Clifford Poulard
Team C
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Radio-frequency identification
Overview:
 RFID- is the use of an object (typically referred to as
an RFID tag) applied to or incorporated into a product,
animal, or person for the purpose of identification and
tracking using radio waves.
 RFID systems include tags, readers and software to
process the data.
Supply Chain RFID:
 RFID will be a major advance in supply chain management, but
enterprises will need to do considerable upfront planning and testing to
successfully implement and integrate the technology.
 RFID will have a significant impact on every feature of supply chain
management , such as moving goods through loading docks, to the
complex, such as managing terabytes of data as information about
goods on hand is collected in real time.
 RFID will initially be used to manage the identification of large lots of
goods for example, at the pallet and carton levels. RFID tags, therefore,
must have unique serial identifier information that associates each lot
with a corresponding bill of lading sent from the originator.
How Does It Work
 The development of standards for encoding information on RFID tags
will be critical to making the technology as important to the supply
chain as bar codes currently are.
 The standard body that manages UPC (universal product code)
information in bar codes, sets the standards for how basic product
information is encoded in the RFID chips.
Why Use It ?
 RFID chips are designed to replace bar codes.
 When one company ships goods to another company, these standards
will help simplify the electronic transactions that occur between the
organizations ERP (enterprise resource planning) systems.
 The current version of the EPC (electronic product code) Tag Data
Standard specifies the data format for encoding and reading data from
64- and 96-bit RFID tags.
 The data stored in these tags dictates information about a product in
UPC terms, including company and product identifiers.
Conclusion
 In conclusion, the enterprise applications that touch the supply chain,
such as ERP, warehouse management systems and CRM (customer
relationship management) applications, do not integrate directly with
RFID systems.
 Companies considering RFID technology need to determine how best to
manage the flow of data from the reader to an application and to the
user through RFID technology.
 Figuring out even the basics of RFID technology implementation, such
as where to place RFID tags, will require testing and resources that may
be out of reach for many small businesses.
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