The Systematic & Precise Method of Providing Security to RFID Network (Dissertation Sample)

RFID Technology
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RFID Technology
Abstract
A supply chain refers to the flow of information, money, materials, and services from the initial suppliers to the value-adding factories or processor, and finally to the consumers (Ravindran, 2013). With regard to ecommerce, supply chain management is the basis for online purchases and deliveries. The quickly developing culture of online stores and delivery services, therefore, depends on successful supply chain management. However, for each delivery to reach the intended customer, the supply chains requires proper tracking systems (Saqib, Saqib, & Ou, 2019), to provide logistics that ensure satisfaction for online purchases. Such satisfaction is the only reason for return business that helps increase a supplier’s footprint.
Generally, bar codes have, over the past few decades, been the key to tracking items in the supply chain. In addition, manual entry of information was also part of the supply chain management process. These slow and tedious processes resulted in erroneous records with missing links of data between the system and physical inventory. In addition to human error, this situation resulted in the inconvenience of slow decision-making processes (Nof, Ceroni, Jeong, & Moghaddam, 2015). Therefore, automation of the supply chain management process became an important means of addressing the shortcomings of the barcode and physical records. This automation has taken the form of RFID technology.
Short for Radio Frequency Identification Device, RFID technology refers to data collection devices that utilize wireless radio frequencies to identify and collect information from RFID tags. This automated technique identifies objects to which tags, made of an antenna and microchip, are attached. In comparison to the barcode system, RFID is capable of identifying multiple objects at once. The only requirement for this multiple object identification is ensuring they’re tagged and are close to an RFID scanner. Not only is this system time saving, but it eliminates the redundancy associated with scanning multiple objects as well as the human error associated with it (Yong, Andrechak, Lou, & Riben, 2011). Also, the use of RFID technology increases product security from unauthorized removal, improves product forecasting, and promotes warehouse automation. However, the costs associated with the technology may impede its rapid adaptation for service providers.
Introduction
Supply chain management (SCM) systems are required to not only possess proficiency but avail an efficient means for tracking the delivery of client orders. A replacement for the redundant and time-consuming barcode technology, RFID technology presents a more efficient and reliable supply chain management system. These tags consist of an antenna, and a microchip can be placed on many different items and read through RFID scanners (Pandey, 2019). Information such as location, order status, order identification number, and product serial number can be obtained from these tags. Also, multiple tags can be scanned simultaneously (Yong, Andrechak, Lou, & Riben, 2011). This dynamic nature of RFID technology has improved the SCM in a number of ways, the first being data synchrony.
Through RFID technology, the synchrony of package information throughout the supply chain is improved. Once scanned, the information held on RFID tags can be updated to match the current status of the product (Burgess, Sellitto, & Karanasios, 2009). As such, manufacturing information, sale information and warranty information can all be updated in real-time. This technology is also important in tracking raw materials and maintaining information on their availability and quantities. Also, due to the ability to transfer product information via any receiver within range, data stored on RFID tags can easily be transmitted online or used in updating databases remotely. In addition, the information from this technology can be used to provide location logs for shipments in warehouses or transit through trucks. Also, real-time information on product dispatch status is obtainable through FRID technology.
Secondly, RFID technology has provided the potential for improved automation of warehouses (Huang, Mak, & Maropoulos, 2010). Such warehouses utilize picking machines that move product bins to a central area for sorting. This atomization of processes increases the accuracy of product location while cutting down on the magnitude of merchandise losses. Merchandise loss can be caused through the collection of the wrong product or the collection of the correct product in incorrect quantities. RFID and automation technologies in warehouses ensure that only the correct products in the correct quantities are moved from one point to the next. With such automated systems linked to the internet, product tracking is possible at all these stages. This increased accessibility of product data through automation eliminates human error and ensures real-time detection of theft.
Thirdly, the use of RFID can help improve product forecasting and management (Hunt, Puglia, & Puglia, 2007). In order to produce reliable product demand forecasts, reliable real-time data on sales is very important. As mentioned before, RFID allows not only for real-time tracking of products but also updating information throughout the supply chain. This information on market preference and product performance can be used in forecasting market dynamics and developing the necessary inventory to match. This aspect of RFID also ensures elimination of unneces