| RFID technology is facilitating a major
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| | or carton/container level. Goods
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| innovation to supply chain management.
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| | assembled in these vessels are then
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| From an article by John Lorinc in the
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| | tracked in batches defined at the source.
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| December, 2006 edition of the Globe &
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| | The benefits, here, are that fewer tags
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| Mail Report on Business Magazine, "Every
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| | are needed, since a single tag is
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| year, according to an expert cited by the
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| | identified with a 'batch' of goods
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| Federal Trade Commission, American
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| | instead of the individual unit of
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| merchants lose as much as $300 billion
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| | product. Another benefit of tagging the
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| (US) in revenues because they've lost
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| | pallets and containers is to continuously
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| track of goods somewhere on the journey
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| | track the whereabouts of these vessels
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| between factory and store shelf." Lost
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| | used to move the goods and this helps to
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| revenues are not the only concern in the
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| | cut down these assets being lost in the
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| supply chain, improving the productivity
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| | supply chain and needing to be replaced.
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| in transporting goods and securing the
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| | Another reason to start an RFID solution
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| source of goods are also of concern to
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| | at the container level is because many
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| professionals managing the supply chain.
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| | individual products pose challenges for
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| RFID technology delivers solutions to all
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| | RFID technology by the way they are
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| these needs.
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| | packaged. Metal goods, goods that contain
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| Overview:
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| | liquids and very small items pose a
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| Where does an organization start to
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| | challenge to doing individual item
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| realize the benefits of RFID? To answer
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| | tracking. RFID solutions are available
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| this, an overview on the technology is a
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| | here, but the cost goes up considerably.
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| good start. The concept behind RFID is
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| | The direction of the technology is toward
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| simple; an item (the product, or a
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| | tracking all individual units of
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| pallet) has an RFID tag attached to it.
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| | products. With advances in RFID
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| The tag contains a small integrated
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| | technology, costs per tag will be driven
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| circuit (IC) chip that contains a unique
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| | lower and this will allow more RFID
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| ID and an antenna that allows it to
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| | tagging of individual product units.
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| communicate to an RFID reader. When the
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| | Open Standards:
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| tag is attached to the product or pallet
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| | The realization of the benefits of RFID
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| and then 'read' by the RFID reader, that
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| | technology is also very dependent on open
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| unique ID is then associated with the
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| | standards in the industry. Open standards
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| product or pallet through your enterprise
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| | will allow manufacturers, distributors
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| resource planning (ERP) system. This
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| | and retailer to use a common type of
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| unique ID stays for the remaining part of
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| | tag(s) and reader(s) while allowing this
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| product's journey from the factory, right
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| | hardware to interact with their own ERP
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| through the consumer's purchase at the
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| | needs and deliver the efficiencies
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| retailer. The RFID readers are then
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| | promised by RFID technology. EPCglobal
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| placed at all key junction
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| | Inc., the standards body that manages UPC
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| GAO - G2HE RFID for metal surface
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| | (Universal Product Code) information in
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| GAO 5700 GEN 2 portable reader/writer
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| | bar codes, sets the standards for how
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| points in the supply chain. As the
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| | basic product information is encoded in
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| products or pallets pass through these
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| | the RFID chips. The standard set for
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| readers, your ERP system is updated
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| | supply chain management is referred to as
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| immediately on the flow of goods. This
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| | "GEN 2". GEN 2 has brought significant
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| automation in the process reduces time
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| | advantages over the previous evolving
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| spent with manual entry and the potential
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| | standards of "Class 0" and "Gen 1" and
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| for human error of bill-of-lading
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| | these include:
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| details, provides real time updates on
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| | (a) GEN 2 can write to tags multiple
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| where goods are, makes more secure the
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| | times,
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| integrity of your product shipments and
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| | (b) GEN 2 has longer read ranges,
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| helps you address bottlenecks in the
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| | (c) GEN 2 has greater data storage
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| system faster.
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| | capacity and
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| A Starting Point:
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| | (d) GEN 2 has more reliable and faster
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| Therefore a good starting point to
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| | read rates.
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| deploy RFID technology is at the pallet
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