Radio Frequency Identification Adoption Research Articles

RFID Technology Implication in the Apparel Industry

RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) technology has emerged as a transformative tool in the apparel industry, offering numerous benefits ranging from enhanced inventory management to improved supply chain visibility and retail operations. This paper explores the implications of RFID technology in the apparel industry, highlighting its significant impact on various aspects of the apparel supply chain. Through the deployment of RFID tags on individual garments, manufacturers, retailers, and consumers alike can benefit from increased accuracy in inventory tracking, reduced stockouts, minimized shrinkage, and streamlined operations. Moreover, RFID facilitates real-time data capture and analytics, enabling retailers to optimize store layouts, enhance customer experiences, and implement omnichannel strategies effectively. Additionally, RFID technology supports sustainability initiatives by enabling efficient product recalls, reducing overstocking, and minimizing waste throughout the supply chain. Despite the initial investment required, the long-term benefits of RFID adoption in the apparel industry are substantial, paving the way for increased efficiency, transparency, and profitability in the global apparel market.

Analyzing barriers of integrated RFID-blockchain adoption in the Indian public distribution systems

PurposeAs an emerging technology, Radio Frequency IDentification (RFID) and blockchain have the potential to disrupt many areas of business and social structure. However, it is loaded with significant technical, social, legal, financial and ethical complications that bring difficulty in its widespread use within the public distribution system (PDS). This research aims to analyze the barriers to integrated RFID and blockchain adoption in developing countries' PDS. Furthermore, this study also aims to validate the proposed framework against the Indian PDS.Design/methodology/approachThe proposed framework consists of 10 potential barriers to integrated RFID and blockchain adoption. To identify the barriers, this study referred to the extant literature followed by consultations with domain experts. This study prepared the DEMATEL-based questionnaires, collected the data from four domain experts and analyzed them using an integrated Grey-DEMATEL approach.FindingsThe obtained results provide a precise list of barriers and the correlations among them. From the results, it is concluded that the unavailability of a skilled workforce at affordable cost, lack of knowledge about privacy level and unclear return on investment and benefits are the most critical blockchain adoption barriers in the context of Indian PDS.Originality/valueThis research proposes a framework consisting of 10 integrated RFID and blockchain adoption barriers in relation to Indian PDS. It also proposes a method for analyzing causal interrelationships between the barriers while allowing for data input from domain experts. Consequently, the framework is capable of coping with experts' biases and data scarcity.

How RFID technology enables the supply chain and retail 4.0: A survey with Italian stakeholders

The research aims at assessing the level of interest towards and adoption of Radio Frequency IDentification (RFID) technology among a sample of manufacturers, retailers, logistic service providers, solution providers and vertically integrated fashion retailers belonging to the Fashion, Consumer Goods and Healthcare sectors in Italy. A survey was created in collaboration with GS1 Italy, a no-profit organization that develops standards for enhancing collaboration between companies, associations, institutions and consumers and enrols more than 40,000 companies. Overall, 58 useful responses were collected. Statistical analyses were carried out with the support of Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) for Windows and MS Excel. Results show that RFID solutions are implemented by 31% of the interviewees and tested by 21% of them, mainly thanks to the favourable ROI and the possibility of gaining a competitive advantage over competitors through the automation of logistics processes, visibility of inventory and production progress, and avoided stock out. The RFID users often achieved results above expectations regarding the order picking errors reduction, the increase of operational efficiency and inventory accuracy. The few obstacles encountered are the read failures or the over-performing reading, but they are not perceived as relevant. Overall, most experimenters and non-users currently adopt barcode solutions, but showed their intention to implement RFID systems in the future, underlying a strong interest towards this identification technology.

