Towards an Effective Management Strategy for Passive RFID Implementation

Over ten years after the lessons of the first gulf war had been absorbed and the Global Transportation Network was initiated, the DoD continues to struggle with tactical in-transit visibility. Now the DoD has mandated that the supply chain, including DoD vendors, apply a new and potentially revolutionary technology, passive radio frequency identification, to solve this problem. However, many issues central to passive RFID implementation remain unresolved. First and foremost, a comprehensive management strategy, including a complete redesign of business practices, must be developed. This research provides a framework for that management strategy and offers specific recommendations for top level management actions that must be accomplished to ensure passive RFID delivers on its promise of tactical in-transit visibility and revolutionary improvements in the supply chain.