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Assignment NO 4

Submitted to:

Sir, SURKHAB SIKANDAR

Registration no:

Sp18-BBA-008

Faraz Zaigham

Subject:

Special topics in supply chain

Date:

28/12/2020
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How RFID system work and what its role in Supply Chain Management?
Radio frequency identification technology is a remarkable business tool for many aspects of
business including Supply Chain Management (SCM). RFID is a growing technology that
enables close cooperation of the supply chain partners by real-time information visibility.

Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) is the wireless non-contact use of radio frequency

waves to transfer data. Tagging items with RFID tags allows users to automatically and uniquely
identify and track inventory and assets. RFID technology automates data collection and vastly
reduces human effort and error. RFID supports tag reading with no line-of-sight or item-by-item
scans required. RFID readers can read multiple RFID tags simultaneously, offering increases in
efficiency.

RFID used in our daily life:

The most common RFID applications in hospitals are inventory tracking, control access, staff

and patients tracking, tracking tools, tracking disposable consumables, tracking large/expensive
equipment, laundry tracking, etc.

RFID benefits in Supply Chain:

RFID contributes to supply chains operations through its unique identification of objects and
real-time information; thereby RFID improves the data accuracy, accelerates processes, enables
the traceability and the visibility of products throughout supply chains, increases speed of
physical flows and reduces of Work- In-Progress and inventories.

Use of RFID technology as well as bar codes, facilitates automation of processes and improves
operations management through reduction of workload and elimination of human errors.

However, RFID technology has some advantages over the bar code:

 There is no need for line of sight (tags can be read through a different materials),
 Suitable for harsh environments (e.g. dirt, moisture, dust, chemicals, high temperatures),
 The RFID reader could interact with multiple tags and automatically receive information
from the tags,
 RFID reader’s greater distances of reading,
 Tags contain more data than bar codes,
 Form and dimensions of tags could be various, depending on the application.

Example:
As a car approaches the toll barriers at MPTC's expressways, RFID scanners read data about
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what class the vehicle is and its corresponding account, which will tell whether it has a sufficient
balance to enter the tollgate. After the transaction, the barriers will open.

Application of RFID in healthcare:

RFID applications in healthcare could include:

Supply chain applications:

This includes high-cost items like pacemakers, defibrillators, and artificial joints. The supply
chain for these items is complex, and they are often supplied on consignment. They also require
a high degree of traceability from the supplier to the patient.

Patient safety applications:

This may include improved patient identification using RFID tags in patient wristbands.

Quality assurance applications:

This may include improved instrument tracking for infection control purposes. Some vendors
supply RFID-enabled trays that can be tracked through central sterilizing departments.