Today’s increasing market competitiveness demands a highly performing production chain, with lower delivery times and more competitive price levels. In that scenario, logistics has earned a strategic role across industrial processes, being critically important in supporting Supply Chain Management (SCM) decision making. In recent years, Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technology has become a powerful tool that has been added to logistics, in offering greater opportunities for companies to respond more competitively and safely to market demands. The objective of this paper is assesses the use by a film producer of RFID technology in costume inventory management. The research examines the barcode technology presently in use, and subsequently explores the use of RFID. The main contribution of this work is to introduce in the literature a new application for RFID technology, offering a more comprehensive look of its impact in Brazilian film industry. Based on the results of this case study, the essay shows the main improvements obtained with the use of RFID technology, and offers a comparison to the advantages documented in academic reviews. With RFID in increased agility, minimization of errors, rework and loss. The conclusion is that the RFID implementation was a success.