Green Characteristics of RFID Technologies

2018 ◽  
pp. 749-772
Author(s):  
Ramakrishnan Ramanathan ◽  
Lok Wan Lorraine Ko ◽  
Hsin Chen ◽  
Usha Ramanathan
Keyword(s):  
Radio Frequency Identification ◽  
Diffusion Of Innovations ◽  
Service Providers ◽  
Theoretical Perspective ◽  
Rfid Technology ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Logistics Service ◽  
Logistics Service Providers ◽  
Frequency Identification ◽  
The Uk

Logistics is an integral part of the supply chain. Many logistics service providers have acknowledged that if they want to operate more efficiently and responsively, they must adopt technologies that help manufacturers, warehouses, and retailers to communicate with each other more efficiently. Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technology has been identified as an important application among many logistics technologies and is increasingly gaining both practitioners' and researchers' attention. The purpose of this chapter is to explore the factors affecting logistics service providers' intentions to use RFID technology, with special emphasis on its environmentally friendly green characteristics. The theoretical perspective diffusion of innovations is used for the purpose. The data is collected using a questionnaire survey among the UK logistics companies. The analysis shows that observability of green characteristics positively influences the intention to use RFID.

Green Characteristics of RFID Technologies

2015 ◽  
pp. 156-178 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ramakrishnan Ramanathan ◽  
Lok Wan Lorraine Ko ◽  
Hsin Chen ◽  
Usha Ramanathan
Keyword(s):  
Radio Frequency Identification ◽  
Diffusion Of Innovations ◽  
Service Providers ◽  
Theoretical Perspective ◽  
Rfid Technology ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Logistics Service ◽  
Logistics Service Providers ◽  
Frequency Identification ◽  
The Uk

Logistics is an integral part of the supply chain. Many logistics service providers have acknowledged that if they want to operate more efficiently and responsively, they must adopt technologies that help manufacturers, warehouses, and retailers to communicate with each other more efficiently. Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technology has been identified as an important application among many logistics technologies and is increasingly gaining both practitioners' and researchers' attention. The purpose of this chapter is to explore the factors affecting logistics service providers' intentions to use RFID technology, with special emphasis on its environmentally friendly green characteristics. The theoretical perspective diffusion of innovations is used for the purpose. The data is collected using a questionnaire survey among the UK logistics companies. The analysis shows that observability of green characteristics positively influences the intention to use RFID.

A Study on Green Characteristics of RFID using Innovation Diffusion Theory

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-12
Author(s):  
Ramakrishnan Ramanathan ◽  
Lok Wan Lorraine Ko ◽  
Hsin Chen ◽  
Usha Ramanathan
Keyword(s):  
Radio Frequency ◽  
Radio Frequency Identification ◽  
Diffusion Of Innovations ◽  
Diffusion Theory ◽  
Cost Savings ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Innovation Diffusion Theory ◽  
Logistics Service Providers ◽  
Frequency Identification ◽  
Auto Identification

Radio frequency identification (RFID) is one type of auto-identification technology that uses radio frequency (RF) waves to identify, track, and locate individual physical items. This technology has been used in many applications including manufacturing and distribution of product. While RFID is useful in improving several functions within a firm, the authors focus on the logistics function in this chapter. Applying RFID can help improve logistics in several ways. RFID can closely monitor and track positions of vehicles and assist companies to successfully manage their warehouses and supply chains. Additionally, cost savings, supply chain visibility, and new process creation have been identified as three key benefits of RFID adoption. In spite of significant number of research studies on RFID, there is a limited amount of published knowledge on the discussion of the drivers or influencing factors that lead logistics industry to consider RFID. Given the increasing importance of green issues, there is a need to understand how the perceived positive green characteristics are affecting the level of adoption of the RFID technology. The aim of this chapter is therefore to explore the factors affecting logistics service providers' intention to use RFID, with special emphasis on its environmental friendly green characteristics. The theory of diffusion of innovations is used to develop a conceptual model of factors influencing RFID adoption.

scholarly journals A Systematic Review of Factors Affecting Food Loss and Waste and Sustainable Mitigation Strategies: A Logistics Service Providers’ Perspective

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (20) ◽  
pp. 11374
Author(s):  
HAN YAN ◽  
Min-Ju Song ◽  
Hee-Yong Lee
Keyword(s):  
Service Providers ◽  
Mitigation Strategies ◽  
Cold Chain ◽  
Chinese Market ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Food Loss ◽  
Sustainable Solutions ◽  
Logistics Service ◽  
Logistics Service Providers ◽  
Potential Factors

This study investigates the causes of food loss and waste (FLW) from the perspective of logistics service providers (LSPs) and provides sustainable options for the Chinese market. To this end, this study reviews the literature on FLW and cold chain logistics published from 2008–2021. Until recently, little attention has been paid to understanding FLW drivers from the LSP perspective. This critical systematic literature review (SLR) aims to identify the potential drivers of FLW and provide a coherent and integrated knowledge base regarding these factors. A configurative SLR was performed, and after a filtering process, 43 articles were analyzed. Potential factors were identified and categorized into four groups: (i) poor management, (ii) inappropriate operational practices, (iii) high cost, and (iv) restrictions. The results reveal that technical inefficiency and facility costs are the most serious risks, and the lack of legislation and standards constitutes the second most serious risk for FLW. Sustainable solutions are recommended to address these risks. Finally, the study findings provide guidance for LSPs to achieve sustainability in social, economic, and ecological dimensions.

Measuring Performance of Logistics Outsourcing Services

2013 ◽  
pp. 344-358
Author(s):  
Harlina Suzana Jaafar ◽  
Mohammed Rafiq
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Performance ◽  
Process Model ◽  
Service Providers ◽  
Logistics Outsourcing ◽  
Logistics Service ◽  
Logistics Service Providers ◽  
Logistics Services ◽  
Great Pressure ◽  
The Uk

As the business competition is becoming more intense, there has been a great pressure to the logistics service providers to demonstrate its contribution to the organizational performance. Consequently, there has been a tendency of studies focusing at measuring the logistics service performance within various perspectives. This chapter provides a review on several significant studies that measures the performance of logistics services followed by presenting an empirical study on measuring logistics performance as perceived by the customers in the UK context. The empirical results confirms the relationships and consequent effects of LSQ-satisfaction, relationship quality, and customer loyalty-by providing a process model that shows the process of how customers would stay loyal in the logistics outsourcing business relationships by using exit intention as the output variable. The model in this study can greatly assist the logistics outsourcing companies in measuring the performance of their services. It helps the logistics companies understand how their customers measure the quality of their relationship experiences in receiving the logistics services provided by the logistics companies.

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