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RFID in Retail Supply Chains: Current Developments and Future Potential

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Logistics Management

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This paper presents a study that investigates the implementation of RFID projects in German and Swiss retail supply chains from a qualitative perspective. The semi-structured interviews with experts from companies in the retail supply chain sector enabled us to gain insights into the problems RFID implementations have to face, as well as the benefits associated with them. In conjunction with a literature review, this allows us to identify the future challenges and potential of RFID applications in the retail industry.

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  1. Lehrstuhl für Betriebswirtschaftslehre, Insbesondere Supply Chain Management, Lange Gasse 20, 90403, Nuremberg, Germany

    Helen Rogers, Talat Abd El Hakam, Evi Hartmann & Marina Gebhard

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  1. University of Applied Sciences, Bremen, Germany

    Jan Dethloff

  2. ISL - Institut für Seeverkehrswirtschaft und Logistik, Bremen, Bremen, Germany

    Hans-Dietrich Haasis

  3. Dept. of Logistics, University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany

    Herbert Kopfer

  4. University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany

    Herbert Kotzab

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    Jörn Schönberger

Appendix

Appendix

The closed-category system consisted of three categories, two of which have sub-categories:

  • C1: Introduction of experts and companies

  • C2: Presentation of the RFID projects

    • C2.1 Scope, applications and objectives

    • C2.2 Implemented technology

    • C2.3 Technical challenges

    • C2.4 Cost effectiveness

  • C3: General RFID Topics

    • C3.1 Visionary RFID applications

    • C3.2 Maturity of RFID systems on the market

    • C3.3 Impediments to technology dissemination

    • C3.4 Future trends/industries for RFID implementation

    • C3.5 RFID and environmental protection

    • C3.6 RFID and data privacy/privacy policy

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Rogers, H., Hakam, T.A.E., Hartmann, E., Gebhard, M. (2015). RFID in Retail Supply Chains: Current Developments and Future Potential. In: Dethloff, J., Haasis, HD., Kopfer, H., Kotzab, H., Schönberger, J. (eds) Logistics Management. Lecture Notes in Logistics. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-13177-1_16

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