8. Future works
Despite the numerous opportunities for RFID, it seems that
there is still a long way to go before its extensive global
application is achieved. There are many challenges that need
to be overcome and a host of problems to be solved to
expedite the widespread implementation of RFID (Ngai et al.,
2008b). A short list of studies and researches that can be done
in relation to RFID-based systems for various organizations
are provided below:
1 Tracking and tracing capabilities:
. Tracking and tracing of critical items used in the
products.
. Degree of importance of security and privacy issues
for an organization and its real impact on the
adoption of RFID technology.
. Privacy and security issues of RFID – in relation to
highly sensitive issues as such as data acquisition on
minorities and gender issues.
2 Critical success factors (CSF) and performance:
. Studying the CSF of RFID adoption.
. Studying the performance of RFID technology in
whole organization.
. RFID strategies that are suitable, acceptable, and
manageable for the organization.
3 RFID management:
. Finding a new management way for managing this
new RFID technology.
. Creation of a business model for an organization to
adopt an RFID-based system.
. The bar code vs RFID studies for various industry to
determine whether that sector is apt to use RFID.
. What rules and guidelines a company should follow to
get a full readiness for implementing RFID and to be
a continuous RFID user.
4 RFID impacts:
. RFID impacts on cost management in SC systems
(manufacturing SC, health SC, etc.)
. RFID impacts on flow management of products in
SC systems.
. RFID impacts on serviceability and customer
satisfaction.
. RFID impacts on companies’ bottom line.
. Studying the impacts of RFID-based systems on
companies and organizations.
. Studying the impacts of RFID-based systems on
various processes, functions, departments, and
subsidiary of the organization.
. Psychological impacts of RFID utilization on
employees in general and customers in particular.
. The RFID true impacts on people health.
5 RFID integration:
. Integrating RFID systems with quality assurance
systems.