A Cost-Benefit Calculator for RFID Implementations in the Apparel Retail Industry
ISBN
978-3-642-03131-1
Type
conference paper
Date Issued
2009-08-06
Author(s)
Mahmoud, Nezar
Thiesse, Frederic
Abstract
The apparel retail industry is on the one hand facing challenges from increasing competition, consolidations, and thus increasing pressure to reduce costs. On the other hand, customers are getting more demanding, resulting in shorter fashion cycles, and demands for new customer experience. RFID technology is supposed to raise efficiency and to enable innovative customer service offerings. Besides cost savings, benefits are expected to arise from newly designed RFID applications and customer insights from analyses of shop floor data. Recently, apparel retailers started to investigate this technology, resulting in several trials and pilots world-wide. However, the business case of RFID in the apparel retail industry is not clear. Based on the findings of a real-world deployment, our contribution presents a cost-benefit calculator that is specifically designed to meet the requirements of apparel retail industry RFID implementations
Project(s)
Language
English
Keywords
RFID
ROI Estimations
Cost-Benefit Calculator
IT Value
Apparel Retail Industry
HSG Classification
contribution to practical use / society
Refereed
Yes
Book title
Proceedings of the Fifteenth Americas Conference on Information Systems (AMCIS 2009)
Publisher
AISEL
Start page
1
End page
10
Pages
10
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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Division(s)
Eprints ID
53294
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