File Number: NPS-LM-06-063

Authors: Christopher A. Thomas and Emeterio V. Hernandez

Title: Investigating the Department of Defense’s Implementation of Passive Radio Frequency Identification (RFID)

Published: April 2006

Sponsored by: Acquisition Chair, Naval Postgraduate School 

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Note: This paper is an except from the Proceedings of the 3rd Annual Acquisition Research Symposium.  

Abstract:

The purpose of this report is to study the implementation process of passive RFID throughout the Department of Defense and determine whether or not the process explicitly or implicitly followed typical executive modeling formulas. It will also determine the problematic areas in the implementation of such an emerging technology and the best way to overcome those problems throughout an organization of the magnitude and complexity of the Department of Defense.

Keywords: Passive RFID

About the Authors:

Christopher A. Thomas, Lieutenant, United States Navy, received his Master of Business Administration with a concentration in Acquisition and Contract Management from the Naval Postgraduate School in December 2005. Prior to this assignment, Lieutenant Thomas served as the Supply Officer onboard the USS Henry M Jackson (SSBN 730). He also served as the Supply Officer onboard the USS Florida (SSBN 728), the USS Champion (MCM 4), and the USNS Kanawha (TAO 196). Lieutenant Thomas is a 1990 Graduate of Iowa State University where he received a Bachelor of Science in Community and Regional Planning and Urban Design. Lieutenant Thomas’ next assignment is as a Fleet Financial Accounting Resource Analyst with Commander, Naval Surface Force, US Pacific Fleet, Naval Base Coronado, California.

Emeterio V. Hernandez, Captain, United States Air Force, received his Master of Business Administration with a concentration in Acquisition and Contract Management from the Naval Postgraduate School in December 2005. Prior to this assignment, Captain Hernandez, a Logistics Readiness Officer, served as a Fuels Staff Officer for the Air Force Petroleum Office, Detachment 3, Warner-Robins Air Logistics Center, Fort Belvoir, Virginia. He also served as the Flight Commander, Combat Operations, with the 49th Supply Squadron, 49th Fighter Wing, Holloman Air Force Base, New Mexico and had an outstanding enlisted career of 13 years as a Fuels Specialist. Captain Hernandez is a 1998 graduate of Eastern Washington University, where he received a Bachelor of Science in Biology. Captain Hernandez’ next assignment is as a Research Analyst with the Air Force Logistics Management Agency, Maxwell Air Force Base-Gunter Annex, Alabama.

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The research presented in this report was supported by the Acquisition Chair of the Graduate School of Business & Public Policy at the Naval Postgraduate School.
 
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