...value added processes to meet the real needs of the end customers (Fawcett & Magnan, 2002). Thus we can see that a supply chain process involves multiple stages starting from suppliers and ending to end users or customers. The entities which are involved in a normal supply chain are suppliers, manufacturers, warehouses, distributors, transporters, retailers and customers. NEED OF RFID One of the key challenges many organisations face is managing the interconnectivity and collaboration between different entities of the supply chain. Seamless flow of information, tighter integration and communication between channel partners plays an important role in increasing the efficiency of any supply chain and in turn the profitability and rate of return for any business. Due to the lack of communication and flow of information between the stages of supply chain results in poor product visibility and lack of transparency in the supply chain. This occurs mainly because of the fact that each link in the chain operates as individual entity. Information technologies like Radio Frequency Identification Information (RFID) along with ERP and centralized...
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...Chain Management: Case Study 1 RFID and increased Supply Chain efficiency By Hilal Al Harthy Yanee Angsukran Vikram Ramakrishnappa Gowda Paul Macinnes Thakerngkorn Pothibourthong Contents 1. Executive Summary 2. Introduction 3. RFID in Operations - Wal-Mart case study 4. RFID in Logistics - Canadian Airlines case study 5. The Risks of RFID technology in the Supply Chain 6. Conclusions 7. References 1. Executive Summary RFID is an emerging Information technology system in Supply Chain management. The purpose of using this technology is to speed up processes, improve efficiency and reduce operational costs. Looking at large companies who have implemented such schemes, we can see that although implementation and operational factors can be barriers, RFID technology is beneficial to Supply Chain operations. In terms of Implementation, the high costs and low initial ROI (Return On Investment) can make the use of RFID technology appear unattractive when first deployed. In terms of Operations, The technical difficulties for RFID produced by certain manufacturing environments can be a major obstacle, as well as difficulties integrating supply chain partners into a RFID based Supply Chain. Despite this, research revealed that RFID provides improvements to a Supply Chains core efficiency, which positively impacts upon running costs. It is suggested therefore that the use of RFID in the Supply Chain could be a...
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...[pic] [pic] Wal-Mart Case Study – RFID and Supply Chain Management FINAL PAPER By Group 2 Group Members: Angrish, Sangita Chivukula, Venkata S. DeWitt, Brendon Patel, Raxesh Shamsi, Shazeb Yellapragada, Ramachandra Date: November 30, 2005 Table of Contents Introduction 4 Why RFID over Bar-Code? 4 RFID Infrastructure 5 Introduction to Supply Chain Management 7 Wal-Mart Introduction and its Business Processes 9 Operations 9 Business Model 10 Market Strategy of Wal-Mart 10 Organizational Development 10 Competitive Advantage 11 Market Opportunity 11 Supply Chain Management at Wal-Mart 11 Procurement and Distribution 11 Logistics Management 12 Inventory Management 12 RFID in Wal-Mart 13 Efficiency in Supply Chain with RFID 14 Wal-Mart Suppliers 15 Kimberly-Clark 15 Kraft Foods 15 Gillette 15 Current Usage of RFID 16 RFID in Military 16 Successful RFID Implementation in different Industries 17 Volkswagen 17 Supermarket tries out smart tagging 17 Sun Microsystems sets up RFID test centre in Scotland 17 I.B.M. Expands Efforts to Promote Radio Tags to Track Goods 17 Texas Instruments 17 EPC global Network 18 Limitations and Challenges of RFID 18 Future of RFID 20 Future Applications 20 REFERENCES: 22 Introduction Technology is inevitable in every sphere of life today; it has always made things easier. Wal-Mart works on the same strategy, from the...
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...Wal-Mart Just In Time Just In Time - A Business Strategy for Efficiency and Cost Reduction The retail industry has long sought to improve their bottom line by strategically pricing their merchandise to maximize profits while remaining competitive. This paper addresses one approach utilizing an emerging technology for inventory tracking: Radio Frequency Identification (RFID). Introduction A typical concern of all retail establishments is maximizing profits while maintaining customer loyalty. Now where this is more of a concern than with the Big-Box stores such as, Target and Wal-Mart in the United States. These stores offer a wide variety of goods and provide a “one-stop” shopping experience for their customers. The challenge for the store is to provide the variety and availability of merchandise without the high cost of inventory storage and over-stocking. Consequently, the goal is to have the merchandise available to their customers, “just in time” for them to make the purchase. These stores have a greater challenge than the warehouse club stores such as Costco and Sam’s Club because they require their members to buy in quantity. This paper will focus on the special problem that non-warehouse club stores encounter in selling smaller quantities and describe the “just in time” philosophy and how it is applied in today’s retail industry. A case history of how Wal-Mart is applying this approach to their operation and some of their implementation challenges. Addressing...
