RFID Summary
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RFID Summary
On the articles previously reviewed we found the RFID (Radio Frequency
Identification) technology being widely used in many economic sectors. It goes from the sole purpose of being used on manufacture environment, up to medical and military uses.
On the first reading assigned by the professor, we found what are the applications of the RFID and where it comes from and where it’s heading. It tells us which are the three main components (RFID tag, reader and processor). Also says the RFID was invented on the 50’s but it reaches a real success and implementation on the 90’s and how many companies like Microsoft and Oracle start investing in it.
Later on the 21st century the prices of the RFIDs decreased considerably allowing their implementation on a wide range of business. Wal-Mart was one of the first commerce to use the RFID tags on their products and “forcing” their suppliers to use them as well, and from 2004 to 2007 all their suppliers were using RFID technology.
The investment on RFID projects was greatly reduced due the economic recession on 2008-2009. But when the recession was “over” the projects reboot and start gaining more and more success.
Wu D. et al list a variety of implementations, being the logistics on manufacturing the most used nowadays. However the other applications are important as well like the healthcare or the ticket industry. On of the most difficult tasks to achieve in the RFID area is the creation of a standard because every country has their own.
On the second article we explore more deeply its application on the supply chain. It says the RFID still has a long way to go, just like the bar code did. Josh
Bond described this technology as a very simple implementation, but yet sophisticated and useful. However if an industry or a person tries to solve the whole problem with RFID it would fail; instead he tells is just a tool, which helps improve the recollection of data in a more
RFID Summary
On the articles previously reviewed we found the RFID (Radio Frequency
Identification) technology being widely used in many economic sectors. It goes from the sole purpose of being used on manufacture environment, up to medical and military uses.
On the first reading assigned by the professor, we found what are the applications of the RFID and where it comes from and where it’s heading. It tells us which are the three main components (RFID tag, reader and processor). Also says the RFID was invented on the 50’s but it reaches a real success and implementation on the 90’s and how many companies like Microsoft and Oracle start investing in it.
Later on the 21st century the prices of the RFIDs decreased considerably allowing their implementation on a wide range of business. Wal-Mart was one of the first commerce to use the RFID tags on their products and “forcing” their suppliers to use them as well, and from 2004 to 2007 all their suppliers were using RFID technology.
The investment on RFID projects was greatly reduced due the economic recession on 2008-2009. But when the recession was “over” the projects reboot and start gaining more and more success.
Wu D. et al list a variety of implementations, being the logistics on manufacturing the most used nowadays. However the other applications are important as well like the healthcare or the ticket industry. On of the most difficult tasks to achieve in the RFID area is the creation of a standard because every country has their own.
On the second article we explore more deeply its application on the supply chain. It says the RFID still has a long way to go, just like the bar code did. Josh
Bond described this technology as a very simple implementation, but yet sophisticated and useful. However if an industry or a person tries to solve the whole problem with RFID it would fail; instead he tells is just a tool, which helps improve the recollection of data in a more
Bibliography: Bond, J. (2014, June). RFID and the Supply Chain. Logistics Management , 44-47. Wu D. et al A Brief Survey on Current RFID Applications. (2009). Eighth International Conference on Machine Learning and Cybernetics , (pp. 2330-2335). Boading.