Thesis: RFID Technology and Application Research
Background:
In November 2003, the global retail giant Wal-Mart Stores Inc. asked its top 100 suppliers to realize the rapid automatic identification of goods before January 1, 2005, that is, the goods are to be affixed with RFID tags, and by the end of 2006, all suppliers will be required to adopt RFID tags. All suppliers to adopt RFID tags. Metro, Europe's largest supermarket, followed suit and announced similar plans.
"Eleventh Five-Year" period under the National High Technology Research and Development Program ("863" program) arrangements, China to promote "radio frequency identification (RFID) technology and applications "The field of radio frequency identification (RFID) technology and applications to take off, the Ministry of Science and Technology allocated 128 million yuan to support its research and application, and strive to achieve technological breakthroughs in the field of RFID in China and independent innovation.
Almost overnight, once felt distant and unfamiliar RFID technology began to take the world by storm, and became one of the hottest words in the logistics industry. If a logistics company does not put RFID on the agenda, as if the enterprise has fallen behind. What exactly can RFID technology bring to the logistics industry? This is the main problem of this paper.
Significance:
This paper takes the basic composition of the RFID system and the simple principle of work as a starting point, the technology and the systematic bar code identification for comparison, summarized the unparalleled advantages of RFID technology, and then for RFID technology in logistics in many aspects such as warehousing, transportation, distribution and other important role in a detailed analysis. Combined with Wal-Mart Group and Metro Group case, to explain RFID technology to the logistics industry to bring great benefits. Although RFID technology has many advantages, but the price and cost of high, diverse and non-uniform standards, become the main bottleneck restricting the development of RFID. Finally, the proposed solutions to these problems.
2. Research Basis
The development of computer network technology and modern communication technology for the global high-speed correct data transmission provides the conditions, but also for the wide application of RFID technology in the logistics industry has brought opportunities. Modern logistics is a modern logistics system that involves the whole process of supply chain with logistics enterprises as the main body and third-party logistics and distribution services as the main form, combined with logistics and information flow. In the information age, with the modernization of network technology, e-commerce, transportation and management, modern logistics and distribution will also be rationalized in the transportation network and sales network based on the systematic realization of the entire logistics system management of electronic and information technology, distribution of all aspects of the operation of automation and intelligence, so as to enter into a new period of network technology and e-commerce as a representative of the logistics and distribution.
Under the leadership of modern communication technology, RFID plays a significant role in many aspects of logistics, and can effectively solve the supply chain business operation data input/output, business process control and tracking, reduce the error rate. If each piece of merchandise are affixed with RFID tags, no need to open the product packaging system can be identified in boxes and packages, so as to accurately and readily obtain the relevant information about the product, such as the type, manufacturer, production time, production location, commodity color, commodity size, etc. RFID system can be realized from raw materials, semi-finished products, finished products, transportation, warehousing, distribution, shelves, final Sales, and even return processing of all aspects of real-time monitoring, not only can greatly improve the degree of automation, but also can significantly reduce the error rate, thereby significantly improving the transparency of the supply chain and management efficiency.
Since RFID technology eliminates manual intervention in the tracking process, it can greatly improve work efficiency while saving a lot of manpower, so it has great attraction to logistics management. Radio frequency identification technology RFID and modern logistics management, will greatly enhance the logistics management of all aspects of the level of intelligence and level of service, which is bound to become the 21st century modern logistics development of the irreversible trend.
This shows that RFID technology has a wide range of development space, especially in logistics. Before this topic, there have been many well-established theories.
1. Jiren Xu, Jiasong Chen, Jihai Niu, in "Radio Frequency Identification Technology and Application Development", exhaustively introduced the concept of RFID technology and its superiority over the traditional bar code. He believes that in the near future, RFID technology will replace barcodes as the mainstream identification technology.
2. Fu Jun in the "radio frequency identification technology application research", mainly introduces the important role of RFID technology in warehousing, emphasizing the use of warehousing links can greatly improve labor efficiency, reduce labor costs.
3. Yang Song in the "electronic tag security should not be ignored", mainly introduces the current constraints on the development of RFID technology, a major problem - security and privacy issues, and proposed solutions to this problem.
3. Main research content
In the first chapter of the introduction of RFID technology, mainly introduces the composition of the RFID system and simple principles.
In the third chapter of the application of RFID technology in logistics research, detailed description of the important role of RFID technology in logistics warehousing, transportation, distribution and other aspects.
In the fourth chapter of the application of RFID successful cases, Wal-Mart Group and Metro Group as an example, briefly describes the process of its application of the technology and the technology for the enterprise to bring great benefits.
4. Proposed Research Methods and Technical Routes
Research Methods: Literature review method, summarize their
thoughts and opinions from other scholars and experts on this issue in the literature research.
Technical route is:
Firstly, to clarify the problem of their own research, that is, the application of radio frequency technology in logistics research.
Secondly, collect a lot of related literature and summarize and refine the central content.
Finally, put forward your own ideas and plan the framework of the paper.
5. Research Plan
(a) March 1, 2011 -- March 20, 2011 for the preparation stage of the topic, collect relevant information and data, determine the content of the study, complete the opening report;
(b) March 21, 2011 --April 20, 2011, based on reference materials for research, complete the preliminary framework of the dissertation, submit to the instructor, accept the midterm inspection;
(C) April 21, 2011 --May 10, 2011, for the (c) April 21, 2011 - May 10, 2011, the research stage, the formation of the first draft of the dissertation, to complete the foreign language translation required by the College;
(d) May 11, 2011 - May 20, 2011, the first draft of the dissertation to further modify and improve the final draft of the dissertation, the final draft of the dissertation, submitted to the supervisor for review;
(e) May 2011 May 21, 2011 - May 27, 2011, the final draft of the dissertation printing, binding, fill out the relevant graduation design form, submitted to the reviewer for evaluation, and prepare for the dissertation defense;
(F) May 28, 2011, the dissertation defense.