The Future of Radio Frequency Identification

This study identifies the most important and unsolved issues that will determine the future of radio frequency identification (RFID). A review of the RFID business-oriented literature identified twelve issues related to the future of RFID. In the first round of the Delphi Method, a panel of RFID experts narrowed this list to the seven issues considered to be most critical to the future of RFID. In round two, the panel ranked the seven issues in terms of importance and likelihood of being solved within the next two years. A third round, with feedback from round two, was conducted to insure there was a consensus within the panel. Results indicate that standardization is the most important issue and standardization is also the issue most likely to be solved within the next two years. System costs, business process reengineering, and integration also ranked high in importance. Privacy, lack of RFID-skilled professionals, and data warehousing were viewed as of less importance to the future of RFID.