The Effects of Rfid on Businesses and Customers for Inventory Purposes
The Effects of RFID on Businesses and Customers for Inventory Purposes
By Charity Perkins
November 3, 2011
CS300T Professor Rekha Gupta
Table of Contents
Introduction and Research Question 1
Barcode Scanning vs. RFID 3
Cost of Implementing RFID 3 Job Security with RFID Implementation 4
Benefits of RFID for Consumers and Businesses 5
Disadvantages of RFID for Consumers and Business 7
Conclusion 8
Works Cited
Introduction and Research Question Inefficiency, inaccuracy, and the amount of time needed to manage inventory without innovation, has spurred the need for better technology as well as a faster system. The ability to become more efficient and accurate has been a first and foremost on most industry leader’s minds. Currently with the way that inventory is managed consist of manual data entry, long physical inventory times and a large staff. On top of this traditional way being a lengthy process you have to also consider the drawbacks of having limited mobility and human errors when large amounts of data being keyed in. This brings us to what may be the solution to this problem, a technology known as RFID or Radio Frequency Identification Devices. Radio Frequency Identification devices or further known throughout this paper RFID were first developed in 1945 by a Russian named Léon Theremin who was a Russian spy. This makes perfect sense that Theremin used his first RFID type devices a Russian spy tool, though his first RFID devices also included audio and were used for ease dropping as well as tracking. Since then RFID has stuck around and been developed for much milder uses. Basically what RFID is, “is a technology that uses radio waves to transfer data from an electronic tag, called RFID tag or label, attached to an object, through a reader for the purpose of identifying and tracking the object” (Wiki). An RFID system that would be used for inventory purposes would consist of a tag made up of a microchip with an
By Charity Perkins
November 3, 2011
CS300T Professor Rekha Gupta
Table of Contents
Introduction and Research Question 1
Barcode Scanning vs. RFID 3
Cost of Implementing RFID 3 Job Security with RFID Implementation 4
Benefits of RFID for Consumers and Businesses 5
Disadvantages of RFID for Consumers and Business 7
Conclusion 8
Works Cited
Introduction and Research Question Inefficiency, inaccuracy, and the amount of time needed to manage inventory without innovation, has spurred the need for better technology as well as a faster system. The ability to become more efficient and accurate has been a first and foremost on most industry leader’s minds. Currently with the way that inventory is managed consist of manual data entry, long physical inventory times and a large staff. On top of this traditional way being a lengthy process you have to also consider the drawbacks of having limited mobility and human errors when large amounts of data being keyed in. This brings us to what may be the solution to this problem, a technology known as RFID or Radio Frequency Identification Devices. Radio Frequency Identification devices or further known throughout this paper RFID were first developed in 1945 by a Russian named Léon Theremin who was a Russian spy. This makes perfect sense that Theremin used his first RFID type devices a Russian spy tool, though his first RFID devices also included audio and were used for ease dropping as well as tracking. Since then RFID has stuck around and been developed for much milder uses. Basically what RFID is, “is a technology that uses radio waves to transfer data from an electronic tag, called RFID tag or label, attached to an object, through a reader for the purpose of identifying and tracking the object” (Wiki). An RFID system that would be used for inventory purposes would consist of a tag made up of a microchip with an
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