{"title":"Increasing the effectiveness of procurement decisions: The value of big data in the procurement process","authors":"A. Moretto, S. Ronchi, Andrea S. Patrucco","doi":"10.3233/RFT-171670","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3233/RFT-171670","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":259055,"journal":{"name":"Int. J. RF Technol. Res. Appl.","volume":"24 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115070052","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Identifying business value using the RFID e-Valuation Framework","authors":"John P. Curtin, Robert L. Gaffney, F. Riggins","doi":"10.3233/RFT-120038","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3233/RFT-120038","url":null,"abstract":"In this paper, we develop the RFID e-Valuation Framework to help managers identify the value proposition from using RFID. The framework is based on three concepts. First, firms can apply RFID along five dimension of commerce. Specifically, by using various modes of interaction, firms compete over both time and distance in order to provide some product or service through a chain of relationships eventually ending with the end customer. Second, new investments in RFID are typically justified by generating efficiency, effectiveness, and/or strategic benefits. Third, RFID can be applied to four different structural settings across the value chain including inbound logistics, internal operations, outbound logistics, and marketing and sales. By mapping the five dimensions of commerce and the three types of justification, we have developed the RFID e-Valuation Grid which can then be applied to the four structural settings to see where RFID can generate business value. We illustrate usage of the framework by applying it to two examples of asset management in a hospital setting and tracking food produce through the cold chain.","PeriodicalId":259055,"journal":{"name":"Int. J. RF Technol. Res. Appl.","volume":"114 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116328940","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Modeling RFID readers deployment in three-dimensional space","authors":"Shijie Zhou, Yun Liu, Jin Xu","doi":"10.3233/RFT-150076","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3233/RFT-150076","url":null,"abstract":"This paper presents a new algorithm for RFID deployment in 3D space. We first introduce a cubebased model to describe both the reading space and the coverage space, which can be represented by a 3D matrix. Then, an improved particle swarm optimization algorithm is proposed to implement our cube-based model in the intensive RFID reader deployment. The proposed deployment algorithm is simple and neat, by addition of two matrices. Our solid simulation results show that our cube-based model with improved particle swarm optimization algorithm is a practical scheme for the RFID coverage problem in 3D space.","PeriodicalId":259055,"journal":{"name":"Int. J. RF Technol. Res. Appl.","volume":"29 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133251878","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
L. Catarinucci, R. Colella, L. Mainetti, V. Mighali, L. Patrono, S. Pieretti, Ilaria Sergi, L. Tarricone
{"title":"An RFID tracking system supporting the behavior analysis of colonial laboratory animals","authors":"L. Catarinucci, R. Colella, L. Mainetti, V. Mighali, L. Patrono, S. Pieretti, Ilaria Sergi, L. Tarricone","doi":"10.3233/RFT-130048","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3233/RFT-130048","url":null,"abstract":"Animal tracking and animal behavior analysis have a crucial impact in biomedical disciplines to study new pathologies and effects of new drugs. There are several solutions, based on different technologies such as GPS, radar, and vision, designed to obtain animals tracking systems, but they are effective mainly in presence of large size animals and outdoor environment. Unfortunately, they show poor performance when groups of small laboratory animals have to be monitored in indoor environments. In such a context, the adoption of passive Near Field (NF) Ultra High Frequency (UHF) Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technology seems to be a winning approach, even though the straightforward use of commercial solutions does not guarantee satisfactory performance. Specifically, customized hardware and software solutions are then required. The main goal of this work is to present the development and then to validate a reliable and effective system for the automatic tracking of laboratory mice, based on suited NF UHF RFID hardware capturing system combined with an ad hoc software system able to guarantee hardware control, data processing, and reporting. In particular, the validation phase has been carried out by selecting the most appropriate RFID tags and by surgically implanting them into laboratory mice. Experimental results have demonstrated the efficiency of the proposed solution, which is able to gather data on the animal movements, allowing their subsequent processing for a satisfactory behavioral analysis.","PeriodicalId":259055,"journal":{"name":"Int. J. RF Technol. Res. Appl.","volume":"9 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133141153","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A process innovation mode of semiconductor integrated circuit products based on the integration of Internet of things and sensing big data","authors":"Yin Huang, Shumin Huang, Yichen Zhang, Sishi Sheng, X. Yang, Runda Liu","doi":"10.3233/rft-180105","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3233/rft-180105","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":259055,"journal":{"name":"Int. J. RF Technol. Res. Appl.","volume":"109 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124816877","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Integration of BPR and RFId technology in a process industry: Spare parts warehouse management analysis","authors":"M. Bevilacqua, F. Ciarapica, B. Marchetti","doi":"10.3233/RFT-2011-012","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3233/RFT-2011-012","url":null,"abstract":"The aim of this research work is to perform a feasibility analysis to evaluate the introduction of an identification system based on Radio Frequency Identification technology (RFId) in the management of the spare parts warehouse in a process industry that produces petrochemicals products. In order to map the situation of the different activities related to the warehouse management, the Business Process Reengineering (BPR) methodology has been used to have a clear and complete representation of the actual situation \"AS IS\", and his critical aspects and the future situation after the reengineer phase \"TO BE\". The activities related to the different management options have been analyzed ad compared in terms of cost and saving. Cost for implementing the RFId system has been evaluated.","PeriodicalId":259055,"journal":{"name":"Int. J. RF Technol. Res. Appl.","volume":"31 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130229035","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
