Purdue's RFID supply chain for e-pedigree compliance: applying the technology-organisation-environment (TOE) framework

Rebecca Angeles

International Journal of Business Information Systems, 2012, vol. 10, issue 4, 447-480

Abstract: The adoption of radio frequency identification (RFID) is expected to pick up speed in the pharmaceutical industry as the US Government has imposed a regulation requiring the generation of pedigrees or a historical record of the movement of prescription drugs through different supply chain nodes. 'Electronic' pedigrees require the use of electronic means to establish these records of custody. RFID is perceived to be a leading and promising technology for accelerating e-pedigree deployment among prescription drug firms. This study uses Tornatzky and Fleischer's (1990) technology-organisation-environment (TOE) theoretical framework to analyse and understand Purdue pharmaceutical's RFID implementation to meet the e-pedigree requirement.

Keywords: radio frequency identification; RFID; supply chain management; SCM; technology-organisation-environment; TOE framework; pharmaceutical industry; electronic pedigrees; e-pedigree compliance; historical records; prescription drugs. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012
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