RFID is a smart technology used to track every process of manufacturing or industrial term. In this slide, we focus only on Warehouse Management Application.

1. RFID in
Warehouse
Management and
Operations
By Sopagna, Sambath, Sukanya
Acc.Prof.Dr.Parthana Parthanadee

2. • RFID(Radio Frequency Identification) : a smart tracking
system to be used in most factors in supply chain
network.

3. I. Introduction
II. Application
III.Benefits
IV.RFID Designation for Warehouse
Operation
V. RFID in order-picking
VI.Future Trend
VII.Conclusion

4. 1. Warehousing operations
In receiving, items, cases and/or pallets
traditionally used barcodes, which workers had to scan
one by one. With RFID, those items can be read all at
once by a portal reader placed at the dock door as they
are unloaded from the truck.

5. 2. Inventory/storage management
Unloading an inbound container, for instance, which
may take about two and a half hours to individually scan, sort,
and count cartons, may now take less than half an hour with
RFID-tagged cartons

6. 3. Warehouse management systems (WMS)
Using a WMS (warehouse management system),
items can be cross docked for immediate transport or staged
and stored.

7. 4. MHE management
RFID used for tracking and routing MHE(Material
Handling Equipment) in the warehouse facility such as
used ultra wideband RFID system on forklift trucks to
collect information, applied WiFi-based RFID system on
the floor aisles to track cargo and MHE in real time.

8. 1. Reduce labor costs
- Decrease primary warehouse worker functions
including everything from inventory to pick/pack/ship to put
away.
2. Increase inventory accuracy
- Improve receiving efficiency and accuracy as well
as picking and ordering accuracy.

9. 3. Reduce inventory stock levels
- Improve stock and demand generation visibility.
4. Reduce unsaleable and out-of-stock items
- Leaner and lower levels of inventory mean faster
inventory turns and less stagnant stock.
5. Improve customer satisfaction
- Ensure the right goods reach the right customer at
the right time.

10. • Tired 1 Data collection
• The forklifts need to travel along
the path to visit the aisles to
collect the data from RFID code
on the side the pallet or on the
carton.
• All data are transfer by wireless
connection
• Tired 2 Data storage
• All data collected from tired 1 is
sent to centralized database
• The database will do the query
optimization
• Tired 3 Data management
• Model 1 selection of material
handling equipment
• Model 2 Identification of
resource locations
• Model 3 Formulation of shortest
route for order picking

11. IP address
from RFID
reader and its
coordination

12. • RFID passive tag
• Pallet or Rack
• Material handling equipment
Equipment

13. • Handling Equipment Decision in Tier 3: cluster in case
based repository(SKU type, weight, dimension, shape)

14. • Shortest path detection:
• Location of resource between RFID reader to
object (forklift) recorded to centralized data
base
• Find shortest path from handling equipment to
items in picking list.

15. 1. Open systems
• Can help practitioners to see more value that can be
success by collaborating with supply chain partners and
the potential to reduce the overall cost of RFID
investment.

16. 2. Data sharing
• The benefit of RFID is connected to data sharing is
exception management.
• Sharing data about stock between warehouses and
supply chain partners helps to reduce and avoid high
inventory levels.

17. 3. Integration with other technologies
• Now, RFID are integrations with Wi-Fi, GPS and infrared for
various applications.
• Future trends of RFID is integrating different technologies should
be explored in warehousing facilities in order to maximize
operational efficiency.

18. 4. The Internet of Things
• RFID can use in network as a means of communication
and data provider, such as data interchange
mechanisms, compatibility between different systems.

19. • RFID is a Smart Technology to use in
supply chain network or in big industrial
warehouse management that makes
system under control, however, costing of
equipment installation is critical for the firm
while more implementation should be
made as future trend

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• and storage warehouse operations.