Radio Frequency Identification (RFID): To Tag or Not to Tag? | SupplyChainBrain

Radio Frequency Identification (RFID): To Tag or Not to Tag?

January 31, 2011

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This article discusses the benefits of implementing Radio Frequency Identification (RFID). It includes benchmarks from APQC's Open Standards Benchmarking in Logistics. Additionally, courtesy of APQC's alliance with the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP), it draws on research contained in "Item-level RFID: Future Direction - Current Status," a series of research reports co-sponsored by CSCMP, VICS (Voluntary Interindustry Commerce Solutions Association), and the University of Arkansas.

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