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...Chapter 6 E-Supply Chains, Collaborative Commerce, and Corporate Portals Learning Objectives Upon completion of this chapter, you will be able to: 1. Define the e-supply chain and describe its characteristics and components. 2. List supply chain problems and their causes. 3. List solutions provided by e-commerce (EC) for supply chain problems. 4. Describe RFID supply chain applications. 5. Define c-commerce and list the major types. 6. Describe collaborative planning and collaboration, planning, forecasting, and replenishing (CPFR) and list the benefits of each. 7. Discuss integration along the supply chain. 8. Understand corporate portals and their types and roles. 9. Describe e-collaboration tools such as workflow software and groupware. 10. Describe Collaboration 2.0 technology and tools. Content Opening Case: Boeing’s Global Supply Chain for the Dreamliner 787 6.1 E-Supply Chains 6.2 Supply Chain Problems and Solutions 6.3 RFID as a Key Enabler in Supply Chain Management 6.4 Collaborative Commerce 6.5 Collaborative Planning, CPFR, APS, and PLM 6.6 Supply Chain Integration 6.7 Corporate (Enterprise) Portals 6.8 Collaboration-Enabling Environments and Tools Managerial Issues Closing Case: How Wal-Mart Uses EC in Its Supply Chain Answers to Section Review Questions Section 6.1 Review Questions 1. Define the e-supply chain and list its three major parts. It is...
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...Review of Business Information Systems – Third Quarter 2008 Volume 12, Number 3 United Parcel Service’s IT Infrastructure: A Case Analysis Russell Baker, Jacksonville University Brian Wm. Dudley, Jacksonville University Sean Holt, Jacksonville University Chris Stockton, Jacksonville University Vanja Vukota, Jacksonville University ABSTRACT This analysis of the information technology infrastructure at United Parcel Service (UPS) begins with a general overview of the company’s information technology (IT) environment to establish awareness of the size and complexity of this corporation. It includes a macro-level breakdown of the technology infrastructure of UPS ranging from the data centers to the PCs currently in operation. The study also more closely analyzes the software and database structure of UPS along with an analysis of the company’s E-commerce activities. It includes an interview with Tom Creech, the North Florida District E-commerce manager at UPS. Finally, research was conducted to evaluate the emerging technologies that UPS is implementing and employing to support the business strategy and maintain its competitive edge. OVERVIEW I nfrastructure, data and proprietary e-commerce software elements are the foundation of UPS’s technology success. These tools work together to support its e-commerce strategy, which in turn supports the company’s business strategy. The company’s ongoing investment and research in emerging technologies gives UPS its competitive advantage...
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...NSU Library System MIS 205.10 Group Number: D Md.Tanjil Islam 121 0690 030 Soumik Saha 122 0191030 Rafid Habib 122 0318 030 Md. Ali Noman 122 0385 030 Md. Fakrul Alam 122 0185 030 Table Of Content Serial Number | Content Name | Page Number | 1 | Introduction | 1 | 2 | Resources | 1-2 | 3 | System Architecture | 2-3 | 4 | RFID technologies for libraries | 4-5 | 5 | Advantages of RFID system | 6-7 | 6 | How North South Library System works | 8-10 | 7 | New innovation through RFID system | 10-11 | 8 | Proposed system | 12-14 | 9 | System design | 15-19 | 10 | Software testing | 20-21 | 11 | Conclusion | 22 | 12 | References | 23 | Introduction North South University (NSU) Library grew over the years since 1992 and now has become one of the best university libraries in the country. This is the first fully automated university library in the country using Bi-lingual Library Management Software, developed by NSU Library, which supports MARC-21, web-based online lending and receiving, browse databases of books, CDs, journals...
