RFID in Wal-Mart

RFID in Wal-Mart

RFID in Wal-Mart

Introduction

Wal-Mart will add an RFID tag to each individual item you sell. We were the first to push greatly implementation of this technology when they refused to buy items from suppliers not to use these labels to mark pallets, surely this move will serve to extend this technology ( the call as the call ) even a little more. If the labeling of pallets is justified in optimizing inventory management in large warehouses where it is easy to be misled, label each individual item does not help the stock management, justification must be sought in tracking people with late trade. RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) is used to replace Barcodes and discussed as a tool for automatic product detection. Many companies have been testing this technology. In this paper, the important technical fundamentals of RFID technology explained ion Wal-Mart and the term use at a glance revealed. In addition, possible round discuss obstacles to the rapid spread of RFID technology. We will also generally define its reason of implementation and then some of important aspects related to it.

Discussion

RFID technology

Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) is a new digital information technology, the trend towards the identified products in markets a further strong impetus can give. In November 2003, announced that Wal-Mart, about 100 of his greatest lie require suppliers to product labeling with RFID technology. Even the U.S. Department of Defense calls from 2005 of its largest delivery supplier's product labeling with RFID tags (Computerworld, 2003). The Metro Group, the RFID leader in Germany's retail sector, announced that from November 2004 about 100 of its transport packaging suppliers with RFID tags Mark is (LZ, 15.01.2004). In this paper, RFID technology in its fundamentals and its versatile application options presented and possible chemical barriers to the rapid spread are described. The empirical Basis is informal telephone interviews with manufacturers of microprocessors, Distributors of RFID devices and industry associations.

What is it?

RFID is the technology that allows storing and reading data on a label or tag using radio waves, without requiring a line of sight between the reader and the tag. The RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) is made up of these basic components:

Readers. They are composed of an antenna and a controller. The controller manages communication with the tags and communicates with the source (host). The antenna can radiate signals readers and receive the information on the labels.

Electronic tags or RFID tags are labels containing a semiconductor chip and a transmitter connected to an antenna.

Middleware is the name given to the software needed to interface between the controller and the databases, software and management information systems in general each company.



Why use it?

The use of RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) offers great benefits, thanks to the unique capabilities of this technology:

ID no eye contact

Ability to read and write

Simultaneous reading

High speed data exchange

Suitable for harsh industrial environments

Reliability and speed

Long life: reusable, rewritable

Improved productivity and automation

Greater flexibility in the control and management of processes

Improved inventory management

Real-time access to detailed information

Reducing property losses

Implementation exponential market

The drastic reduction of costs and the importance of leading companies and organizations in sectors that have opted for the ...