When Does RFID Make Business Sense for Managing Supply Chains?

Özelkan, Ertunga C.; Galambosi, Agnes

doi:10.4018/978-1-60566-960-1.ch077

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“…General overview of the literature covers the applications of RFID in supply chains, challenges and strategies of RFID (Spekman and Sweeney, 2006;Twist, 2005;McFarlane and Sheffi, 2003). Analytical studies on RFID cover financial implications and inventory issues in various sectors including manufacturing and distributions (Ozelkan and Galambose, 2008;Ustundag and Tanyas, 2009). Empirical studies includes cases of Wal-Mart (Hardgrave et al, 2008a;, Sainsbury's (Karkkainen, 2003), Volvo (Holmqvist and Stefansson, 2006a,b), Hong Kong aircraft engineering company (Ngai et al, 2007) and many others.…”

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Adoption of RFID technologies in UK logistics: Moderating roles of size, barcode experience and government support

Ramanathan

2014

Expert Systems with Applications

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Due to globalization, logistics has become an important part in the supply chain. Many logistics service providers have realised the importance of adoption of technologies that can help manufacturers, warehouses, and retailers to communicate with each other more efficiently. Among many logistics technologies, Radio frequency identification (RFID) has been identified as an important technology to improve logistics operations and supply chain management, and thus is increasingly gaining both practitioners' and researchers' attention. The purpose of this study is to identify the impact of usability features of RFID in the adoption of the technology by the logistics sector in the UK. We have used questionnaire survey method to collect data from the UK Logistics firms. The analysis of the data shows that the usability of RFID technology positively influences adoption of technology. We have further tested the moderating effects of firm size, experience with barcode use, and government support in adopting RFID. Our results show that government support strongly moderates the link between usability of RFID and its adoption but size and experience with barcode do not moderate this link. We elaborate the contributions of the study and managerial implications of our results in this paper.

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Adoption of RFID technologies in UK logistics: Moderating roles of size, barcode experience and government support

Ramanathan

2014

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“…For example, financial studies include the cost and benefits of item-level tagging, (Hou and Huang, 2006), cash flow and risk (Ozelkan and Galambose, 2008), the expected costs and benefits in three-echelon supply chains (Bottani and Rizzi, 2008;Ustundag and Tanyas, 2009). Inventory models are presented for time-sensitive products (Chande et al, 2005), inventory record inaccuracy (Heese, 2007;Uckun et al, 2008), item-level tagging (Gaukler et al, 2007), information visibility and inventory decisions in the reverse channel (Karaer and Lee, 2007), the use of RFID tagged inventory to map supply networks (Bi and Lin, 2009) and others.…”

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An exploratory study of RFID implementation in the supply chain

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Visich

2010

Management Research Review

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Purpose -The purpose of this study is to investigate the barriers and motivations for adopting RFID, the level of RFID implementation, the processes RFID is utilized in, and issues in the deployment of RFID. Design/methodology/approach -a survey instrument was developed based on a literature review. The survey was then distributed to the members of the Association for Operations Management (APICS) Rhode Island and Boston chapters. The results were then analyzed. Findings -It was found that the majority of the surveyed firms are not considering RFID implementation. Lack of a business case and lack of understanding were cited as their main concerns. For firms considering RFID implementation and firms that had implemented RFID, better inventory management, obtaining competitive advantage and cost reduction were the three most important motivations for adopting RFID. Financial concerns and the lack of a business case were the most prevalent issues. In addition, product tracking (pallets, cases and items) in shipping was the most cited RFID application. It was also found that considering firms are facing less pressure from customers to adopt RFID and reported a much higher degree of apprehension regarding potential issues than implementing firms reported for actual difficulties faced. Research limitations -One of the limitations was the small sample size (n=49) which may limit the generalizability of the results. Originality/value -By identifying barriers, motivations, and issues in the implementation of RFID, this study further educates practitioners on the challenges and opportunities of RFID, as well as provides direction to academicians for further research on this area.

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“…Financial studies include the cost and benefits of itemlevel tagging (Hou and Huang, 2006), and cash flow and risk (Ozelkan and Galambose, 2008).…”

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“…Hou and Huang (2006) Cost/benefit modeling of item-level tagging in the Taiwanese printing industry. Ozelkan & Galambose (2008) Financial modeling of various business scenarios and associated risk. Bottani & Rizzi (2008) Cost/benefit analysis of pallet and case tagging in a three-echelon supply chain.…”

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Empirical evidence of RFID impacts on supply chain performance

Visich

Khumawala

et al. 2009

International Journal of Operations &Amp; Production Management

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Purpose -A great deal of confusion exists in the literature concerning the benefits of radio frequency identification (RFID). The purpose of this paper is to investigate the actual benefits of RFID on supply chain performance through the empirical evidence.Design/methodology/approach -The research reviews and classifies the existing quantitative empirical evidence of RFID on supply chain performance. We classify the evidence by process (operational or managerial) and for each process by effect (automational, informational, and transformational).Findings -The empirical evidence showed that the major effects from the implementation of RFID are automational effect on operational processes followed by informational effects on managerial processes. The RFID implementation has not reached transformational level on both operational and managerial processes. RFID has an automational effect on operational processes through inventory control and efficiency improvements. An informational effect for managerial processes is observed for improved decision quality, production control and the effectiveness of retail sales and promotions coordination. In addition, a three stage model is proposed to explain the effects of RFID on supply chain. Research limitations/implications -Limitations of this research include the use of secondarysources and the lack of consistency in performance measure definitions. Future research could 2 focus on detailed case studies that investigate cross-functional applications across the organization and the supply chain.Practical implications -For managers, the empirical evidence presented can help them identify implementation areas where RFID can have the greatest impact. The data can be used to build the business case for RFID and therefore better estimate ROI and the payback period.Originality/value -This research fills a void in the literature by providing practitioners and researchers with a better understanding of the quantitative benefits of RFID in the supply chain.

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When Does RFID Make Business Sense for Managing Supply Chains?

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Adoption of RFID technologies in UK logistics: Moderating roles of size, barcode experience and government support

Adoption of RFID technologies in UK logistics: Moderating roles of size, barcode experience and government support

An exploratory study of RFID implementation in the supply chain

Empirical evidence of RFID impacts on supply chain performance

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