RFID in the Supply Chain / Pedro M. Reyes.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Reyes, Pedro M., author.

Series:

McGraw-Hill's AccessEngineeringLibrary.

McGraw-Hill's AccessEngineeringLibrary

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Business logistics.

Inventory control--Automation.

Inventory control.

Radio frequency identification systems.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (2450 pages): 50 illustrations.

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York, N.Y. : McGraw Hill LLC, [2011]

Language Note:

In English.

System Details:

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

Summary:

RFID is an auto-ID technology that uses radio frequency to identify, track, and trace an object or product. Like many modern technologies, RFID technology has its origin in military applications during World War II, when British planes were equipped with radio frequency transmitters to identify them as friendly aircraft to British forces on the ground. Commercial applications began during the early 1980s. Today these applications span several industries. While there are arguments both pro and con, RFID has the potential to offer considerable benefits. A variety of applications already exist for RFID with over 100 reported cases in the fields of security, process control, hospital, consumer goods, retailing, document management, perishable logistics, warehousing, distribution, and construction sites. As more companies consider the potential applications of RFID, a good understanding is needed of what RFID is, the current and future states of RFID technology, and the current and future applications of RFID, as well as the technology's advantages and limitations.

Contents:

Foreword

Preface

Part I Introduction and Overview

1 Introduction

Brief History of Past Business Technologies

What Is This Thing Called RFID?

Why All the Hype?

Motivation and Organization of this Book

Basics of RFID

EPCglobal

Challenges and Issues

Case Studies

Summary and a Look Ahead

2 RFID 101

RFID History

Early History of RFID and Overview

to Present

History of Later RFID Developments

Research on RFID in Supply Chains

RFID Today

RFID System Components

RFID Tags

RFID Antenna

RFID Multiplexers

RFID Readers

RFID Printers

Communication Infrastructure

Advantages of RFID Technology

Limitations of RFID Technology

3 EPCglobal Overview and Standards

EPC Tags

Class-1: Identity Tags

Class-2: Higher-Functionality Tags

Class-3: Battery-Assisted Passive Tags (Called Semipassive Tags in UHF Gen 2)

Class-4: Active Tags

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Standards

EPCglobal Architecture Framework

Exchange

Capture

Identify

An Example: GS1 EPCglobal?s RFID-Based EAS

Source Tagging

Part II Issues and Challenges

4 Challenges in Designing RFID Applications

Challenges

Operational Challenges

Technical Challenges

Financial Challenges

Security and Privacy Challenges

Environmental Challenges

RFID System Design

Variables and Factors

5 RFID Security and Privacy

Security Implications and Privacy Threats

RFID Security

RFID Privacy

Solutions to Security and Privacy Risks

6 Business Analytics

Investing in RFID

Examples of RFID Implementation Successes

ROI for RFID

Business Processes Approach

Business Options Approach

Cost-Benefits Analysis Approach

A Combination/Hybrid Approach

ROI for Information Technology

Case Examples

RFID Frees Up Patient Beds

RFID Synergy at a Netherlands Hospital

Part III Case Studies

7 Supply Chain Visibility

Case 7.1: Alliance, Seeonic, and UPM Raflatac

Collaborate on Item-Level Retail Display

Case 7.2: Gillette (2006)

Case 7.3: Charles V?gele Group

Case 7.4: Intermountain Healthcare: Using RFID

to Improve Laboratory Testing

How It Works

Input-Output Station

Case 7.5: Integris?s Journey to RFID

Case 7.6: Memorial Hospital Miramar Benefits

from a Real-Time Locating System

Patient Tracking

Improving Bed Turnover

Building on Benefits

Case 7.7: Mississippi Blood Services Banks

on RFID

8 Asset Visibility

Case 8.1: Army Medical Center Looking to

Boost Asset Awareness

Case 8.2: Asset Tracking Underway at

WakeMed Cary Hospital

Case 8.3: Carolinas HealthCare System

Deploying RTLS at Its 20 Hospitals

Case 8.4: AeroScout Unveils New

Asset-Tracking Platform

Case 8.5: Denver Health Adopting a

Hospital-Wide RTLS System

Case 8.6: Emory Healthcare Tracks Its Pumps

Case 8.7: German Researchers to Test

Networking Tags for Assets, Blood

Case 8.8: Howard Memorial Finds RFID Keeps

Assets from Getting Lost

Case 8.9: Jackson Memorial Enlists Thousands

of RFID Tags to Track Assets

Case 8.10: North Carolina Hospital Looks to

RadarFind to Improve Asset Visibility

Case 8.11: New York Medical Center Tracks

OR Equipment for Trauma Care

Case 8.12: Philips Introduces Asset-Tracking

System for Health Care

Case 8.13: PinnacleHealth Extends Asset Tracking

to Community Hospital

9 Work-in-Progress Tracking

Case 9.1: Pro-X Pharmaceuticals Seeks RFID

for Internal Benefits

Case 9.2: RFID Helps Endwave Track Work

in Progress

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Case 9.3: RFID Illuminates Work in Progress

for Neonlite

10 Library Management System

Case 10.1: National Library Board Singapore

Need for RFID System

Deploying RFID

Transforming the Organization

Case 10.2: Belgian University Library

Case 10.3: Winterthur Libraries

Case 10.4: Vienna Public Library

11 Returnable Asset Tracking

Case 11.1: Australian Companies Say

Pallet-Tracking Project Proves RFID?s Mettle

Case 11.2: Rewe Deploying RFID Long-Range,

Real-Time Locating System

Part IV Summary and Looking Ahead

12 Summing It Up and Looking Ahead

Benefits in the Supply Chain

So, What?s Next?

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Electronic reproduction. New York, N.Y. : McGraw Hill, 2011. Mode of access: World Wide Web. System requirements: Web browser. Access may be restricted to users at subscribing institutions.

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Other Format:

Print version: RFID in the Supply Chain.

ISBN:

9780071634984

0071634983

OCLC:

711872023

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