Justification of RFID Implementation. A Case Study of White Goods Manufacturer

Abstract

Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) is a rapidly emerging technology with a wide range of impact and still not fully exploited potential applications. The impact of RFID is not limited to the area of its direct application. There are many possible benefits to be gained from RFID application, but it must be preceded with careful analysis as its implementation is not always reasonable. A new method for an assessment of RFID technology was presented and explained on the case of a white goods manufacturer. There was a lack of such a method allowing for relatively quick and flexible assessment, which is important for decision makers, who do not want to become involved in very sophisticated and time-consuming analysis at the early stage of decision making. The method supports early phases of decision making related to RFID implementation. Conclusions derived from the analysis of the case study confirmed that the method applied allows for rationalizing decision making and answers whether RFID could generate strategic advantage, in which area RFID should be applied, how RFID-supported processes will be executed and what benefits would be expected. previous papers focused only on answering specific questions from the above list, without showing a holistic approach. the approach to answer questions about execution of processes and benefits was not considered earlier at all. The paper illustrates details of using a new method of an assessment of RFID technology (ART) using a real industrial example.

Technology Selection Using the TOPSIS Method

“…Таble 4. TOPSIS Method in Technology Selection Authors (year) Type of Technology [Habbal et al, 2019] radio access technologies [Gladysz et al, 2017;Wan et al, 2016] radio frequency identification (RFID) [Zhang et al, 2019] energy storage technology [Restrepo-Garcés et al, 2017;Hirushie et al, 2017] renewable energy sources [Karatas et al, 2018] energy technology [Streimikiene, 2013a,b;Streimikiene et al, 2013;Streimikiene, Balezentiene, 2012] electric vehicles [Zheng et al, 2012] green buildings [Peng et al, 2019] restoration technology in engine remanufacturing practice [Aloini et al, 2018] advanced underwater system [Büyüközkan, Güler, 2017] smart glass (SG) [Ansari et al, 2016;Puthanpura et al, 2015] automotive technology [Elahi et al, 2011] ABS sensor technology [Govind et al, 2018] treatment and disposal technology [Ren, 2018] ballast water treatment [Vivekh et al, 2017] desalination technology [Kalbar et al, 2012;Fu et al, 2012] wastewater treatment technology [Jiří, 2018;Mobinizadeh et al, 2016;Gajdoš et al, 2015;Lu et al, 2016] health technology [Lee, James Chou, 2016] emerging three-dimensional integrated circuit (3DIC) [Tavana et al, 2013] advanced-technology projects at NASA [Oztaysi, 2014] information technology [Towhidi et al, 2009] iron-making technology [Parkan, Wu, 1999] robots to perform repetitious, difficult, and hazardous tasks with precision…”

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“…Таble 4. TOPSIS Method in Technology Selection Authors (year) Type of Technology [Habbal et al, 2019] radio access technologies [Gladysz et al, 2017;Wan et al, 2016] radio frequency identification (RFID) [Zhang et al, 2019] energy storage technology [Restrepo-Garcés et al, 2017;Hirushie et al, 2017] renewable energy sources [Karatas et al, 2018] energy technology [Streimikiene, 2013a,b;Streimikiene et al, 2013;Streimikiene, Balezentiene, 2012] electric vehicles [Zheng et al, 2012] green buildings [Peng et al, 2019] restoration technology in engine remanufacturing practice [Aloini et al, 2018] advanced underwater system [Büyüközkan, Güler, 2017] smart glass (SG) [Ansari et al, 2016;Puthanpura et al, 2015] automotive technology [Elahi et al, 2011] ABS sensor technology [Govind et al, 2018] treatment and disposal technology [Ren, 2018] ballast water treatment [Vivekh et al, 2017] desalination technology [Kalbar et al, 2012;Fu et al, 2012] wastewater treatment technology [Jiří, 2018;Mobinizadeh et al, 2016;Gajdoš et al, 2015;Lu et al, 2016] health technology [Lee, James Chou, 2016] emerging three-dimensional integrated circuit (3DIC) [Tavana et al, 2013] advanced-technology projects at NASA [Oztaysi, 2014] information technology [Towhidi et al, 2009] iron-making technology [Parkan, Wu, 1999] robots to perform repetitious, difficult, and hazardous tasks with precision…”