RFID - The Next Wave-LOG case 4

The Next Wave-LOG case 4

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Radio Frequency Identification (RFID ) in general , refers to the practice of identification that merges the use of radio and microchip up-to-the-minute technological advancements to distinctively find the location of particular objects (Convery , 2004 . It is a process wherein radio waves are utilized in to recognize certain objects Furthermore , it is a subset of a larger category of modern advancement otherwise known as the automatic identification ( Auto-id systems , a system used for tracking and compiling data about people goods , etc . an example of which

is the scanning of Universal Product Code (UPC ) oftentimes referred to as barcode . A UPC has the identification of the product being monitored and its marketable price (Hartman , 2005 . Principle as such applies likewise the same to Radio Frequency Identification (RFID ) technology . Essentially speaking , the RFID can be considerably reflected as a modernized and advanced barcode with an extensive capability of transfiguring an Auto- id into a more up-to-date innovation (Hartman , 2005 . The use of this RFID technology according to Byrnes (2004 , can optimize inventory running given that it also further advocates the aims of the supply chain . An illustration of what a supply chain is is simplified in Figure 1

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Figure 1 . The Supply Chain a network of organizations for production and consumption . Existence of supply chains surmises that businesses rely on the dealings and involvement of other likewise businesses in the continuous process advocating their production activities ( Convery 2004

In addition , Byrnes (2004 ) agreed that companies make use of the Radio Frequency Technology to first , maximize the productions of supply chain activities and second , to foster the development of any analytical or certain business-oriented applications that tend to have an impact on the broad-spectrum supply chain structure . He further proposed that optimization labors generally concentrated on the activities of production flow , such as the reduction of labor in shipping and delivering operations , has the slightest effect between the two methodologies . For Byrnes , therefore , the fundamental basis for a successful RFID is the direct focus on analytical schemas . Applications such as those would carefully steer certain areas for the prompt development and improvement on the supply chain coordination . Contrary with a production-oriented methodology that strives to make the prevailing supply chain structure more competent and efficient , the analytical approach on the other hand specifically aims to unearth the potential and beneficial ways by which the use of RFID as a technological tool can generate a more effectual and operative supply chain process (Byrnes , 2004 . Granted such specifications pointed by Byrnes , RFID indeed impresses a great deal of impact in managing production and inventory . In addition , revolutionizing current methods or stratagems for tracking merchandise sin a supply chain are potentially promising via RFID (Hartman , 2005 . Hartman (2005 , agreed also that the commercial use of the RFID technology has visibly posed a lucid advantage in its short tag price cost . It moreover does not require any battery . Fundamental among the applications of RFID is an Electronic Product Code...