What is it about?
We analysed and classified more than 220 sources dealing with UHF RFID projects in fashion and apparel retail in recent decades. In this way, we mapped the evolution of use cases (UCs) over time and also proposed a framework for the UC lifecycle, that allowed us to classify UCs with six different labels (core, intermittent, trendy, vintage, innovative or ghost) according to three dimensions. We believe that, by keeping the framework updated, we could create a barometer of RFID adoption in fashion and apparel retail while obtaining further insights on UC evolution over time.
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Why is it important?
We are not aware of any other study covering this issue, and the results we obtain represent an updated and thorough overview of UHF RFID adoption in the fashion industry.
Perspectives
We mapped descriptive statistics, tracked Use Cases (UCs) and project statuses of RFID deployments in fashion and apparel retail. Also, we used three different dimentions to categorise UCs in 6 different categories, namely core, intermittent, trendy, vintage, innovative or ghost. In this way, practitioners and managers aiming to deploy RFID in fashion and apparel retail, might benefit by insights about who has been deploying RFID, where, why and how, as well as the qualitative and quantitative benefits that can be expected. Similarly, researchers could find in our study specific areas that could be focused for deeper research. Also, we are continuing to update the current results, in order to appraise the evolution over time of the UCs timeline and lifecycle framework. See to this aim: http://www.rfidlab.unipr.it/news/ and http://www.rfidlab.unipr.it/rfid-barometer/
Mr. Giovanni Romagnoli
Universita degli Studi di Parma
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This page is a summary of: State of the art of item-level RFID deployments in fashion and apparel retail, International Journal of RF Technologies, December 2019, IOS Press,
DOI: 10.3233/rft-190174.
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