Question

1. Identify three applications of information systems at the college or the university that you are attending. Write three applications, and provide an example of the type of decisions that are being improved by each application.

2.  RFID tags are being increasingly used by companies such as Macy's, Walmart, and Home Depot. Identify an additional company that uses RFIDs and describe the company’s specific application of RFIDs.

Answer 1

Q1.) ANS :

1. Online Learning :

• This has been one of the most revolutionary points in merging education and technology. It would have been hard to imagine long ago that you could take a class where you weren’t even in the same city, state, or country it was being hosted. Thanks to the all mighty internet, that is a very real and prevalent option. This is often referred to as “distant learning” and millions of students take advantage of this learning avenue.

2. Personal Devices, One to One :

• Many high schools have adopted a one to one model. This involves purchasing devices (iPad, laptop, Surface) so every student has their own. It creates a more digital learning environment with endless resources

3. Social Media :

• Colleges recognize the importance of social media and use it in a variety of ways. Many colleges have blogs. This is great for prospective students because it gives you an authentic sense of their culture. Their Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram should also give you a glimpse into life on campus and help you decide if you can envision yourself going to school there. Another interesting use of technology is how lecture halls use Twitter.
• In a lecture hall with many students, certain classes have set up their own Twitter accounts. Students can tweet their questions to the specific class Twitter and others can answer. While this runs the risk of distraction, this is an excellent use of technology to promote learning

Q.2) ANS :

Following are the four company that uses RFID for supply chain management.

"Supply Chain Management is the management of the flow of goods and services, including the movement and storage of raw materials, work-in-progress inventory, and finished goods from point of origin to point of consumption."

1. Amazon:

Amazon Announces Program With Auburn RFID Lab

• Amazon has taken the bull by the horns and recruited Auburn University’s RFID Lab and the students to help them design, integrate, and deploy RFID technology within the facilities.
• During the official opening of the RFID Lab at Auburn University Dave Clark, Amazon's senior VP of worldwide operations and customer service, announced that his company was partnering with the lab to conduct research into how radio frequency identification might be integrated into Amazon's existing high-tech fulfillment centers.
• According to Clark, students and faculty members from the lab will likely spend time at Amazon's Prime Now one-hour delivery site, located outside of Atlanta. This summer, they will also likely visit Amazon's new, automated fulfillment centers in Dallas or New Jersey, in order to study operations and determine where RFID might add value.

2. BJC HealthCare:   

Hospitals Take High-Tech Approach to Supply Chain

• Up until last year, the team managing supplies for BJC HealthCare’s network of 12 hospitals in Illinois and Missouri kept track of medical devices the old fashioned way : by counting them, said Marcia Howes, chief supply chain executive at the company. As a result, hospitals frequently ordered too many of some products. Others would run low on an item and order more, even if another BJC hospital had a surplus.
• BJC is spending millions of dollars to attach RFID tags, markers that transmit data via radio frequencies, on some medical devices, such as catheters. The tags feed into a central database that tracks when items are used or expire. New orders are automated, and hospitals can lend supplies to each other.
• Ms. Howes said the new system reduced the amount of stock facilities had to keep on hand by 23% in tests. The health system expects to make back its investment in under 18 months.

3. General Steel

General Steel's JV Signs Letter of Intent to Deploy RFID-based Logistics Management at Tewoo Group's Seven Steel Coils Logistic Centers  

• General Steel Holdings, Inc. is a leading non-state-owned steel maker headquartered in Beijing, China. With seven million metric tons of crude steel production capacity under its management and operations in Tianjin municipality and China's Shaanxi and Guangdong provinces, the Company produces a variety of steel products including rebar and high-speed wire.
• In addition to its steel business, the Company also designs, manufactures, and integrates radio frequency identification ("RFID") systems. The Company's RFID technology provides real-time data on supplies, inventory, and goods, thereby greatly enhancing its customers' administration and planning processes, as well as, asset tracking and supply chain management.

NOTE : Reference From RFID Insider Tracking The RFID Industry Blog For Q2.