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Informationen zum Autor Patrick J. Sweeney II heads ODIN Technologies, an RFID integration and software development company. He learned the technology at MIT and is considered an industry expert. Klappentext Discover how RFID can save your business money See what goes into an RFID set-up, choose your equipment, and test your system Is the rush to implement RFID causing you sleepless nights? Take heart! As more and more retailers require their suppliers to get on the RFID bandwagon, this book can save the day. Even if you're IT challenged and skipped physics class, you'll discover how RFID works and how to set up and deploy your network -- just in time. Discover how to Plan your RFID implementation Evaluate and choose system components Compare types of RFID tags Assess your site Set up and test readers Administer and maintain your system Zusammenfassung RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) is a new supply chain management system that will eventually take the place of traditional barcode scanning. Many companies have already announced their shift to RFID technology and even more will shortly follow suit. This means that other businesses will have to implement RFID at their end. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction 1 About This Book 1 Who This Book Is For 1 You Don't Need a Slide Rule and Pocket Protector to Use This Book 2 How This Book Is Organized 2 Part I: Now That You Can Spell RFID, Here's the Rest of the Story 3 Part II: Ride the Electromagnetic Wave: The Physics of RFID 3 Part III: Fitting an RFID Application into Your World 3 Part IV: Raising the Beams for Your Network 4 Part V: How to Speak Bean Counter 4 Part VI: The Part of Tens 4 Icons Used in This Book 5 Part I: Now That You Can Spell RFID, Here's the Rest of the Story 7 Chapter 1: Taking the Mystery out of RFID 9 What Is RFID? 9 The origins of RFID in inventory tracking 10 Tracking goods with EPC codes 10 Sizing Up the Benefits of RFID 11 Tracking individual items with serialized data 12 Reducing human intervention 13 Moving more goods through the supply chain 14 Capturing information in real time 14 Increasing security 15 Mandates, Womendates, Blind Dates - Forcing Efficiency 16 What are the major mandates? 16 Responding to the mandates 17 Calling All Physicists! Calling All Physicists! 18 Finding a physics expert 19 The basic physics of RFID 19 Finding Success with Four Ps in a Pod 22 Planning 22 Physics 24 Pilot 26 Production 27 A Ride in the Time Machine 28 Chapter 2: Auto-ID Technologies: Why RFID Is King of the Hill 31 Planning an Auto-ID Strategy for the Times 32 Comparing the major players in Auto-ID: Bar codes, contact memory, and RFID 34 Crafting an Auto-ID strategy for your business (Or, why RFID is the wave of the future) 41 To EPC or Not to Be: Unraveling the Words, Words, Words of the Electronic Product Code 44 How EPC is different from UPC 45 Why an EPC RFID tag doesn't contain more information 47 How the EPC works 48 How the EPC prepared for the future, and who oversees that 52 Addressing Privacy Concerns 53 Chapter 3: Making Basic Decisions about Your RFID System 55 Midas Touch Points: Where RFID Impacts Your Organization 56 Outlining how RFID affects your business processes 57 Determining how RFID will affect your facility 60 Evaluating your technical needs 61 What's the Frequency, Kenneth? 64 Understanding the difference between licensed and unlicensed frequencies 65 Examining the most common frequencies in RFID 65 Frequencies, power, and countries 67 Beyon...