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...Wal-Mart Case Study – RFID Introduction Technology is inevitable in every sphere of life today; it has always made things easier. Wal-Mart works on the same strategy, from the above description; we can understand how diversified Wal-Mart is and the volume of cargo it needs to handle for each of its business’s. Traditionally, it had started with computerization of individual stores with small billing machines and had then led to centralized billing for record keeping. The technology has grown by leaps and bounds and has become increasingly challenging to maintain large databases of information and maintain records. Powerful computers networked with high performance clusters maintain and store this data. This gives a picture as to how technology plays a vital role in today’s’ businesses. Traditionally, technology has been upgraded in billing systems and for storage purposes. A new area where technology could be applied to, where many expenses could be saved was in inventory management and logistics. Wal-Mart being so huge, needed to keep track of men and material sent across different countries and had to maintain hundreds of warehouses across the world. Bar-codes have been initially identified as a suitable technology to meet the purpose. But due to the limitations of barcodes, a new emerging technology called RFID has been identified to meet the demands. RFID is low cost Radio Frequency Identification system which requires minimum human intervention to carry out tasks...
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...ASSIGNMENT ON TERM PAPPER INTERNET CHALLENGES TO SECURITY AND PRIVACY SUBMITTED BY : GIFTY KARUVELIL SAM ID NUMBER: 0160011 SUBMITTED TO : PROFESSOR . JOYCE JAMES MG. 650: MANAGING INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY ACROSS THE ENTERPRISE TABLE OF CONTENT : * INTRODUCTION * ANALYSIS OF SECURITY AND PRIVACY * CATEGORIZATION AND SESITIVITY * STATE OF RESEARCH * MAJOR PLAYERS I THE INTERNET * GLOBAL SENSOR NETWORK MIDDLEWEAR * RFID * PHYSICAL MECHANISM * CRYPTOGRAPHIC PROTOCOLS * RESEARCH FROM OTHER DOMAINS * INFORMATION ACCOUNTABIILITY * CRYPTOGRAPHIC IDENTIFIERS * KEY EXTRACTION FROM WIRELES CHANNL CHARACTERISTECS * CONCLUSION 1 1 Introduction The Internet has undergone severe changes since its first launch in the late 1960s as an outcome of the ARPANET. The initial four-node network has quickly grown into a highly interconnected and self-organized network that builds the daily basis for business, research, and economy. The number of people using this worldwide network has exponentially grown up to about 1.5 bn and hereby makes up about 20% of the world population. This sheer number of end...
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...United Parcel Service’s IT Infrastructure: A Case Analysis Russell Baker, Jacksonville University Brian Wm. Dudley, Jacksonville University Sean Holt, Jacksonville University Chris Stockton, Jacksonville University Vanja Vukota, Jacksonville University ABSTRACT This analysis of the information technology infrastructure at United Parcel Service (UPS) begins with a general overview of the company’s information technology (IT) environment to establish awareness of the size and complexity of this corporation. It includes a macro-level breakdown of the technology infrastructure of UPS ranging from the data centers to the PCs currently in operation. The study also more closely analyzes the software and database structure of UPS along with an analysis of the company’s E-commerce activities. It includes an interview with Tom Creech, the North Florida District E-commerce manager at UPS. Finally, research was conducted to evaluate the emerging technologies that UPS is implementing and employing to support the business strategy and maintain its competitive edge. OVERVIEW nfrastructure, data and proprietary e-commerce software elements are the foundation of UPS’s technology success. These tools work together to support its e-commerce strategy, which in turn supports the company’s business strategy. The company’s ongoing investment and research in emerging technologies gives UPS its competitive advantage according to Tom Creech, North Florida District E-commerce Manager. “UPS...
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...[pic] Working Paper on future RFID Research Needs September 2007 Participating EU-funded R&D Projects in CERP: |Acronym |Name of Project |Contact / email | |AMI-4-SME |Ambient Intelligence Technology for Systemic Innovation |Harald Sundmaeker, ATB, Germany | | |in Manufacturing SMEs |Sundmaeker@atb-bremmen.de | |BRIDGE |Building Radio Frequency Identification in the Global |Henri Barthel, GS1 | | |Environment |henri.barthel@gs1.org | |CE-RFID |Coordinating European Efforts for Promoting the European |Dr. Gerd Wolfram, METRO Group, Germany | | |Value Chain |gerd.wolfram@mgi.de | |CoBIs |Collaborative Business Items |Stephan Haller, SAP, Switzerland | | | |stephan.haller@sap.com | |Dynamite |Dynamic Decisions in Maintenance |Kenneth...
