Title :
A Novel Approach for Economic-Justification of RFID Technology in Courier Sector: A Real-Life Case Study
Author :
Oztaysi, Basar ; Baysan, Serdar ; Dursun, Pinar
Author_Institution :
Istanbul Tech. Univ., Istanbul
Abstract :
Radio frequency identification (RFID) applications on the courier sector have been the subject of researches and advantages of them are widely explained. But, still, it is clearly observed that a consistent, accurate and easy to use approach for economic justification of RFID tags is not yet been studied. In this paper we proposed a framework for economic analysis and comparison of alternative scenarios. The proposed framework is based on time-driven activity based costing (TD-ABC) supported by inventory costing and simulation techniques. The proposed framework, can be used for investment analysis and comparisons between potential systems.
Keywords :
costing; investment; postal services; radiofrequency identification; RFID tags; courier sector; economic analysis; inventory costing; investment analysis; radiofrequency identification; time-driven activity based costing; Analytical models; Costing; Costs; Packaging; Postal services; RFID tags; Radio spectrum management; Radiofrequency identification; Technology management; Vehicles; RFID; courier service; inventory costing; simulation;
Conference_Titel :
RFID Eurasia, 2007 1st Annual
Conference_Location :
Istanbul
Print_ISBN :
978-975-01566-0-1
DOI :
10.1109/RFIDEURASIA.2007.4368147