Survey of a RFID Application in Distribution Center

• Main Authors: Ping-Kun Cheng, 鄭炳坤
• Other Authors: Dah-Chuan Gong
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2005
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/amsft4

碩士 === 中原大學 === 工業工程研究所 === 93 === Over the past few years, the application of RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) is wider and deeper than before. For example, access security, goods tracking, medical process control, tickets used in public transportation, and even the logistic support in U.S. military during Gulf War can be more efficient and more manageable by the implement of RFID. Although the prospect of RFID can be expected, most firms hesitate to introduce it practically due to the lack of research relevant to its practical implement. Accordingly, the thesis will discuss the operation within a distribution center through the predetermined scenario, which implements RFID and demonstrate the effectiveness and the efficiency RFID generates to offer the managers, who attempt to introduce RFID in the distribution center, a reference guideline. The thesis shows that RFID is able to help to track the goods, monitor where they go, and visualize the data carried by goods. Because of the benefit of RFID for the business process in the future, the logistic companies in Taiwan should prepare for the revolution in advance. Though the cost to build up RFID system is too expensive currently, it is still necessary to introduce RFID system experimentally. The follows are the summary of the conclusion in the thesis: 1. The characteristics of tracking of RFID system under the predetermined scenario: In the predetermined scenario, the performance of tracking in a RFID system can be understood. By analyzing and categorizing the operation models of distribution centers and the development of EPC Network, the managers of a distribution center and the users of a RFID tracking system can know the real time position and current status of goods easily. 2. The real time acquisition of goods data: Through the framework of EPC Network, the information of goods can be obtained immediately. This helps to visualize the life cycle of the supply chain of a product. 3. The analysis and summary of the effectiveness and the efficiency RFID generates in a distribution center: This research summarizes the framework of EPC Network in a distribution center. This provides a distribution center with an environment of goods data exchange and helps the automation of a supply chain, the visualizing of goods data as well as the tracking of business process in a supply chain.