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...I think that the subject of RFID is very interesting. I believe the application is what the “fuss” should be over. I think using RFID to track cows, so if they wander off, the farmer can find them again is an outstanding application of RFID. The same goes RFIDs in hospital bracelets on newborns to prevent the unauthorized removal of the baby from the hospital. (Both my kids had them in their bracelets). But what I feel is concerning is that we live in an age of “me, me, me” “now, now, now”, and we want to put this technology into everything. And as justification, we say “it will make my life easier”. Really? Was it really that hard to swipe a credit card? Apparently so, because all we have to do now is tap them. What about product tracking? Companies are interested in this technology to track their products from purchase to trash. A container of milk containing an RFID tag is picked up at a grocery store. The expiration date can be automatically sent to your cell phone. Instead of standing in line to check out, you can just walk past a tag reader. This can calculate the total of your purchase and send the bill directly to your bank. In addition, the manufacturer of the product can be notified to ship more products to the store, and the store can be notified of the empty space on its shelf. Once home, and you put your milk into your “smart refrigerator”. This can track your usage, and when you empty the container, you can have messages sent to remind you to buy more milk, or...
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...new technologies such as social networking, biometric technology, RFID, and cloud networks have completely changes the way companies operate. They have redefined and replaced older technologies and have managed to do so at a rapid pace. If companies do not set themselves up with flexibility to implement new technologies they will soon be out of business. Cloud networks have become increasingly popular due to the cost savings and effectiveness of their design. A company is able to save money by not having the overhead and staff to maintain and service their own servers. I think that this type of network will soon become a standard business model for all companies. As the security features continue to advance, the cost savings provided by the cloud will be too great to pass up. The cloud has also contributed to the rise in another type of network, the social network. The increasing popularity of social websites such as Facebook and Twitter has spawned new ways to market and advertise. The traditional forms of advertising are slowly being phased out and being replaced by more direct advertising based on the information a user provides to their social networking site. The ability to capture and use this information as well as the ability to adapt to new social network sites will be a pivotal quality in successful business in the future. Another technology that is evolving rapidly is RFID. With new RFID technologies business in the future will be able completely change...
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...Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) with Short Messaging Service (SMS) AUTHORS: Crystal Genna F. Antinero Ma. Josefa T. Pacoli Mark A. Soliva Venus R. Tongohan COURSE: Bachelor of Science in Computer Engineering ACEDEMIC YEAR: 2013-2014 TYPE OF DOCUMENT: Undergraduate Thesis TOTAL OF PAGES: 73 COLLEGE: College of Engineering NAME AND ADDRESS OF INSTITUTION: University of Rizal System Morong, Rizal EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: The study aimed to develop a new Electronic School ID System using Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) with Short Messaging Service (SMS), and to determine its level of acceptability with respect to the selected aspects of evaluation. The researchers used the developmental method of research since the study is focused on developing the Electronic School ID System. Descriptive method was also used to determine the level of acceptability of the system. The researcher was evaluated by means of testing this system but monitored by the researchers and the report was based on the accuracy, applicability, user-friendliness, modifiability, workability, safety and maintenance of the system. The researcher conducted the study to electronic ID system of the students. This mainly focuses on the ability of the RFID components to visibly play the task of the Barcode in the supermarket that check the value of the item being scanned. As with the system, there is an RFID card/tag that is being tapped to the RFID reader and scans the information...
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...There is always something new coming out now days, something new that always is going to affect any career that you are taking. My major right now is Business Management and I think technology is changing everybody around the world. There are some technology that can have a big impact in your career because you never know what is up there waiting for you after you are done career in college. Technology has come a long way since it was first made. It has improved in many different ways. It has help thousands of business launch and have a big impact on the community. We need technology, and yet every new technology places new demands upon us and creates new forms of stress. We can't live with it but at the same time we can't live without it. There is no turning back to some pre technical era. They help them in many ways, some were good and some were bad. But for the most part the help of been able to launch off has had a big impact. There are some technology’s that benefits a lot career. Since technology was invented many business have a lot benefits from it and as information travels faster and faster and more reliably, barriers of distance disappear, and businesses are realizing how easy it is to outsource jobs overseas again the Radio frequency identification technology is infiltrating and changing business significantly in a few ways, one begin to tighten security at their organization place. Technology has great effects in businesses. Like using a computer, you can access the...
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