Presented Paper at National conference on EMERGING TRENDS IN RETAILING INDUSTRY titled SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT AND RFID IN RETAIL INDUSTRY at SNR Institute of Management Sciences, SNR Sons College (Autonomous), Coimbatore-641006.

1. Radio Frequency Identification for supply chain management in retail industry.. Presented by..., S. SYED NIZAMUDEEN

2. What is RFID? Radio Frequency Identification RFID is the use of small devices that can be electronically identified at a distance, through many obstruction, using radio waves or adjoining frequencies. Advantages Works under adverse conditions Reading is done without any human intervention Read writer can be used to record new information on the tag The use of radio frequency tags to identify real objects.

3. Real Tags

5. short range, low data rate, cost, & power

6. Intermediate – 10-16 MHz

7. medium range and data rate

8. High – 850-950 MHz & 2.4-5.8GHz

9. large range, high cost, high data rate

11. Link the ID to additional information about the object

12. Link the ID to complementary info

14. License Plates

15. Social Security Numbers

16. Student ID

17. Serial Numbers

18. Car Keys

20. Transceiver – Tag Reader

21. Transponder – RFID tag

25. Real reduction in errors via automation – reduction in mis-shipments, lost inventory, and errors in redundant data reads

26. Real gains in productivity by better managing the use of skilled resources through automation

27. Industry recognized qualitative impacts which returns improved customer service, lessened warrantee handling,

28. Driving regulatory impacts through compliance activities to meet governmental regulations

30. A great deal of innovation has brought us to the point where the silicon core of an radio tag is now 0.4mm

31. The antenna can be printed onto a product’s packaging at time of manufacture

32. Currently radio tags can be purchased for less that €0.25 in quantity.=> RFID is small enough, fast enough, and cheap enough to doreal work with today

33. Retail supply chain RFID

34. BENIFITS OF USING RFID IN RETAIL SUPPLY CHAIN For manufacturers; RFID enables detailed, automated monitoring of parts as they move through a facility. RFID quickly identifies the origin of defective components or products, even after they have been sold. Fordistributors; RFID manages inventories and fleets so effectively those manual tasks can be eliminated, processes can be dramatically accelerated, and shipping errors can be reduced.

35. For retailers; RFID ensures appropriate stocking levels, tracks the origin and history of products, prevents theft or misplacement of goods, and speeds up checkout lines. Where traditional bar coding requires one-by-one scanning of a visible bar-code label, RFID readers can simultaneously scan hundreds of tagged items, regardless of whether the tag is visible. And whereas traditional bar coding can tell you only what type of product is being scanned, RFID can uniquely identify individual items.

37. wireless

38. Store data on a tag

39. Can be hidden

40. Work in harsh environments

42. Short range

44. References RFID Chefhttp://www.inf.ethz.ch/vs/res/proj/rfidchef/ AIM Global Networkhttp://www.aimglobal.org/technologies/rfid/what_is_rfid.htm Texas Instruments RFID Solutionshttp://www.ti.com/tiris/default.htm Interaction Design InstituteRFID Whitepaperhttp://people.interaction-ivrea.it/natasha/rf/RFID_research.pdf Auto-ID Centerhttp://www.autoidcenter.org/

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