Resistance In Adoption Of Radio Frequency Identification SystemsIn The Supply Chain Industry

摘要

Early resistance to Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) Systems came from the civil liberties groups, for fear ofrnunprecedented surveillance and invasion of privacy. While the popularity of RFID has increased like that of mostrnfast emerging technologies, its ratio of adopters to observers is lesser than that of barcodes, the preceding automaticrnidentification technology. Although the Supply Chain stands to benefit most from adopting RFID, it has displayedrnmore resistance than some other smaller pockets of industry such as animal tagging or highway toll collection. Thisrnarticle discusses the causes of resistance to adoption in the Supply Chain.