Addressing Challenges and Opportunities: A Critical Assessment of RFID Adoption in Agriculture

This review paper critically assesses the challenges and opportunities associated with Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) adoption in agriculture. RFID technology has the potential to revolutionize agricultural processes, offering benefits such as improved supply chain management, enhanced livestock tracking, and data-driven decision-making. However, its implementation also faces various obstacles, including technical, economic, and integration challenges. Through an in-depth analysis, this review explores the socio-economic and environmental implications of RFID adoption, considering its impact on labor dynamics, job displacement, rural communities, energy consumption, and waste generation. The paper concludes with insights into the future prospects of RFID integration in agriculture and provides strategic recommendations for overcoming challenges and ensuring responsible adoption.

A tough pill to swallow? The lessons learned from mandatory RFID adoption

On some occasions, information technology (IT) is mandated rather than voluntary. However, the impact of mandatory IT adoption receives little attention in the operations management literature, and the literature shows divergent predictions about how mandatory IT affects financial performance. Using the case of mandatory radio-frequency identification (RFID) adoption in manufacturing industries, this study applies long-horizon event study to examine 95 U.S. listed firms that have adopted mandatory RFID. The results show that firms achieve significantly strong financial performance from mandatory adoption. Mandatory RFID is particularly beneficial for firms with good financial health, late adopters and high-clockspeed firms. The current study provides a deeper understanding of supplier benefits from mandatory systems supported by dominant customers. Based on the lessons learned from past mandatory RFID adoption, the present study can serve as guidance for future projects and contribute to the literature on operations management and information systems.

Impact of Adoption of Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) Witnessing System on Workflow, Organization, and Quality Management in the IVF Laboratory

Impact of Adoption of Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) Witnessing System on Workflow, Organization, and Quality Management in the IVF Laboratory

Factors that affect the adoption of RFID in the Saudi logistics industry: an empirical investigation

PurposeThe purpose of this study is to explore the factors that affect the adoption of radio frequency identification (RFID) technology in Saudi Arabia’s logistics services industry. The specific focus is the influence of key variables in multiple domains: technology (complexity and compatibility); organization (top management support, firm size, quality of human capital and integration of supply chain strategy); and environment (information intensity, competitive pressure, trading partner pressure and regulatory pressure).Design/methodology/approachData were obtained by distributing a survey instrument to a target sample of 459 Saudi logistics company employees whose positions meant they were well placed to explain the operations and technologies used in their organizations. In total, 459 useable responses were received, which also constituted the final sample for the analysis. The survey was validated using confirmatory factor analysis, and the study hypothesis was tested using binary logistic regression.FindingsOf the firms represented in the data collected, 70% had not adopted RFID technology. Cost issues, technical issues and lack of industry standards were identified as the main factors hindering the decision to adopt RFID. The results of the binary logistic regression show that top management support, quality of human capital, firm size and trading partner pressure are the variables that most influence whether or not a firm adopts RFID technology.Practical implicationsAccording to the analysis, it is imperative that the industry adopt RFID given that this technology can provide strategic and operational advantages. Based on the findings, small and medium enterprises in the logistics services industry require governmental support in terms of providing funding, training and a supportive regulatory environment. Support of this nature would encourage logistics services companies to adopt new technology and move toward applying the global standards developed in the industry to date. Finally, in order to execute a clear and complete strategy across the supply chain, companies must collaborate with trading partners in implementing RFID.Originality/valueThe body of research on emerging markets does not include any empirical studies focused on the adoption of new technologies and innovation in the supply chain. Although researchers discuss applications of technologies in operational and supply chain processes across multiple industries, most of the published research on RFID technology focuses on European and North American contexts. This study is, therefore, much needed for its fundamental contribution to identifying and understanding the factors that affect RFID adoption decisions in emerging markets.

RFID Adaption in Healthcare Organizations: An Integrative Framework

Radio frequency identification (RFID), also known as electronic label technology, is a non-contact automated identification technology that recognizes the target object and extracts relevant data and critical characteristics using radio frequency signals. Medical equipment information management is an important part of the construction of a modern hospital, as it is linked to the degree of diagnosis and care, as well as the hospital’s benefits and growth. The aim of this study is to create an integrated view of a theoretical framework to identify factors that influence RFID adoption in healthcare, as well as to conduct an empirical review of the impact of organizational, environmental, and individual factors on RFID adoption in the healthcare industry. In contrast to previous research, the current study focuses on individual factors as well as organizational and technological factors in order to better understand the phenomenon of RFID adoption in healthcare, which is characterized as a dynamic and challenging work environment. This research fills a gap in the current literature by describing how user factors can influence RFID adoption in healthcare and how such factors can lead to a deeper understanding of the advantages, uses, and impacts of RFID in healthcare. The proposed study has superior performance and effective results.

