RFID data sharing in supply chains: What is the value of the EPC network?

RFID and the Internet of Things: Technology, Applications, and Security Challenges

“…Architectures for information management for supply chain quality management are discussed in [116]. A case study on RFID Data Warehouses is given by Wang et al [110], while the advantages of sharing such data in the EPCglobal Network (EPCN) are presented in [99] and, based on a case study in the retail industry, in [108]. Supply chain performance metrics and time savings by adopting RFID are presented in [25].…”

“…The term Internet of Things, as it is established within RFID and supply chain communities today, describes the collective global information service architecture for RFID-tagged items; that is, networked services that speak about things, rather than services that reside inside the objects themselves. This information sharing between companies could be enabled by the EPCN [32,99,107,109].…”

Strategic aspects of cross-company item-level RFID usage — A game theoretic analysis

“…protocols, data storage [7], and data access [1]. Although the benefit of using RFID to monitor the movement of single products in supply chains has often been stressed [8], it is still far from being fully explored or realized in practice. Apart from early trials, for instance the one conducted by apparel manufacturer Gerry Weber and the retail store chain Kaufhof in 2003 [9], we are not aware of any cross-company application of item-level RFID.…”

“…In particular, they demonstrate how RFID can improve supply chain coordination. [8] review literature on the EPCglobal network's value proposition; they provide an excellent overview of case studies and industry reports on proposed ways to leverage a supply chain wide RFID infrastructure. [17] follow a qualitative research approach in order to propose cost-benefit sharing schemes for RFID.…”

O transponder, where art thou?: A case example of RFID data analytics in retail

“…The benefits of RFID in supply chain operations described therein can be broadly categorized into (a) labour and time savings due to process acceleration (e.g., quicker pallet identification upon loading into a truck), and (b) benefits from increased visibility that lead to higher information quality or even process transformation [4] [5]. The rationale of most existing RFID implementations follows the logic of the first category [6].…”