A quantitative evaluation of the impact of the RFID technology on shelf availability

International Journal of RF Technologies: Research and Applications

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 159-180

  Bertolini, Massimo ^a   Ferretti, Gino ^a   Montanari, Roberto ^a   Rizzi, Antonio ^a   Vignali, Giuseppe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Out of stock; RFID technologies; shelf availability

Indexed keywords

BEAUTY CARE; CONSUMER PACKAGED GOODS; CUSTOMER BEHAVIOUR; DRY FOODS; FRESH FOOD; HYPERMARKETS; LOGISTICS PROCESS; ON SHELF AVAILABILITIES; OUT OF STOCK; POTENTIAL BENEFITS; QUANTITATIVE EVALUATION; RADIO FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION TECHNOLOGY; RFID TECHNOLOGY; ROOT CAUSE; SHELF AVAILABILITY; SHOP FLOOR;

AVAILABILITY; MANUFACTURE; RADIO FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION (RFID); SALES;

RETAIL STORES;

EID: 84862985932     PISSN: 17545730     EISSN: 17545749     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/RFT-2012-019     Document Type: Article

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