A. Andriolo, D. Battini, Martina Calzavara, M. Gamberi, Umberto Peretti, A. Persona, F. Pilati, F. Sgarbossa
{"title":"New RFID pick-to-light system: Operating characteristics and future potential","authors":"A. Andriolo, D. Battini, Martina Calzavara, M. Gamberi, Umberto Peretti, A. Persona, F. Pilati, F. Sgarbossa","doi":"10.3233/RFT-150071","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3233/RFT-150071","url":null,"abstract":"The recent changes in customers' orders, which on one hand are becoming more frequent and on the other require smaller quantities of several products, inevitably impact the job of warehouse picking managers, who find themselves in the necessary position to satisfy a high pick volume in a short time window. Moreover, warehouse manual picking is traditionally characterized by a high human factor impact; which derives that improving such a system requires a reduction of both orders processing time and human possible errors. In this sense, a possible strategy can be the development and employment of technological systems able to support operators during their picking tours. The aim of this study is to present a new pick-to-light design solution capable of driving different operators through their activities, preventing or reducing errors by a new real-time control and alert system, based on the main potentialities of the RFID technology. After the description of the technical characteristics and of the operation of the new solution, a qualitative comparison with other existing paperless picking systems is also proposed.","PeriodicalId":259055,"journal":{"name":"Int. J. RF Technol. Res. Appl.","volume":"16 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127093194","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
C. Bardaki, Panos E. Kourouthanassis, K. Pramatari
{"title":"Exploring the deployment and adoption of RFID-enabled retail promotions management","authors":"C. Bardaki, Panos E. Kourouthanassis, K. Pramatari","doi":"10.3233/RFT-2010-007","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3233/RFT-2010-007","url":null,"abstract":"This paper presents the development and deployment of an RFID-enabled system supporting promotions management. The system provides both back-end functionality to supply chain partners by measuring promotions effectiveness and front-end functionality to consumers by providing personalized selection of alternative promotion gifts. We report the system design and implementation, and discuss our experiencesandlessonslearnedduringthesystemdeploymentintwostages.Thestudyrevealsthatdeploy- ment of RFID services in the retail context presents a number of technology and individual challenges in the form that require special treatment. These challenges refer to accurate readability of products, handling of exception events, health concerns, and consumer privacy. The study proposes specific implementation solutions for each challenge. We also performed a field study in a Greek retail outlet which revealed that shoppers evaluated more favorably the RFID augmented promotion management method compared to traditional methods. In terms of market acceptance, the results of a workshop with retailers and suppliers showcasedthatalthoughtheserviceprovidesmultiplebenefitstosupplychainoperations,factorsrelatedto cost, consumer privacy, and current maturity of RFID technology still prohibit the service's wide adoption by the industry. Finally, the results of a cost-benefit analysis indicate that the investment is financially viable, under certain assumptions, and breaks even after 3 years. Given the contextual details of the study, thelessonslearnedandtheproposeddeploymentstrategymayguidedevelopersandorganizationsaspiring to adopt RFID to modify their strategies accordingly.","PeriodicalId":259055,"journal":{"name":"Int. J. RF Technol. Res. Appl.","volume":"104 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127474659","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Javier G.-Escribano, J. J. D. Dios, J. M. Pastor, Andrés García
{"title":"Improvement in the tracking of special loads by using a three-level RFID system","authors":"Javier G.-Escribano, J. J. D. Dios, J. M. Pastor, Andrés García","doi":"10.3233/RFT-2012-020","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3233/RFT-2012-020","url":null,"abstract":"Manufacturers usually control the quality of their products from raw materials reception till the delivery of final goods. Products should also be controlled along the distribution and transportation phases, although this is not always feasible. In this work, the goods whose features need to be preserved while going through the previously mentioned phases are considered as special loads. Non-homogeneous loads, which are the combination of different products, will be also considered. The errors made when using the actual product tracking systems involve additional costs and inconveniences. An auto managed three-level based RFID system is proposed in this paper in order to provide an efficient solution for the real-time monitoring (RTMS) of special loads. It has been implemented by means of RFID passive and active tags, plus wireless readers inside the items, pallets and containers, which allow a three level division of the supply chain. At the highest level, a wireless network connecting all the readers using ZigBee technology has been implemented to provide real-time localization of products (RTLS) all over the world as it is also connected to a GPRS system. Finally, the proposed system is applied to two different industrial scenarios: a bottling company for perishable beverages and high-quality wines, and the manufacturing and delivery of pre-fabricated concrete panels.","PeriodicalId":259055,"journal":{"name":"Int. J. RF Technol. Res. Appl.","volume":"26 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124535663","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}