RFID system

RFID SYSTEM INTEGRATION MODELS FOR DIGITAL PHARMACEUTICAL MANUFACTURING AND ASSEMBLY SUPPLY CHAINS... 

An RFID system consisting of transceiver, personal digital assistant (PDA) platform, and RFID tags at 13.54 MHz. (The PDA was held portable and used in the collection of held samples and in the laboratory.)... 

New technologies incorporated into products enable even more information to be leveraged by the supply chain. Radio frequency identification tags (RFID) represent one approach that could, theoretically, enable even a single unit of a product to be tracked. An RFID system transmits the identity (in the form of a unique serial number) of an object or person wirelessly, using radio waves ([2]). 

Radio-Frequency Identification (RFID) Sensors RFID is a technology capable of providing wireless identification of objects. Figure 8 shows a typical RFID system that consists of a transponder (a tag) including an integrated circuit containing an RF circuitry and information to be transmitted, with a transceiver to read the radio frequency and transfer the information to a processing device. 

RFID systems would be operating in up to six of ifs distribution centers and 250 stores. Walmart further said that it expected to be using this technology in up to 13 distribution centers and 600 Walmart and Sam s Club stores by the end of 2005. 

Balachandran, G., and Barnett, R. A 110 nA Voltage Regulator System With Dynamic Bandwidth Boosting for RFID Systems, IEEE JSSC, vol. 41, no. 9, pp. 2019-2028,2006. 

Keskilammi M, Sydanheimo L, Kivikoski M (2003) Radio frequency technology for automated manufacturing and logistics. Part 1 passive RFID systems and the effects of antenna parameters on operational distance. Int Adv Manuf Technol 21 769-774... 

To overcome these issues the industry is now looking at the possibility of using new generation AIDC technology like the RFID. A radio frequency identifier (RFID) system is basically composed of an RFID transponder (tag) and an... 

An RFID system is composed of three main elements an RFID tag (inlay), which contains data that uniquely identifies an object an RFID reader, which writes this unique data on the tags and, when requested, can read this unique identifier and an RFID middleware, which processes the data acquired from the reader and then updates it to the backend database or ERP systems (Weis, Sarma, Rivest, Engels, 2004). 

A typical RFID system is shown in Figure 1. When the RFID tag comes in the range ofthe RFID reader, the reader activates the tag to transmit its unique information. This unique information is propagated to the RFID middleware, whieh appropriately processes the gathered information and then updates the baekend database. 

RFID systems are classified as radio systems because they generate and radiate electromagnetic waves. Hence the RFID systems should operate within certain frequency limits like the LF, HF, or UHF. Since some of the frequencies are already in use by police, security services, industry, medical, or scientific operations, there is a limited number of frequencies available for RFID systems to operate. Figure 2 shows the radio... 

RFID systems operate in four frequency bands LF, HF, UHF, and Microwave. The RFID tags designed to operate in this frequency have special characteristics. We now discuss each of these kinds of RFID tags in detail. 

Most of the industry standard-compliant RFID readers are equipped with software to setup and re-configure the reader to enhance the resilience of the RFID systems. 

Edge Deployment Assemble the RFID edge solution from selected vendors based on the drafted architecture rather than from one particular RFID system or product. 

Several key adoption issues will be discussed in this section. The mainissuesthat we address in this section are cost associated with the deployment of RFID system, security and privacy concerns, and finally more technical issues in deployment of an RFID system. 

A cost-estimation model for a full-fledged deployment of an RFID system in a supply chain environment should consider the following factors. 

Most of the companies, as of now, would not have the expertise to deploy a complete RFID system. This is partly attributed to the fact that RFID is a relatively new technology. Hence an organization would need to outsource this task to a third party who knows how to install the readers, decide the appropriate location for fixing the tag on the products, ascertain that the data gathered by the reader is properly propagated to the middleware in the right format, and so on. This is quite important because RFID systems can be sometimes difficult... 

The Australian Defense Force (ADF) had deployed an active RFID system for supply chain... 

RFID Journal. (2006c). RFID system components and costs. Retrieved February 13, 2006, from http //w ww.rfidj ournal. com/article/articlev-iew/1336/2/129/... 

Wong, D.M.-L., Phan, R.C.-W. (2006). RFID systems Applications versus security privacy implications. In G. Radhamani, G.S.V. Radha Krishna Rao (Eds.), Web services security ande-business. Hershey, PA Idea Group Publishing. 

The RFID systems (in the UHF) woik in a very congested frequency range frequency jamming can easily attack such systems. Hence the availability of an RFID network is a security property which needs to be considered. 

In addition, because of the automatic detection capabilities of RFID, system inventory will be more closely aligned with the real, physical inventory. People s faith in the inventory shown in the system will improve, and they will tend to keep less (rather, hide) just-in-case stock. It can also help trigger replenishment processes automatically. 

There are thousands of remote-control companies producing many devices to control TVs, appliances, and models, and there are an equally large number of satellite communications companies, including DirecTV, Hughes, and EchoStar. A number of companies are now involved in the smart card industry, with Philips s MIFARE being one of the most important, and many are involved in radio-frequency identification (RFID) systems, used in all stores to track inventory. Wireless appliance companies, such as Whirlpool, manufecture microwrave ovens, and a number of companies manufacture infrared heating elements. 

Introduction of RFID system for the inspection of discarded tires at the collection sites. 

Based on these cost-reduction measures, the scenarios for the simulations are made. The numerical results are given in Table 3. Compared to the actual network, the costs for each scenario can be reduced. FuU complement includes RFID system, electronic manifesto and ASN, and removable containers. 

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