RFID adoption strategy in a retailer-dominant supply chain with competing suppliers

Radio frequency identification (RFID) technology has proved to be an effective way to eliminate inventory inaccuracy, which is very prevalent in many industries. Inspired by the case of Wal-Mart facing difficulties when it required its suppliers to adopt RFID, this paper investigates RFID adoption strategies in a decentralized supply chain with two competing suppliers and a dominant retailer facing inventory inaccuracies. The two suppliers first sequentially determine whether to adopt RFID. Then, the supply chain members sequentially set their pricing policies under the wholesale price contract. We characterize the optimal wholesale prices, retail prices, and profits under different RFID adoption strategies and further examine the equilibrium results of RFID adoption. Our findings reveal that when only the powerful supplier uses RFID, the follower's profit first increases and then decreases as the inventory availability rate increases; however, when only the follower supplier adopts RFID, the profit of the powerful supplier that forgoes RFID increases as the inventory availability rate increases. Importantly, inventory inaccuracies and tag costs have substantial effects on the equilibrium RFID adoption strategy under upstream competition. The powerful supplier has the incentive and is more inclined to adopt RFID than the follower. Under intense upstream competition, suppliers are more likely to forgo the use of RFID. The equilibrium RFID adoption strategy can bring all supply chain members to a Pareto optimal outcome when both inventory availability rates are low or one is close to 1 while the other is low.

Traceability system model of Indonesian food cold-chain industry: A Covid-19 pandemic perspective

This study analyzed the traceability system's effect on Indonesia's food cold chain performance during the Covid-19 pandemic and described the needs of cold food consumers in Indonesia regarding the traceability system. Five latent variables were used to form research models, including the adoption of electronic data interchange (EDI), radio frequency identification (RFID), blockchain, traceability system, and food cold chain performance. This study uses a quantitative approach with a questionnaire as a research instrument distributed to 140 respondents by purposive sampling. The total number of manifest variables measuring latent variables is 28 variables. A partial least square for structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM) is used to analyze the relationship between latent variables. The results obtained through this study are that exogenous variables: EDI, RFID, and blockchain adoption, significantly affect endogenous variables, namely the traceability system. Blockchain adoption is proven to have a very significant influence compared to the three information technologies. This work also confirms that the traceability system also has a significant effect on food cold chain performance.

A comparative study of RFID adoption patterns in retail

Radio frequency identification (RFID) has been viewed as a promising technology for quite some time. Initially developed a couple of decades ago, the technology has been accompanied by predictions of imminent widespread adoption since its beginnings. A majority of retailers and other users are now using or planning to use the technology. This paper employs a combination of the technology-organization-environment (TOE) model and the 3-S (substitution, scale, structural) model to analyze the long journey of RFID adoption in retail. Top retail executives in the US and Europe were interviewed to investigate RFID adoption patterns based on differences in technological, organizational, and environmental circumstances. As the retail industry is moving into a post-adoption era, these results demonstrate the current stage of retail RFID adoption, identify factors playing important roles over time as motivators or impediments, and provide some insight into the slow pace of adoption.

Application of Radio frequency identification technique in Developing Countries

Radio frequency identification (RFID) technique is a practice for managing the supply Chain of healthcare. Technique of Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) not just offers following ability of different resources continuously, yet in addition gives productive and exact access to healthcare information for specialists and other experts of healthcare sector. The primary challenge faced by RFID is its acceptance and utilization by doctors and medical attendants only. This paper utilizes semi-organized questionnaires on RFID advisors, scientists, and medical hospitals directors/doctors. Information was gathered from 150 doctors and attendants/nurses. The development of RFID adoption in the developing countries is still in the initial phase. The significant barriers, advantages, application and critical success factors of RFID have been recognized in this paper. This study adds to the developing interest for understanding the RFID adoption in the healthcare services industry. The motivation behind this research is to understand the current opportunities, potential advantages of RFID adoption in Indian healthcare industry.

