Empirical evidence of RFID impacts on supply chain performance

International Journal of Operations and Production Management

Volumn 29, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1290-1315

  Visich, John K ^a   Li, Suhong ^a   Khumawala, Basheer M ^b   Reyes, Pedro M ^c  

^a BRYANT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^c BAYLOR UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Identification; Performance measurement (quality); Radio frequencies; Supply chain management

Indexed keywords

EID: 71849094800     PISSN: 01443577     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01443570911006009     Document Type: Article

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