In this paper, the authors the inventory control practices of a small-to-medium retailer to identify common challenges this type of organization experiences with respect to automated data capture (ADC) and the implementation of an enterprise wide information system. The study explores a single...

RFID technology is defined as a wireless automatic identification and data capture (AIDC) technology and is considered as quot;the next big thingquot; in the management and quot;the next revolution in supply chainquot;. Recently, the topic has attracted the interest of the industrial community...

What makes companies such as Wal-Mart in the U.S., Metro Group in Germany and Tesco in the United Kingdom, so willing to adopt RFID technology? More precisely, what are those factors that matter most and least to firms when considering an investment in RFID? And how does the importance of such...