Adoption and Diffusion of RFID Technology in the Automotive Industry
Type
conference paper
Date Issued
2007-06-06
Author(s)
Abstract
The adoption of newer information technologies like Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) can improve the transparency and therefore the speed and accuracy of information exchange within supply chains. An increase of process efficiency is one of the advantages of RFID. But after many years of hyping the RFID technology it becomes increasingly evident that the actual adoption and diffusion of RFID lags behind the expectations of its optimistic promoters. In our paper we identify factors which are fostering the adoption and diffusion of RFID in a particular industry such as automotive. With a look at the theory of innovation diffusion, reviews of IS and IT diffusion studies, case reports and our practical experience in the automotive industry we extract factors in three categories: (a) innovation characteristic, (b) organizational characteristics and (c) environmental characteristics. The resulting most important factors compatibility, complexity, costs and performance belong to group (a) while the factor top management support belongs to group (b). With the knowledge of these factors, potential users are able to evaluate if it is reasonable to adopt RFID at a certain point of time and furthermore become able to actively influence these factors to increase the rate of diffusion of RFID.
Funding(s)
Language
English
Keywords
RFID
Automotive Industry
Adoption
Innovation Diffusion
Standards
HSG Classification
contribution to scientific community
Refereed
Yes
Event Title
E-DIGIT Workshop, European Conference on Information Systems
Event Location
St. Gallen
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Division(s)
Eprints ID
37088