Factors influencing the adoption and diffusion of supply chain technology standards in Australia

该项目旨在使更多的组织能够使用条形码和射频识别（RFID）标签等技术。研究表明，由于信息效率低下，3.5%的销售损失，30%的库存记录有错误，60%的发票有错误。这些类型的错误和损失可以通过使用这些技术来减少，因为它们使货物和服务的流动更加高效和有效。我们将研究的所有四个行业都可以从这些技术中受益：减少医疗保健部门的错误和更好的服务提供；改善初级生产者的质量控制和降低运输成本；改善汽车制造和快速消费品行业的协调和减少与运输相关的碳排放。

This project seeks to enable more organisations to use technologies such as bar codes and radio-frequency identification (RFID) tags. Studies show that 3.5 per cent of sales are lost due to information inefficiencies, 30 per cent of inventory records have errors, and 60 per cent of all invoices have errors. These types of errors and losses can be reduced through use of these technologies because they enable more efficient and effective flow of goods and services. All four industry sectors we will study can benefit from these technologies: reduced errors and better service delivery in the healthcare sector; improved quality control and reduced transportation costs for primary producers; improved coordination and reduced transport related carbon emissions for automotive manufacturing and fast moving consumer goods sectors.