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Radio-frequency identification (RFID) and the Internet of Things have triggered numerous research activities to optimise production and logistics scenarios in the past years (Fleisch et al. 2005; Bullinger and ten Hompel 2007; Miles et al. 2008; Ranasinghe et al. 2010). RFID serves as a connecting link between the physical world of products and the virtual world of information (Fleisch et al. 2005). Therefore, the full potential of RFID relies on a connected communication and information infrastructure, such as the Internet of Things. Accessing product-related information anywhere about anything at anytime offers a higher visibility level and thus enables performance increases in multiple supply chain operations (Bose and Pal 2005).

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    Partially reprinted from International Journal of RF Technologies: Research and Applications, Uckelmann, D. & Harrison, M., Integrated billing mechanisms in the Internet of Things to support information sharing and enable new business opportunities, 2(2), 73–90, Copyright 2010 with permission from IOS Press.

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Uckelmann, D. (2012). Introduction. In: Quantifying the Value of RFID and the EPCglobal Architecture Framework in Logistics. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-27991-1_1

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