Radio Frequency
Identification (RFID)
RFID is a proven technology that is just
becoming cost effective. Think of it as bar codes on
steriods.
Some of RFID that are in use every day
include:
 The ability to pay at
the pump for your gas without having to dig out a credit card or
cash. (You can have a box on the back of your car that tells
the pump you're ready to buy or wave a key chain or watch in front
of a SpeedPass reader.
- The ability to immobilize
your car if someone does not have a key that emits the correct
radio frequency signal.
- Getting you out of a retail store more
quickly by reading
all of the products in a shopping cart, verifying the payment
details, and producing a receipt.
I can work with you, or assemble a
project that can will provide an RFID system that to:
- avoid manual misscans (checker
runs the same flavor of yogurt through 4 times.)
- make automation more
effective
- make forecasting more accurate and
easy
- increase the percentage of
product in-stock in a retail environment
- enhance security
- increase traceability
- prevent counterfeiting
- enance dispatch information
- make it easier to track
inventory through an internal supply chain, especially when
product is made in one division, but sold in another– as is often
the case in Europe.
- increase the efficiency of
warehouse management
- eliminate "in stock, but not on
shelf" conditions
- enable real-time logistics
tracking
- give instant access to product
data
- provide greater visibility in
the supply chain
- hepl apparel firms identify ways
to avoid unnecessary tariffs and dutie
- increase shelf-level fill
rates
- identify status and location of
reusable containers
- improve stock management by
ensuring that products with a short shelf life hit the store
shelves first
- find inventory that is misplaced
by having it say the equivalent of "I'm over here."
- enhance inventory management
(retail stocking, spare parts, and back room supplies)
- improve invoice accuracy
- lower costs via inventory
reduction
- move inventory by discounting
styles that do not sell
- preclude van theft -
automatically lock doors and activate immobiliser when the driver
leaves the vehicle; Potentially saves up to an hour of valuable
delivery time per day for busy van drivers.
- enhance process manufacturing
control (flexible manufacturing, outsourcing)
- enhance proof-of-delivery
- reduce safety stock
levels
- reduce unsalables
- reduction in average
inventories
- increaseregulatory compliance
(customs, security, tariffs), recall management and
recycling.
- replace manually scanned
barcodes
- scan the tags, enabling fast and
accurate inventory management
- provide for selective recalls:
(a mobile product database, contains details about the package
contents and its history) with the result of direct savings and
enhanced public relations
- shortening the time required to
import product
- speed data capture in the supply
chain by up to six times
- speed the receiving process by
eliminating manual checking of deliveries
- supplement POS with inventory data
surrounding stock in transit, warehouse/distribution center (DC) stock and the status of that
stock (free, reserved, in quality control, etc).
supply chain
optimization (distribution center operations, transportation,
ordering and replenishment)
- speed or delay the shipment of goods
from the manufacturer to the retailer is essential for matching
supply and demand
- theft protection
- tire and wheel
Identification
- update real-time information as items
move through an enterprise
Please contact me at (775)
287-7399 or send me an email at alan@alanjordan.com.
Links of Interest Relative
to RFID:
Steve Halliday's High Tech
Aid - It has the tutorial
that I'd like to write. However, since it's already done,
check it out. Also, when you get to the site, click on the
link for his newsletter.
Accenture's Silent Commerce Site
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