Estimating Data Volumes of RFID-enabled Supply Chains
Type
conference paper
Date Issued
2009-10-18
Author(s)
Abstract
The widespread application of RFID tags in supply chains is said to cause enormous data volume problems and thus unprecedented challenges for systems and infrastructures. In order to unleash the potential of item-level RFID applications, such as data sharing and discovery across company boundaries, an unbiased understanding of emerging data volumes is necessary. However, quantitative data that provides factual argument is still scarce. Therefore, we present a simulation study based on a real-world scenario that reveals quantitative characteristics of the data volumes problem in an RFID-enabled supply chain and discuss its implications. Our results suggest that data volumes will be much lower than currently anticipated, but still bear significant challenges for researchers and developers of RFID infrastructures.
Language
English
HSG Classification
contribution to scientific community
Refereed
No
Book title
Proceedings of the Fifteenth Americas Conference on Information Systems (AMCIS 2009)
Publisher
Association for Information Systems
Publisher place
AIS Electronic Library (AISeL)
Event Title
15th Americas Conference On Information Systems (AMCIS 2009)
Event Location
San Francisco, CA
Event Date
06.-09.08.2009
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Eprints ID
226639