Since the RFID Research Center’s inception in 2005, its primary focus has been research at the retail and store front level. However, given the Center’s strong knowledge base of RFID operations at the store level, and the influx of RFID into total supply chain operations, the RFID Research Center at the University of Arkansas is shifting its focus to include the entire supply chain, from sourcing to the store shelf.
“We have a good handle on what’s happening at the store level and now we need to understand the entire supply chain,” says Bill Hardgrave, founder and director of the RFID Research Center at the University of Arkansas. “In 2010, we’re working on getting supplier inventory from source all the way through to the store so we understand that business model. There are a lot of neat things going on in cold chain and agriculture, but thus far apparel item level tagging is driving this industry.”
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