Disadvantages

Continuing with the airline industry, even though there are many advantages to using RFID, there are also some drawbacks that come into play. For instance, using RFID to keep track of the lifespan of certain products means that the RFID tags will need to be replaced every few years because they do not have an unlimited amount of space for storing information and also, in the case of active of RFID tags, which require batteries, these tags will not last forever because the battery will eventually run out (Al-Kassab, Rumsch, 2008).

Organizations are not contained in one single space; buildings may be situated all over a country and in many cases an organization may be stationed in more than one country. RFID readers can be expensive to buy and install and if an organization needs to install these readers to cover all of the areas where they may be situated, this can get expensive (2004).

Another issue is security. If someone has the proper reader to get the signal from an RFID tag, then the tag may be read by a party other than the one that the information contained in the tag is intended for (2008, July 10). Also, if organizations are not using the same systems to read RFID tags then information contained on the tag will not be able to be read by both companies (2004). Products move from place to place and company to company, and in order for RFID to be worth the cost, systems need to be integrated so that tags can be read by both parties (2004).

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