RFID STUDY SURVEYS END USERS AND ADDRESSES ADOPTION ISSUES
With
several industries represented, study offers
understanding of influences in investing
in RFID.
June 1st,
2009 – Wollongong, NSW Australia / Montreal,
QC, Canada
During this period of economic
instability, it is a given that companies
are looking to cut costs and get more bang
for their buck, especially when investing
in new technologies is the topic for discussion.
That is why the University of Wollongong’s
Centre for Business Services Science put
together a team of researchers to survey
organizations in several industries to calculate
the relative importance of a multitude of
attributes that influence the decision to
invest and adopt RFID technology.
The result is a comprehensive
analysis of organizational benefits and
risks titled RFID Adoption Issues, authored
by Mr. Samuel Fosso Wamba, Dr. Byron Keating,
Dr. Tim Coltman, and Dr. Katina Michael.
Supported by content experts and industry
partners including project champions Mark
Roberti, founder and Editor of RFID Journal,
Mark Shapiro of Can/U.S. Enviro RFID, Anthony
Palermo of Academia RFID, and participants
of the 2008 WINMEC Research Forum at the
University of California (Los Angeles),
the study provided insight into the factors
that matter most (and least) during the
investment decision process.
Mr. Fosso Wamba, academic
founder of Academia RFID Centre of Excellence
in Montreal and lecturer at the University
of Wollongong’s School of Information Systems
and Technology said, “There is this burning
question being asked; despite large retailers
investing and benefiting from cross-operational
RFID implementations, why aren’t we seeing
industry-wide adoption, or more specifically
perhaps, application-specific adoption?
This was the catalyst for the study and
luckily the participants surveyed were not
reluctant to answer; providing us with a
valuable end-user perspective.”
“It’s critical for the
RFID industry to understand the concerns
of potential end users and the issues that
are preventing them from investing in RFID
so that these can be addressed. This study
goes a long way towards helping us do that,”
added Mark Roberti.
For a copy of RFID Adoption
Issues: Analysis of Organizational Benefits
& Risks, please download the PDF below.
Download the complete document.
(45MB)
About University of Wollongong’s Centre for Business Services Science
The Centre for Business Services Science (CBSS) was established in January 2007 as a research centre within the Faculty of Informatics. It has a vision to become Australia’s premier centre for practitioners and academics interested in business service science research. Associate Professor Tim Coltman is the Director, along with members Dr Keating, Dr Michael, Dr Robinson & Prof Spedding.
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