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.

Radio-Frequency Identification Adoption Trends in Retail

In this exploratory study, the authors conducted a Delphi study consisting of 74 experts from different sectors such as consulting, academia, retail, and third-party service providers. Expert perceptions about radio-frequency identification (RFID) adoption trends in retail including adoption status, business value dimensions, popular technology choices, and diffusion strategy are presented. The objective is to develop better RFID adoption models and strategies for making informed RFID adoption decisions.

Benefit and Cost of RFID Technology to Container Ports: A Competitive Perspective

Fu, H. and Sun, F.S., 2020. Benefit and cost of RFID technology to container ports: A competitive perspective. In: Gong, D.; Zhang, M., and Liu, R. (eds.), Advances in Coastal Research: Engineering, Industry, Economy, and Sustainable Development. Journal of Coastal Research, Special Issue No. 106, pp. 494–497. Coconut Creek (Florida), ISSN 0749-0208.The container ports serving overlapped hinterlands compete actively with each other, and radio-frequency identification (RFID) adoption serves as a way for a container port to improve its competitiveness. As an investment, the port measures the revenue and cost of RFID adoption to determine whether and when to bring in RFID. The present paper reviews existing literature on measuring the revenue and cost of RFID adoption to a container port and puts forward our point, which highlights the necessity for a port to measure the revenue of RFID adoption from a competitive perspective. Specifically, the port should focus on not only the impact of RFID adoption on port efficiency, but also the change of relative market share due to RFID adoption (or nonadoption). Further, we investigate the port's optimal RFID adoption strategy under competition on the basis of a game-theoretic model, and our result may explain the phenomenon that in reality, even well-matched ports will not adopt RFID simultaneously.

Strategic analysis of RFID adoption sequences in a supply chain with Cournot competition: effects of ordering-timing strategies

We investigate the effects of ordering-timing strategies on radio-frequency identification (RFID) adoption sequences and firms’ profitability in a supply chain with a manufacturer and two retailers, both of whom suffer from misplaced inventory problems. The manufacturer is the Stackelberg leader, the two retailers engage in a quantity competition and simultaneously/sequentially make decisions on RFID adoption under two ordering-timing strategies. We derive the equilibrium strategies for RFID adoption and characterize each partner’s optimal order quantity and profit. We show that the equilibrium strategies for RFID adoption are identical regardless of the two competing retailers’ RFID adoption sequences. The retailer with a smaller misplacement rate will never adopt RFID alone. However, for the retailer with a higher misplacement rate: the more intense the competition is, the more likely he is to adopt RFID; ordering later always promotes him to adopt RFID; ordering earlier is more attractive than adopting RFID when the tagging cost is intermediate. Furthermore, as long as one or both retailers adopt RFID, ordering simultaneously can achieve Pareto improvement for both retailers. When neither retailer adopts RFID, the optimal ordering strategies depend on the misplacement rates and competition intensity.

Integration of TTF and network externalities for RFID adoption in healthcare industry

PurposeDespite the extensive adoption of radio-frequency identification (RFID) technology across many industry supply chains, the extent of adoption in healthcare is far behind the earlier expectation. The purpose of this study is to better understand the current RFID adoption in healthcare by looking beyond the existing body of work using both the task-technology fit (TTF) framework and network externalities theories.Design/methodology/approachA survey is employed in this study, and the structural equation modeling (SEM) technique is used to test the hypotheses of the proposed model.FindingsThe findings are twofold. First, both TTF and network externalities exert a positive impact on the RFID adoption in the healthcare sector; and second, no synergistic effect can be found between these two for further increasing the adoption. This is different from what the extant research found on other technology adoptions across various supply chains.Originality/valueThis paper provides contributions to both researchers and practitioners. For researchers, this study enriches the body of knowledge of RFID adoption by being the first to apply the network externalities and TTF theories to predict the adoption of RFID in healthcare. For healthcare practitioners, to make the RFID adoption easier and more effective, any initial applications of RFID tools should be centered on those for which there is a more natural application. Further, for those who propose an RFID adoption should start with a product that has a sizable adoption community; this may help persuade senior management to make the adoption decision.

