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RFID Introduction:
Radio frequency identification (RFID)
technology is a contactless automatic identification technology.
It uses wireless radio communications to uniquely identify various
objects, people or devices in a mobile, stationary or harsh environment,
creating an automatic way to collect information and to manage programs.
RFID can identify several tags simultaneously, and it provides swift
and easy operation without human intervention.
Know the RFID fundamentals
RFID allows you to identify a unique object using radio frequency
transmission. An RFID system has three main components: tags, readers
and the host. Tags (or transponders) store information. A tag consists
of a chip, an antenna and packaging that allows it to be affixed
to an object. Tags can be read remotely when they detect a radio
frequency signal from a reader over a range of distances. While
there are many tag frequencies, each one has specific market applicability.
Readers (or interrogators), which can be stationary, mobile or PCMCIA,
can read/write information to/from tags. Readers send tag information
over the enterprise network to back-end systems for processing or
display it to the end user.
The host includes hardware, functions and pre-defined tasks.
Solve common business problems with RFID
Within your supply chain, RFID can offer substantial improvements
in areas such as:
Asset and inventory tracking and management
Asset utilization
Enhanced security
Health and environmental safety and compliance
Cashless payments
Product verification
Quality assurance
Reduced lead times
Improved service levels
Forecasting
Just-in-time manufacturing
RFID has been widely applied on many fields such as chips, tags,
software, card readers, system integration, automobiles, materials
circulation, packing, printing, retailing, industrial automation,
commercial automation, manufacturing, intelligent traffic controls,
transportation management and public services, etc. As a developing
country, China has the largest consumer market for both import and
application of RFID. The dissemination of RFID application has profound
significance: not only will it establish visible interrelation within
the supply chain, but it can bring informatization to enterprises.
Undoubtedly, wide application of RFID will also greatly impel electronic
information industry which serves as the supplier of RFID technology
and application, setting a new horizon for the developing electronic
information industry.
It should also be noted that the
scale use of RFID has multiple obstacles: the cost, standards, and
demands of market purchasing, especially for China, whose informatization
is at a disadvantage. Therefore, attention must be paid on the development
conditions of relevant industry and the demands of enterprises in
China before the generalization if RFID technology. The popularization
of RFID technology in vast Chinese market will be the very aim of
global RFID and IT enterprises in the near future. To a larger extent,
the strategy will be able to impel the informatization of local
enterprises, and it grants significant opportunities for local electronic
information industry. Then how the local RFID industry and its application
could be propelled? This exhibition and technological seminar will
help establish a proper route for developing RFID industry, providing
an interactive platform in order to bring the generalization of
RFID to real life in China.
RFIDes shall reveal the newest products
and advanced technologies, providing a platform for trade and communications
and guiding the development of RFID consuming market in China.
Visit
RFIDes 2008 in Shanghai
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