A post-retail consumer application of RFID in medical supply chains

Journal of Business and Industrial Marketing

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 607-611

  Swartz, Stephen M ^a   Vaidyanathan, Vijay ^a   Raman, Hari ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

Condition monitoring; Medical equipment; Product identification; Supply chain management

Indexed keywords

EID: 78049473491     PISSN: 08858624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/08858621011088347     Document Type: Article

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