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For example, when a customer needs to track a package UPS needs the information technology that is provided by sensors and mobile scanners in local hubs. Handheld mobile scanners that package car drivers use to scan packages while they are in transit from one point to another are essential to the reassurance and integrity of UPS and their promise to their customers. This technology that is held in these mobile scanners are accessed from everyone in the companies’ department from sales to operations. Without this information technology United Parcel Service would not be the company that it is

One of the main purposes of logistics is to get the right item to the right place in the right amount of time. So that tractor trailer speeding down the highway is more than likely transporting supplies for a customer and likewise, that company is tracking their supplies that they are expecting. In the logistics world there is never a moment in time when something is not moving. No matter how big or small on the logistics spectrum there is always the potential for items to get lost, stolen, or even misidentified. . Inaccuracies such as this can make a company can be costly for a company. In an effort to minimize these potential losses companies adopt processes and procedures to assist. There are different systems available to assist but Radio Frequency Identification Technology is the best method to track shipments, manage inventories and maintain

In order to clarify what savings RFID can provide for an organisation currently utilizing outdated, inefficient  logistics technologies, these time savings should be used, along with some general assumptions, to  project  indicative cost savings.  To facilitate analysis of the labour cost savings associated to implementing RFID processes to an asset tracking  context, the life cycle of a typical asset is considered.  The different types of assets and their individual  characteristics are ignored to simplify the analysis.  In order for this document to provide useful figures for a wider range of customers, a basic logistics department  with varying asset levels and traffic will be analysed. Some general assumptions are listed:   Average warehouse worker works a 38 hour week and earns a $60,000AU salary.    Number of assets to be tracked:  o 10,000  o 20,000  o 50,000  o 100,000   Each tagged asset follows an assumed asset life cycle. Numbers of reads associated to each task:  o Asset Life – 3 years  o Initial Deployment of Asset:   Manufacturer applies RFID tag to asset   Received to Warehouse Stock   2 reads – 1 read into warehouse door, 1 read onto correct shelf/area   Distribution to a Particular Building/Floor   2 reads – 1 read out of warehouse

RFID (radio frequency identification) is a new technology that threatens to take the place of bar codes in the supply chain world. The technology uses electromagnetic fields to automatically identify and track tags attached to objects. This innovation can provide many benefits in logistics and may revolutionize the entire industry. But, even though the technology provides many benefits it also has many drawbacks and may not be developed enough to become industry standard. The technology also may not be beneficial or cost effective for every business and will require a total overhaul of businesses infrastructure, which can be extremely costly. Furthermore, both bar codes and RFID technology have many pros and cons, also industry may not be ready to implement RFID into their infrastructure.

RFID (radio frequency identification) is an new technology that threatens to take the place of bar codes in the supply chain world. The technology uses electromagnetic fields to automatically identify and track tags attached to objects. This innovation can provide many benefits in logistics and may revolutionize the entire industry. But, even though the technology provides many benefits, it also has many drawbacks and may not yet be developed enough to become the industry standard. The technology also may not be beneficial or cost effective for every business and will require a total overhaul of a businesses infrastructure, which can be extremely costly. Furthermore, both bar codes and RFID technology have many pros and cons, also industry may not be ready to implement RFID into their infrastructure.

RFID technology became known because of its use in World War II aviation technology. The British Royal Air Force used early RFID during the war in its Identify Friend or Foe systems (IFF) to distinguish allied aircraft from unknown aircraft. The military continues to use more advanced forms of IFF technology today. But early patents in radio transmission for automatic object detection preceded early RFID technology – including the Radio Detection and Ranging system (RADAR) by Robert Watson-Watt in 1935. (Weis RFID) The key difference between RADAR and RFID is the ability to determine what is being detected, not just that it is present. The Germans developed the first known passive RFID system by simply rolling their planes while returning to base to change the signal received using RADAR (RFID Journal). Because RFID functions similarly to RADAR “it is not unexpected that the convergence of these two radio disciplines and

Radio frequency identification (RFID) technology is used to electronically identify, track, and store information on a tag. Its main components are a tag, reader, and a database. It is used by all levels of government in various well-known areas, such as logistics support for the military and highway tolls. The purpose of this paper is to analyze the use of this technology by the United States Federal government and some of its major agencies, including the Department of Homeland Security, the Department of Defense, the Department of State, and Social Security Administration. There are more institutions within the Federal government that already use or are strongly considering implementing RFID technology, but have not yet done so for a number of reasons, such as lack of funding, privacy or security concerns. The main benefits and threats of this technology will be discussed for the institutions listed.

RFID has been used as an eventual successor to the barcode for tracking an individual unit of goods. RFID does not require direct line of sight to read a tag, and information on the tag is updatable. An RFID solution consists of four parts: the tag, reader, communication network and RFID software. The tag consists of a computer chip and an antenna for wireless communication with the handheld or fixed-position RFID reader, and the communication network connects the readers to transmit inventory information to the enterprise information system. The RFID software manages the collection, synchronization and communication of the data with warehouse management, ERP and supply-chain planning systems and

RFID has been employed in various industries to keep tracking of their products. For example they can be installed in an automobile industry to keep track on the production throughout assembly. Similarly, RFID tags are now being used in the pharmaceuticals industry to keep track of medicinal items in warehouses and throughout the supply chain. The supply chain can often be complex in nature, with several data points as it relates to item movement from the original manufacturer to its final destination, the customer.

Along with the workers catching a break through the implementation of this new system, travelers will not be destined to worry as much about long check-in lines before their flight, and the possibility of a misplaced bag when arriving at their destination. As far as the airlines themselves, the rankings and reporting’s for lost luggage and mishandled bags will be at their lowest through the implementation of the RFID tagging system at the ATL airport.

The RFID system is my innovation solution to improving the technologies Hunzal currently use in managing their logistics and supply chain. RFID was introduced as a radical innovation, with a significant impact in the logistics and supply chain industry. Now RFID is seen as an incremental innovation as large firms in the logistics and supply chain industry are constantly making minor improvements on the RFID. (Wamba, 2013).

Transportation and logistics industry gets tons of data each day. Data for these companies will come in different forms and we need all of the data to move ahead from others in this industry. As the technology got advanced we are able to receive huge data from different sources like customer feedback, data from sensors which were installed in vehicles for their movements, positions, weather forecast and GPS to find their locations, recording phone calls from drivers to customers for quality improvement purposes, customer demands, social media and order processing applications.

Indian railway is 4th rank railway chain in the world. Due to this there are so many problems like collision, accidents, delay etc. are related to trains. To avoid these problems we used RFID application for identification of railway track and automatic track changer. In this setup ,we used RFID tags which are allocated at railway track and RFID reader attached in railway engine. Because of this, train follow its path perfectly with help of RFID reader which reads tags continuously on railway track. If route is appropriate then train perform continuously, in case route

In our country railways have become prominent. Our system consists of solution for reservation, planning and managing railway transportation. It includes the idea of seat selection, indirect route finding to provide convenience to the users while planning trips. Apart from this we deal to provide client side facilities using algorithms such as SHA-512 for security purpose. It may also provide avoidance over simultaneous registration, authentication and blocking of about two or more client assessment at the same time. The front end consists of HTML web pages and Backend consist of PHP and loosely coupled with Front-End. It also includes database connectivity by using MYSQL.