RFID in the Supply Chain

by Reyes, Pedro

• ISBN13: 9780071634977
• ISBN10: 0071634975
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2011-02-11
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education

Summary

A PRACTICAL GUIDE TO IMPROVING SUPPLY CHAIN OPERATIONS WITH RFID Written by the Director of the Center for Excellence in Supply Chain Management at Baylor University, RFID in the Supply Chainoffers expert insight to help you decide whether, when, and how to use RFID technology to improve supply chain management processes. This informative volume provides a technological overview of RFID and explains the three architecture layers of the Electronic Product Code (EPC) global standards: identify, capture, and exchange. Building consensus for RFID adoption as well as security and privacy concerns are discussed. Real-world case studies illustrate the broad range of RFID applications across industries. A summary of RFID benefits and a look ahead at future implementations conclude this detailed resource. Coverage includes: Technical overview of RFID technology basics and systems components Advantages and limitations of RFID EPC global industry standards Operational, technical, and financial challenges in designing RFID applications RFID security and privacy concerns and solutions Business analytics and building the business case for RFID implementation Improved supply chain visibility Improved asset visibility and capital goods tracking Work-in-progress tracking--managing internal supply chains Library management systems Returnable asset tracking Features 32 case studies of successful RFID implementation at: Gillette * Charles Vogele Group * Intermountain Healthcare * Walter Reed Army Medical Center * AeroScout * Erlangen University Hospital (Germany) * Royal Phillips Electronics * Pro-X Pharmaceuticals * Endware Defense Systems * National Library Board Singapore * Belgian University Library * Rewe Group * and many others

Author Biography

Pedro M. Reyes, Ph.D., is the managing director for the Center for Excellence in Supply Chain Management and an assistant professor in the Hankamer School of Business, Baylor University. He is a leading academic researcher in RFID supply chains and has seven academic articles that demonstrate RFID applications across several industries.

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. ix
Preface	p. xi
Introduction and Overview
Introduction	p. 3
Brief History of Past Business Technologies	p. 3
What Is This Thing Called RFID?	p. 3
Why All the Hype?	p. 4
Motivation and Organization of this Book	p. 5
Basics of RFID	p. 5
EPCglobal	p. 6
Challenges and Issues	p. 7
Case Studies	p. 8
Summary and a Look Ahead	p. 9
RFID 101	p. 11
RFID History	p. 11
Early History of RFID and Overview to Present	p. 11
History of Later RFID Developments	p. 12
Research on RFID in Supply Chains	p. 15
RFID Today	p. 16
RFID System Components	p. 19
RFID Tags	p. 19
RFID Antenna	p. 24
RFID Multiplexers	p. 26
RFID Readers	p. 26
RFID Printers	p. 27
Communication Infrastructure	p. 27
Advantages of RFID Technology	p. 29
Limitations of RFID Technology	p. 31
EPCglobal Overview and Standards	p. 33
EPC Tags	p. 34
Identity Tags	p. 34
Higher-Functionality Tags	p. 35
Battery-Assisted Passive Tags (Called Semipassive Tags in UHF Gen 2)	p. 35
Active Tags	p. 35
Standards	p. 36
EPCglobal Architecture Framework	p. 36
Exchange	p. 36
Capture	p. 38
Identify	p. 40
An Example: GS1 EPCglobal's RFID-Based EAS	p. 41
Source Tagging	p. 43
Issues and Challenges
Challenges in Designing RFID Applications	p. 47
Challenges	p. 47
Operational Challenges	p. 47
Technical Challenges	p. 47
Financial Challenges	p. 49
Security and Privacy Challenges	p. 49
Environmental Challenges	p. 49
RFID System Design	p. 49
Variables and Factors	p. 49
RFID Security and Privacy	p. 55
Security Implications and Privacy Threats	p. 57
RFID Security	p. 57
RFID Privacy	p. 58
Solutions to Security and Privacy Risks	p. 59
Business Analytics	p. 61
Investing in RFID	p. 61
Examples of RFID Implementation Successes	p. 62
ROI for RFID	p. 64
Business Processes Approach	p. 65
Business Options Approach	p. 66
Cost-Benefits Analysis Approach	p. 67
A Combination/Hybrid Approach	p. 67
ROI for Information Technology	p. 68
Case Examples	p. 68
RFID Frees Up Patient Beds	p. 68
RFID Synergy at a Netherlands Hospital	p. 71
Case Studies
Supply Chain Visibility	p. 77
Alliance, Seeonic, and UPM Raflatac Collaborate on Item-Level Retail Display	p. 77
Gillette (2006)	p. 79
Charles Vögele Group	p. 81
Intermountain Healthcare: Using RFID to Improve Laboratory Testing	p. 82
How It Works	p. 83
Input-Output Station	p. 83
Integris's Journey to RFID	p. 84
Memorial Hospital Miramar Benefits from a Real-Time Locating System	p. 86
Patient Tracking	p. 86
Improving Bed Turnover	p. 88
Building on Benefits	p. 88
Mississippi Blood Services Banks on RFID	p. 89
Asset Visibility	p. 93
Army Medical Center Looking to Boost Asset Awareness	p. 93
Asset Tracking Underway at WakeMed Cary Hospital	p. 93
Carolinas HealthCare System Deploying RTLS at Its 20 Hospitals	p. 95
AeroScout Unveils New Asset-Tracking Platform	p. 97
Denver Health Adopting a Hospital-Wide RTLS System	p. 98
Emory Healthcare Tracks Its Pumps	p. 100
German Researchers to Test Networking Tags for Assets, Blood	p. 102
Howard Memorial Finds RFID Keeps Assets from Getting Lost	p. 104
Jackson Memorial Enlists Thousands of RFID Tags to Track Assets	p. 106
North Carolina Hospital Looks to RadarFind to Improve Asset Visibility	p. 109
New York Medical Center Tracks OR Equipment for Trauma Care	p. 110
Philips Introduces Asset-Tracking System for Health Care	p. 112
PinnacleHealth Extends Asset Tracking to Community Hospital	p. 113
Work-in-Progress Tracking	p. 115
Pro-X Pharmaceuticals Seeks RFID for Internal Benefits	p. 115
RFID Helps Endwave Track Work in Progress	p. 117
RFID Illuminates Work in Progress for Neonlite	p. 119
Library Management System	p. 123
National Library Board Singapore	p. 127
Need for RFID System	p. 127
Deploying RFID	p. 128
Transforming the Organization	p. 130
Belgian University Library	p. 131
Winterthur Libraries	p. 131
Vienna Public Library	p. 132
Returnable Asset Tracking	p. 133
Australian Companies Say Pallet-Tracking Project Proves RFID's Mettle	p. 133
Rewe Deploying RFID Long-Range, Real-Time Locating System	p. 136
Summary and Looking Ahead
Summing It Up and Looking Ahead	p. 141
Challenges	p. 141
Benefits in the Supply Chain	p. 142
So, What's Next?	p. 144
Bibliography	p. 145
Index	p. 151
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