Abstract :
The new year signaled a turning point in the deployment of supply chain management\´s "next big thing" - radio frequency identification, or RFID. RFID isn\´t really new. For several years, military and security applications have deployed fairly sophisticated implementations of active RFID, which uses battery-powered radio-equipped tags to transmit pertinent information. However, the next wave of RFID, known as passive RFID, features cheaper nonenergized tags and is just poking into the marketplace.
Keywords :
open systems; radiofrequency identification; retailing; supply chain management; RFID tags; Wal-Mart; nonenergized tags; pertinent information transmission; radio frequency identification; radio-equipped tags; retail market; supply chain management; Active RFID tags; Guidelines; Information security; Passive RFID tags; RF signals; Radiofrequency identification; Signal processing; Standards organizations; Supply chain management; Turning; RFID; dsonline; passive RFID;
