Radio Frequency Identification Technology for Logistics, Tagging and EPC

RFID standards and supply chain applications

Thursday, July 9, 2009

Regulatory standards are useful to all types of business organizations and for governments. Standards can ensure the minimum level of product characteristics such as quality, interoperability, reliability, and safety for the user community. Recently, due to a wide industrial adoption of RFID, there is increased interest in standardization. In this article we introduce some RFID application standards and emphasize some supply chain management considerations.

International Organization for Standardization

International Organization for Standardization (ISO) is the world’s largest developer and publisher of International Standards. It is a network of the national standards institutes of more than 150 countries (one member per country) and enables a consensus to be reached on solutions that meet both the requirements of business and the needs of society. ISO standards are developed by ISO technical committees (TC) and subcommittees (SC) in the six-stage process of Figure 1. The activity in each stage is as follows:

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Texas Instruments (TI) introduced a pair of encapsulated RFID mini-transponders designed for applications in animal tagging and asset tracking.

The 12mm TRPGR30TGC and TRPGP40TGC mini-transponders were developed to enable users a battery-free solution for embedding RFID tags into smaller objects across a broader range of applications. These transponders come ready-to-use and are 100 percent backwards compatible with all of TI’s RFID software and readers including power modules, control modules and micro readers.

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Murata and Beta LAYOUT announced a joint venture to launch an RFID starter kit aimed at printed circuit board (PCB) engineers and developers aspiring to incorporate RFID into their electronics design.

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It is inevitable, RFID will dominate the supply chain versus traditional technology such as bar codes, according to Supply Chain Digest, the only question is when.

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CEITEC S.A. announced the final development of its integrated circuit for supply chain and manufacturing tracking: the CTC13000.

The CTC13000 offers a versatile, passive RFID chip the supports multiple logistic applications for asset tracking, from prototyping to final assembly, as well as inventory control and post-production. It can also be applied in end user applications such as airline baggage, grocery and medical assets.

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Orange Business Services is working together with Auchan Group, the international food retail group, to offer a real-time tracking solution to monitor the routing of plastic creates which carry fruits and vegetables in its French supermarkets.

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GAO RFID announced its handheld RFID reader series for animal identification and management, for applications such as stock breeding, animal control, or foodstuff tracking systems.

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