RFID utilization on operational performance through supply chain management

Abstract

Various industries have utilized RFID technology for internal management within organizations for an effective operation, reduction of the complexity and errors in products counting, improving speed and information update efficiency. The automotive parts industry is one of the industries which use RFID technology.  As mentioned, in the automotive parts industry, RFID technology is used for the safety of equipment setting and as well, use information obtained from RFID for further analysis. This research aimed to study the use of RFID in supply chain management and its influence on the success of the operational performance in the automotive parts industry of Thailand.  Ninety-nine (99) were sample companies from Thailand automotive parts industry to answer the questionnaire. The data were gathered and a structure equation model was placed here for the testing model. The result of this research showed that to paying attention to RFID technology usage can help increase operational performance by supply chain management. It was noticed that RFID has an significant indirect effect operational performance through supply chain management.

Keywords -  RFID utilization, Operational performanc, Supply chain management