moreover, the selected company’s documents were analyzed to capture the full image of the current supply chain performance in Egyptian SMEs. Finally, the Six Sigma DMAIC approach was used to assess the effectiveness of the current supply chain and identify the problems faced and how to deal with these deficiencies. Findings The current process of the supply chain was analyzed and the result shows the obstacles and constrains facing SMEs in Egypt. Despite the clear benefits of radio frequency identification (RFID) technology, Egyptian SMEs still do not use it to solve their problems due to its high cost and their low budgets. However, the investigation concludes that SMEs in particular can benefit from the RFID technology and will be able to pay back the cost of the system applied after a certain period of time that is measured by calculating the breakeven point of having the RFID system against the current situation. As a result, improvements were realized and recommended for the organization. Originality/value This research develops a model that suits SMEs in the Egyptian market. The use of a case study approach with a quality measurement tool, namely, the Six Sigma DMAIC approach, especially after surveying several SMEs, and observing the business process at some of them, makes this a thorough investigation which proves that even SMEs can use the RFID technology despite its high cost that hinders its utilization. Thus, this research helps decision-makers in Egyptian SMEs make better informed decisions and guides them to when will they be able to pay back the cost of the system applied.

Privacy and RFID Technology: A Review of Regulatory Efforts

Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) is rapidly becoming a common tool for manufacturers and retailers as they seek to manage supply chains and provide products and services to consumers. However, the widespread use of RFID technology also introduces consumer privacy concerns. This article reviews current regulatory efforts related to RFID, identifies gaps, calls for the enforcement of current guidelines, and provides suggestions for future research.

An improved multi-objective genetic algorithm for heterogeneous coverage RFID network planning

Recent research has demonstrated the potential benefits of radio frequency identification (RFID) technology in the supply chain and production management via its item-level visibility. However, the RFID coverage performance is largely impacted by the surrounding environment and potential collisions between the RFID devices. Thus, through RFID network planning (RNP) to achieve the desired coverage within the budget becomes a key factor for success. In this study, we establish a novel and generic multi-objective RNP model by simultaneously optimising two conflicted objectives with satisfying the heterogeneous coverage requirements. Then, we design an improved multi-objective genetic algorithm (IMOGA) integrating a divide-and-conquer greedy heuristic algorithm to solve the model. We further construct a number of computational cases abstracted from an automobile mixed-model assembly line to illustrate how the proposed model and algorithm are applied in a real RNP application. The results show that the proposed IMOGA achieves highly competitive solutions compared with Pareto optimal solutions and the solutions given by four recently developed well-known multi-objective evolutionary and swarm-based optimisers (SPEA2, NSGA-II, MOPSO and MOPS2O) in terms of solution quality and computational robustness.

PRM45 - Big Data In Emergency Department Care Delivery: Benefits Of Radio Frequency Identification

Lack of a coordinated primary care system is forcing individuals to seek emergency departments (EDs) as gateway into the health system. As volumes increase and cases become more complex, combined with inadequate downstream capacity lead to boarding, bottlenecks and wait times. The goal was to review benefits of Radio Frequency identification (RFID) demonstrated in the literature in the ED. Article searches were conducted and they were categorized based on benefits in three areas: patients, staff, assets. Evidence of use of RFID in ED went as far back as 2006 with both domestic and international applications mostly using active technology. Majority of the articles demonstrated reducing wait times in the ED. One of the articles in turn demonstrated impact on patient satisfaction. Reduction in wait times were demonstrated when admitting patients into ICU from the emergency setting. In case of staff, use of RFID demonstrated increased satisfaction in a pediatric emergency setting. Evidence also exists in better tracking of assets and equipment in the ED. Very little evidence of use of RFID in simulation and analytical models exist. Most of the studies were retrospective in nature. Wait times and asset tracking are tangible benefits with direct impact on return-on-investment. RFID has been used is various settings in healthcare and quality benefits have been demonstrated. Lesser evidence of RFID use in the ED exists. RFID benefits have primarily been demonstrated with regard to wait times and asset tracking and management. Patient and staff satisfaction are more intangible benefits. As EDs start to reap benefits with wait times, use in simulation and advanced analytical models could potentially inform workload, team configuration and team dynamics studies. As healthcare moves into the era of big data, live streaming RFID data can be tapped for real-time decision making.

