Use of Radio Frequency Identification

Questions: Evaluate the use of Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technology.Your evaluative report should include the following: a) Briefly explain how the technology works. b) Explain the business or technical problem the technology is designed to solve. c) Identify the technologys limitations. Does it create any new problems? d) Evaluate at least one organizations implementation of the technology. e) Assessment of the technologys prospects for success in the marketplace. Answers: Introduction RFID or Radio Frequency Identification is used to identify anything which is communicating through Radio wave. The RFID technology was first employed in the era of the Second World War to find out enemy aircraft and Allied forces aircraft. This technology helps them in very proper way to solve the problem over high range object identification. In this way, they achieve a distinct way to find out which fighter plane is their friend and which one is Enemy. Although RFID is still being used in recent days military aircraft and also commercial aircraft to validate their identity. RFID is also used many more area to identify an object in a wireless mechanism some the fields are the remote locking facility in car gates, Building access system, laptop, mobile devices, etc. Working Principal of RFID technology RFID is a small electronic device a small chip to store information and an antenna to receive or send an electronic signal to or from a RFID reader (Eroglu, 2013). Although the storage capacity of a RFID is too small about two megabytes, it is enough to store crucial information to identify a RFID integrated object. In the circumference of RFID detection technology, there are three parts of technology segmentation which need to be combined with each other for making a successful RFID integrated device. The three working parts are listed below Antenna unit for scanning a RFID integrated object. A transceiver unit for collect information and interpret the received data by using a decoder unit (Zhu, Mukhopadhyay, Kurata, 2012). A transponder unit which is programmed along with a RFID tag to structure the actual information. Among these three working units, Antenna unit is us as the platform of communication in between the Antenna and the RFID tag. In RFID identification technology there is an identification serial number stored on the microchip to identify person or object description and relevant information which are the need for the entire identification process (Fu, Shen, Zhu, Wang, 2013). Each RFID semiconductor chip is attached to an antenna, and the combination of the both component is called as RFID tag. And here the antenna unit is responsible for transmitting information towards RFID reader. After making a successful identification from a RFID tag, the reader converts it into a digital format to store it electronic storage device to analyzed or authenticate the RFID tag. Impact of the RFID system to solve business or technological problems Before the broad scale implementation of RFID technology in the field of industrial use, there are some other techniques used for performing this task. These technologies are like bar coding system, manual product identification process, etc. Use of those classical techniques in the platform like retail chain management become complex and low secured and to overcome this issue in the sense of technology integration The RFID technology is introduced (Disadvantages of RFID. Mostly Minor Or You Can Minimize Them, 2016). Some of the problems which are broadly affected the significant industrial identification process are listed below Use of bar coding over different product is a flexible but the not secure like RFID authentication policy. There is a lot of chance of tampering the original barcode from its place with a little effort but in the case of RFID tag, it is impossible to do this job in an unauthorized way. RFID technology is also acting over a wireless medium which tremendously reduce the time span of a huge process. Example. Shopping malls are uses barcoding techniques for identification of their product. When peoples are buying a product from the retail store, they need to stand in the payment queue. In the payment section, retail stores employees track the product by their barcode and to get product price after these billing process customers can take their product (Koski, Vena, Sydanheimo, Ukkonen, Rahmat-Samii, 2013). But the whole scenario will become change if the Shopping mall authority replaced the barcode by using of RFID tag. The customer can pass through the RFID detection gate for making an automatic billing. RFID uses a wireless detection methodology, so checking off each product is not a necessary task, all the items will become automatically tracked down. Limitation of RFID Technology RFID technology is a sophisticated and efficient technology for identification of the object, but it also has some limitation which can slow down the identification process on the certain perspectives. First of all implementation of RFID technology for object identification is more costly than other identification technology like barcode system. Because in barcoding system it easy to generate a barcode identification on paper or something where can write (Koski, Vena, Sydanheimo, Ukkonen, Rahmat-Samii, 2013). But in the case of RFID people's need to install RFID-related hardware component like