Is RFID Still a Disruptive Technology?

Whether RFID in the supply chain is thriving, struggling or somewhere in-between is a matter of opinion right now. But almost nine years after the infamous Walmart case-level RFID program was first announced, only to be later shut down, and largely incremental progress since then, should we still consider RFID a "disruptive" technology? That's what Bill Hardgrave, current dean of the business school at Auburn University, recently said at the RFID Journal Live conference in Orlando. Hardgrave was previously at the University of Arkansas, where he headed up the RFID research center there and worked on several studies associated with Walmart's program and item-level apparel tagging.