Measuring the benefits of tracking medical treatment through RFId

Purpose– Radio frequency identification (RFId) technology has a great potential to improve process efficiency and effectiveness. However, because of the variety of application areas and achievable benefits, structured assessment models are needed to support managers in the adoption decision. The purpose of this paper is to describe a structured method to support the evaluation of the benefits enabled by RFId technology in medical treatment support in the healthcare industry. The method, and its application to an Italian case study, are deeply illustrated so as to increase the knowledge available to decision makers.Design/methodology/approach– The research underlying this paper has modelled the relationship between the technology and the performance driver of the target process, and then between the performance driver and the measurable key performance indicators of that process. This knowledge, focused on the healthcare industry but still quite general, has been formalised into 12 causal maps. Starting from these maps, a six-step procedure to prioritise the analysis, tailor the maps and adapt (or develop) analytical models to estimate the benefits is presented. The overall method and its application to an Italian case study are deeply illustrated so as to increase the open available knowledge to decision makers.Findings– The findings are twofold: first, the knowledge represented by the causal maps; and second, the findings of the case study, which shows that efficiency benefits can cover the operative expenses of RFId adoption, but need to be integrated with effectiveness benefits in order to fully justify the investment costs.Originality/value– The paper provides a contribution for both researchers and practitioners. As the former are concerned, the paper is a first attempt to fill the existing lack of structured approaches concerning the evaluation of potential benefits of RFId for product traceability within a healthcare facility. As for the latter, the presented method has been developed to practically support all those managers who are evaluating whether to adopt RFId technology in their organisation or not. This contribution has a relevant practicality, as it helps decision makers to address their decisions relying on a sound conceptual baseline, and on objective evaluations.

Strategic value of RFID for inter-firm supply chain networks

Despite the huge potential benefits of radio frequency identification (RFID) in collaborative use with transaction partners, many companies are reluctant to implement RFID with their partners and skeptical of its strategic value in inter-firm, supply chain networks. However, existing research is concentrated on the internal adoption and benefit measurement of RFID system, without careful consideration of the strategic value in an inter-organizational context at implementation stage. Hence, this study empirically identifies the reciprocal strategic value of RFID implementation in inter-firm, supply chain networks based on the resource-based theory and social capital theory. Additionally, mutual quality constructs of RFID system from an inter-organizational context are investigated as determinants of the strategic value. Empirical results have shown that supply chain visibility and agility are improved through high-level, shared information quality and inter-organizational system quality of RFID. Inter-organizational trust is enhanced by high-level, inter-organizational service quality and supply chain agility. Moreover, all strategic values of RFID (visibility, agility, and trust), when enhanced by RFID, have positive impacts on supply chain performance. This study expands the discussion scope of RFID to the implementation stage at the inter-firm level beyond the internal adoption level, improving the delay of RFID diffusion among transaction partners. Furthermore, the study describes strategic points that can be used to maximize the RFID value in supply chain networks.

RFID in toll/ticketing – a user-centric approach

Purpose– This article aims to discuss challenges to Radio-Frequency Identification (RFID)-based services from a user perspective located within sociology, anthropology and science and technology studies.Design/methodology/approach– Two cases of toll/ticketing RFID technologies are explored: the mature AutoPASS (tolling on public roads) and the newly implemented Flexus/Ruter Travelcard (public transport) in Norway. A methodologically triangulation of qualitative data is applied to trace the history of RFID implementation, and to compare the benefits proclaimed by suppliers with the hands-on experience of users.Findings– The RFID benefits proclaimed by suppliers were, to a large extent, shared by users in the case of AutoPASS, but to a lesser extent in the case of Flexus/Ruter Travelcard. The cases illustrate that RFID applications are heterogeneous products with different levels of maturity and complexity, applied to fields and services with varied user-groups, functional requirements and privacy concerns. Vital to the success of RFID-based services is good management, compliance with Data Protection Regulations and providing user’s an experience of greater ease-of use and added-value in their everyday lives in comparison to previous systems.Practical implications– Future research should broaden perspectives and methodologies to better grasp the complex interplay among RFID applications, users and the environment. This entails moving beyond a focus on discursive adoption to ethnographic studies of appropriation and how technology affects social practice.Originality/value– RFID is undergoing an extremely expansive usability phase – commercially and socially. Research on RFID is scare and fragmented with few contributions from social science. Studies that privilege user perspectives tend to address the needs and concerns of business rather than of users.

An exploratory analysis of hospital perspectives on real time information requirements and perceived benefits of RFID technology for future adoption

Auto identification and data capture (AIDC) technologies, such as radio frequency identification (RFID) has been promising for real time traceability, communication, identification and location of goods, assets and people. Despite this promising trend, health care sector has not fully embraced RFID technology. The purpose of this study is to understand how RFID technology can be beneficial for meeting hospital real time asset and people management information requirements prior to adoption of the technology.Data collected from 81 operation directors shows that the hospital real time information requirements are significantly linked to perceived efficiency and patient satisfaction benefits of RFID. Furthermore, causal path analysis shows that the RFID enablers of staff capabilities/readiness for technology and investment in information systems (IS) contribute to the perceived efficiency and patient satisfaction benefits of RFID. Among the barriers not implementing RFID technology, cost is found the most significant.The significant association between hospital information requirements and perceived benefits of RFID technology shows that if hospital needs are understood, user acceptance of AIDC is likely. Moreover, staff readiness for technology and investment in IS prior to RFID adoption plays a significant role in how hospitals can benefit from RFID.

