Supply Chain Management and RFID

Paper Summary:

The paper explains how radio frequency identification (RFID) is an automatic identification method that relies on storing and remotely retrieving data using RFID tags, or transponders. The tags contain silicon chips and antennas that allow it to receive and respond to radio-frequency queries from an RFID transceiver. The paper discusses the history of RFID and the differences between semi-passive RFID tags and passive tags. The paper shows how the promise of being able to track product movement in real time is very appealing. The paper discusses how RFID-tagged items are better than bar-codes; they hold more information, can be read in bulk and do not require direct line of sight with the RFID reader to transfer information.

From the Paper:

"The RFID predecessor dates back to 1945, when Leon Theremin invented an espionage tool for the Soviet government (RFID). Although this was a covert listening device and in an identification tag, it is the first known device and is considered a predecessor to RFID technology (RFID). The IFF transponder was invented by the British in 1939 and was used by the allies in World War II to identify airplanes (RFID). Harry Stockman, in his landmark 1948 paper, Communication by Means of Reflected Power, predicted that "considerable research and development work has to be done before the remaining basic problems in reflected-power communication are solved, and before the field of useful application is explored" (RFID). It took thirty years of advances in numerous fields before RFID became a reality (RFID)."

Sample of Sources Used:

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