Radio Frequency Identification Applications
Although RFID technology has been in use since World War II, the demand for RFID equipment is increasing rapidly, in part due to a mandates issued by the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) and Wal-Mart requiring their suppliers to enable products to be traceable by RFID.
Whether or not radio frequency identification applications that currently use barcode technology are good candidates for upgrading to a system that uses RFID or some combination of the two. RFID offers many advantages over the barcode, particularly the fact that an RFID tag can hold much more data about an item than a barcode can. In addition, RFID tags are not susceptible to the damages that may be incurred by barcode labels, like ripping and smearing.
The radio frequency identification applications products are endless. Current applications for RFID product :
– Inventory management
– Asset tracking
– Personnel tracking
– ID badging
– Counterfeit prevention (e.g., in the pharmaceutical industry)
– Improved financial transaction and security programs