RFID in the warehouse: A literature analysis (1995–2010) of its applications, benefits, challenges and future trends

Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) has been identified as a crucial technology for the modern 21st century knowledge-based economy. Some businesses have realised benefits of RFID adoption through improvements in operational efficiency, additional cost savings, and opportunities for higher revenues. RFID research in warehousing operations has been less prominent than in other application domains. To investigate how RFID technology has had an impact in warehousing, a comprehensive analysis of research findings available from articles through leading scientific article databases has been conducted. Articles from years 1995 to 2010 have been reviewed and analysed with respect to warehouse operations, RFID application domains, benefits achieved and obstacles encountered. Four discussion topics are presented covering RFID in warehousing focusing on its applications, perceived benefits, obstacles to its adoption and future trends. This is aimed at elucidating the current state of RFID in the warehouse and providing insights for researchers to establish new research agendas and for practitioners to consider and assess the adoption of RFID in warehousing functions.

RFID value in aircraft parts supply chains: A case study

The value of Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) in the maintenance of supply chains of aircraft parts is examined, particularly in the proposed analytical model. This model helps us gain a better understanding of the relationships between various costs incurred and the RFID effect on an aircraft maintenance tracking process. Using an RFID system, a maintenance company specializing in aircraft parts can accumulate savings based on the assumption that the technology can eliminate inaccuracy problems related to inventory recording delays brought about by mishandling in the component repair process. This case study illustrates such phenomenon through the use of numerical assumptions, highlighting the benefits of RFID. Further, the value of RFID in aircraft maintenance is evaluated using sensitivity analysis, in accordance with the parameters of the model of cost reductions in mishandling repair components and inventory control. The findings support the industry's acceptance of RFID technology, proving that this is beneficial to maintenance companies of aircraft parts.

Library expense control: a system dynamics approach

Purpose – The aim of this article is to propose a model to study the expenses of an RFID‐based library system. For this purpose risk‐benefit factors using causal loop concepts are studied and identified. Then, a flow diagram is developed and the mathematical formulation of the proposed model is presented and used for simulation purposes.Design/methodology/approach – This paper is written based on research and observations from scientific journals and reports. For this purpose key elements of risks and benefits of radio frequency identification in library services are identified. For model development purposes the concepts of systems thinking and system dynamics are employed. The systems thinking perspective is used as a tool to relate key factors of risks and benefits, and system dynamics are used to simulate the model of the problem.Findings – Systems thinking can provide an efficient way to analyze the risks, benefits, and the risk‐benefit phenomena of systems. The use of system dynamics allows us to lo...

Business value of RFID‐enabled healthcare transformation projects

PurposeThis paper aims to assess the business value realised from radio frequency identification (RFID)‐enabled healthcare transformation projects as compared with other industries. The paper starts with a review of RFID technology in the healthcare industry and further extends to an in‐depth analysis of mini‐case studies collected from RFID Journal, a leading professional journal dedicated to RFID technology, in order to identify the major benefits of the implementation of RFID systems as well as its business value achieved. In addition, there is further analysis that is being carried out on other industries to have an overview of the benefits of RFID implementation.Design/methodology/approachKey findings on RFID systems are being obtained from a thorough review of case studies collected from the RFID Journal's database – which for this purpose, provided 20 cases from the healthcare industry and 49 cases from other industries – so as to assess the business value of RFID‐enabled healthcare transformation projects.FindingsImplementation of RFID systems in healthcare resulted in enhanced automational, informational and transformational effects that helped to eliminate paper‐based processes, manual processes and low visibility of patients, staff, equipments and data, etc. Such a transformation definitely gave rise to high financial performances, patient satisfaction and better decision quality on their treatments, which in turn provided a high control, co‐ordination and planning of the healthcare organisation. Further, the results showcase the business value of RFID technology and the benefits gained within the healthcare sector, in comparison with other industries. Overall, this case analysis has indicated that implementation of RFID clearly produced evident effects at the process level of an organisation, thus leading to substantial gains at the organisational level.Originality/valueThis paper delivers a review of case studies on RFID‐enabled transformation projects and process innovations, mainly in the healthcare industry, albeit it extends to other industries. For this reason, a review on RFID technology is being discussed while 69 cases are being scrutinised. The results from this paper therefore provide significant evidence of RFID‐enabled healthcare and organisational business value.

The use of Radio Frequency Identification technology for managing the global supply chain: an exploratory study of the Korean logistics industry

Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) is intended to complement or replace traditional barcode technology to identify, track and trace items automatically. It is able to add intelligence and to minimise human intervention in the item identification process by using electronic tags. In particular, RFID can be useful for tracing a shipment, locating inventory, managing transportation equipment, authenticating data requests and securing logistics infrastructure. Despite such application potential, many logistics companies and government authorities still have not fully explored the possibility of utilising RFID for global supply chain operations. Through an exploratory study, this paper identifies a multitude of factors that facilitate or hinder the usage of RFID in the Korean logistics industry. Also, this paper determines its role in global supply chain operations and assesses the managerial benefits of RFID from the perspectives of both private and public sectors.