Game modes and investment cost locations in radio-frequency identification (RFID) adoption

We analyze the effect of game modes and investment cost locations on firms’ profits and their incentives to adopt Radio-Frequency Identification (RFID) technology. We consider a supply chain, where one manufacturer places an RFID tag on each item and sells through one retailer. The two firms can play the Stackelberg game or the Bargaining game. Specifically, under the Stackelberg game, the manufacturer dictates the wholesale price first (M) or the retailer moves first to announce the retail markup (R); under the Bargaining game, firms can bargain over the wholesale price only (O) or over both the wholesale price and quantity (B). Adopting RFID incurs both a variable cost and a fixed cost, which can be borne by the manufacturer or the retailer, respectively. Our results show that under B, whether the retailer or the manufacturer bears the fixed cost does not affect both firms’ profits. Surprisingly, under O, we observe that the retailer earns more when he bears the fixed cost than when he does not if his bargaining power is strong. Although the chain under B is perfectly coordinated, the retailer gains more under B than under O only when his bargaining power is strong. Furthermore, the retailer's incentive to adopt RFID is stronger under R than under M, and his highest affordable variable cost is higher than the manufacturer's when the fixed cost is ignored under R. Finally, both firms’ highest affordable fixed costs under R are higher than the centralized level when the variable cost is high.

Enhancing Patient Safety

Internet of things (IoT) technologies are revolutionizing industries through enabling object identification, traceability, real-time communication, and monitoring. In healthcare (HC), IoT has potential to contribute to several areas, from patient-related smart services to medical logistics. One area of paramount importance in HC is patient safety, which includes the correct identification, treatment, tracking, and monitoring of patients. Published statistics suggest that there is a mounting number of patient mistreatments due to the erroneous identification of the patient or the drug administered. Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technology is envisioned as a disruptive innovation in HC & represents several opportunities for increased safety. However, the adoption of RFID in HC still lags behind other industries. Through a literature review, the authors explore the potentials & challenges of RFID adoptions in HC, with a focus on patient safety. Our findings suggest that high costs of adoption, security & privacy concerns and human safety risks are the main barriers for adoption.

Imperfect inventory model for trended demand under radio frequency identification and trade credit

In this paper, models on concepts of radio frequency identification adoption (RFID), imperfect products reworking system, and trade credit for deteriorating inventory with / without utilizing the preservation investment technology are derived, which makes this article, a unique one. Estimation of optimal values of RIFD levels of investment for ordering, operating, just in time efficiencies along with production cycle time, and preservation investment are carried out. The rate of market demand is quadratic in nature based on time and is suitable for the items for which demand rises primarily, and then after it begins to decline. This form of demand is applicable to a vast range of items like garments, fashion accessories, electronics, etc.. The model is further divided into two cases based on demand rate and products reworking of imperfect quality items. Further, in each case, four subcases based on credit period and time of production cycle are analysed. The main objective of the inventory problem is to calculate total manufacturing cost in each subcase. The classical optimization technique is utilized for calculating the optimal values of decision variables. For the validation of developed models in each case, numerical examples are demonstrated, then using the concept of eigen-values of a Hessian matrix, we have proved the convex nature of the systems total cost for the case which has the minimum total cost. Also the decision variable sensitivity analysis is done by altering the inventory parameters for generating fruitful managerial insights. The model derived in this article can be applied in supply chain management of packaged food products/seasonal food products/milk products like butter, cheese, etc., where the tags for RFID are applied to track eatable/milk items of during delivery and storing. Also, if the model deals with a product of improper production, then it undergoes the reworking process.