al. RFID Adoption in Supply Chain Activities Proceedings of the Seventeenth Americas Conference on Information Systems, Detroit, Michigan August 4th-7th 2011 1 Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) Adoption in Supply Chain Activities: Facilitators and Inhibitors

Abstract

RFID is an increasingly important technology whose adoption is not well understood from a supply chainperspective. Drawing from the Technology-Organization-Environment framework, we have developed a theoreticalmodel for RFID adoption, incorporating critical factors perceived to influence RFID adoption. Survey data wascollected from industry professionals worldwide for the empirical study. The findings suggest that (1) organizationsfacing greater competitive pressure and trading partner readiness are more likely to adopt RFID and (2) perceivedcomplexity of RFID is a significant inhibitor for the adoption of this technology. The implications of our results arediscussed