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In the logistic industry, RFID technology has been used in to increase productivity and reduce errors in retailers’ warehouse order-picking operations (2). RFID communications network
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Brief #3: RFID and Its Impact To Global Logistics I. What's RFID and how it works? The acronym RFID stands for radio frequency identification. It's the process of communicating wirelessly with unique identifiers from tags (labels) to a reader (RF device). It allows people to track product as it progresses through a supply chain. Ultimately, it could mean products can arrive at your docks and not have to be detail-received by a warehouse employee (1). "RFID utilizes a small transmitter to send radio frequencies from pallets and cases that allow those items to be instantaneously located by the customer or the carrier" (2). There are two parts to an RFID system; the tag (either "active" or "passive"), which is data carrier attached to the object being tracked, and the reader that collects the data from the tag. At a minimum, each RFID tag comprises a small integrated circuit-a computer chip-that stores data...
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