Economic potential of RFID use in apparel retail industry

Alp Ustundag, Aylin Ustundag*, Mert Bal

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Abstract

The apparel retail sector is especially confronted with challenges and problems in logistics processes such as shrinkage, counterfeiting, out of stock situations and needs to find solutions for improvements. With the help of the Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technology, the services for apparel supply chain will be able to provide data or information about products along different stages of this supply chain. The wide adoption of RFID across the supply chain will bring significant benefits leading to reduced operational costs and hence increase profit. In this study, the economic potentials of RFID implementation in apparel retail industry are examined and a cost-benefit analysis is carried out for a Turkish apparel retail company which plans to implement reusable RFID tags in all of its two hundred stores.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationThe Value of RFID
Subtitle of host publicationBenefits Vs. Costs
PublisherSpringer-Verlag London Ltd
Pages129-139
Number of pages11
ISBN (Electronic)9781447143451
ISBN (Print)9781447143444
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Jan 2013

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