semiconductor chips and transmission antenna which is more expensive than a paper or something where the barcode can be stamped. Second issues which are conveyed with the implementation of RFID technology is its complex mechanism for object identification (Lu, Lin, Tzeng, 2013). For solving this complexity issue, the organization who wants to implement the RFID identification needs more experience and the skilled technician to maintained the overall identification process. The third problem which is associated with the RFID integration is its size. Although RFID is a very small device in the electronics industry, it also takes place for attaching on an object. In the case of barcode system like OCR detection system does not require any place for install place. Fourth RFID tag is totally dependent on its specification as per object requirement (Zhong, Dai, Qu, Hu, Huang, 2013). RFID signal range varies from one RFID tag to another and for this one should need to implement a high transmission range RFID tag for maintaining long range object identification and in the case of small or medium range object identification they need to implement short or medium wave RFID transmission receiver. Apart from all the odds RFID can be utilized on the various platform where accuracy and speed need to maintain in a simultaneous object identification process. Organisation who implemented RFID technology This section is used to describe the different issue over RFID implementation on a company named Wal-Mart. In January 2013 a study was conducted over WAL-MART supply chain to understand the functionality, merits and demerits of RFID technology implementation in supply chain management services. Wal-Mart is one of the biggest retail chains in the United States of America which have a large range of product inventory (WalMart: Expectations and Plans, 2016). Wal-Mart organization try to minimize the effort of product identification for their supplier and for making a successful implementation of this new technology they make it confidential to measure its actual accuracy and correctness. The first phase of this RFID technology incorporation is to create and categorized the different type of EPC (Electronics Product Code) so they can identify all the product in a categories way (What is RFID, 2016). After creation of proper EPC Wal-Mart install the EPC information on different RFID tag different type of product and attached it to its associated product which is being shipped from different seller to Wal-Mart warehouse. Next phase of RFID technology incorporation is to readout RFID tag properly so that the RFID reader associated computing system can assess their validity as per supplier demands. To peruse this objective of product identification Wal-Mart installed a RFID reader on the Receiving Dock, which is located in between their back room and retail floor. In identification process, all the goods which are proposed to store in their warehouse come towards the RFID detection unit and after the successful matching description, they are allowed for the store on warehouse place (Maniyan, Ghassemi, Rahrovy, 2012). For ensuring the precise identification of product store guard are double checked on all the product and then send them to the retail floor. At the same time the RFID associated computing device store all the information on a centralized server for future use. By using of RFID technology not only they shortened the timespan for product identification they can also track their product from a remote distance. So it is evident that the RFID technology made life simpler than any other technology could ever do. Assessment of the RFID technology in Marketplace RFID technology has an influence over supply chain management system and retail management. Because of their enormous numbers of product identification process, RFID integration will be very much helpful (Ramanathan, Ramanathan, Ko, 2014). Apart from the retail sector, supply chain management, logistic services RFID can also be useful for much different are which are related to the consumer concerns some of them are like car door remote locking, pets tracking device, etc. RFID is much more costly than other technology for object identification, but the thing is after 2006 the price of RFID tags fall so that it can be consumed by a different type of user or organization. For avoiding any privacy issue, there are certain rules and regulations are introduced (Research on the Production Logistics Information Terminal Based on RFID Technology, 2012). Any organization who intend to utilize the RFID technology for their product identification they must have to meet the basic criteria which are set by international standard organization or ISO. Conclusion RFID technology is not a new technology it is used since the time of Second World War. Which is done in recent days with RFID technology is the advancement of technology. The progress of technology reduces the RFID tag size which makes a great deal towards the object identification process. Although RFID technology has several advantages, also there are some limitation and issues are associated with this technology integration. The most important issue which reduces the usability of RFID tag is the public privacy concerns; RFID tags can be tracked from a remote location so any person can be a victim of this technology incorporation in the public product. 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