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RFID Technology: Table 1

RFID is a technology that uses radio waves to automatically identify and track objects. It has potential to revolutionize supply chain processes by enabling real-time tracking of products and components. An RFID system consists of RFID tags attached to objects, readers that can communicate with the tags, and a server to process the data from the readers. RFID tags can uniquely identify objects and transmit data to readers from distances without needing direct line-of-sight.

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RFID Technology: Table 1

RFID is a technology that uses radio waves to automatically identify and track objects. It has potential to revolutionize supply chain processes by enabling real-time tracking of products and components. An RFID system consists of RFID tags attached to objects, readers that can communicate with the tags, and a server to process the data from the readers. RFID tags can uniquely identify objects and transmit data to readers from distances without needing direct line-of-sight.

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RFID technology

RFID is positioned as “an emergent technology for real-time tracking of any product,
module, system and, eventually, any component as they move along the various layers
of supply chains” Bendavid (2008, p. ix) and one of today’s “fastest growing
technologies in terms of scope of application in the next generation of business
intelligence” (Chen,Tsai, and Liu, 2008). RFID has also the potential to “revolutionize”
supply chain processes (Vijayaraman, Osyk, and Chavada, 2008), in particular with
respect to product recalls and reverse logistics (Bardaki et al., 2007) and reduce
supply chain uncertainty (Wamba, Lefebvre, and Lefebvre, 2007).These alleged
benefits have prompted several organizations to deploy RFID technology (Ngai et al.,
2006) and the RFID technology market is expanding exponentially, with global sales
ex- pected to reach $26.88 billion in 2017 (IDTechEx, 2010). An RFID system is
composed of three main devices (Table 1): (1) The RFID tag is a miniaturized chip
used to embed the information connected to an object (i.e., serial number).This chip is
equipped with an antenna that enables communication via radio frequency waves and
thus emits data to the (2) reader or central nervous system.This consists of an
antenna and a receiver/transmitter, whose tasks are to control and modulate the radio
frequencies as well as to identify and transmit data. (3) Host server equipment (and
middleware) controls the interconnection between the reader and the information
network and delivers data to the various organizational information systems.[1]

Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) is communication via radio waves (see example in
Fig. 1). RFID systems, classified as active (battery powered), semi-passive (battery-
assisted), or passive (without battery), are composed of a transponder and transceiver
(reader) that gather and transmit information wirelessly to a RFID tag, often without the
need of a direct line-of-sight to the tags. Each RFID tag can have its unique identification
number. Ross et al. [20] tested passive ultrahigh frequency tags for durability of RFID tags
in various harsh conditions and found the tags were durable enough to work despite the
existence of extreme moisture, pH, temperature, and pressure. While bar code systems are
limited due to line-of-sight, durability, and read-range constraints, RFID technology
provides significantly greater read-ranges and works under rugged outdoor and indoor
conditions including in temperatures from −40 °C to 200 °C [20]. Active RFID has been
previously tested for outdoor construction. Active RFID technology can simultaneously and
uniquely recognize facility items, store information regarding maintenance history of these
items, and continuously update the information in real-time [21,5]. Passive RFID tags are
most suitable for an indoor construction application because of various benefits: (a) reduced
cost (less than $0.20 for a typical tag), (b) small in size (flat like a sticker), (c) extended
operational life (no battery), and readable and writable data storage capacity of roughly 128
to 256 bytes (which can be hyperlinked to other information or a database). The biggest
drawback of passive RFID tags is that they have no self-reporting capability. The read
ranges of passive tags for construction applications reaches currently around four to ten
meters (depending mostly on antenna type). However, performance is reduced in
environments that cause multipath or those in close proximity to any metal surface as the
metal causes signal attenuation [22]. [2]

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