In the field of Supply Chain
Management, RFID has served the purpose of Control systems at work
very efficiently and this, I feel, is one of the major enhancements
in the field. Radio-frequency identification (RFID) has a very
significant role to play in Supply Chain Management because the
RFID chips are used to transfer the data between such chips using a
wireless form of communication system, which in turn, facilitates
the flow of goods efficiently in the following ways:
- When the transported goods are to
be delivered urgently, then RFID technology could be used to resort
to the fastest toll booth lane in order to reach the destination
faster, with a deduction of certain dollars from the account to
avail such a privilege.
- Aids in tracking the shipped items
on real time in the Supply Chain network.
- Further, the role of RFID chip is
extremely important in Supply Chain when a certain truck is loaded
with goods and once the goods are delivered, this chip helps to
identify how much of the goods are loaded in the truck and out of
it, how much is unloaded upon delivery or removed.
- When the contents of the boxes are
tagged with RFID chips, then the moment those boxes are delivered
to the customers or clients in the Logistics network, such
customers or clients would be instantly in the position to identify
all the contents within those boxes.
- When these RFID tags are zoomed
under the scanner, there could be an instant inventory count in the
system with further details of the stock, thereby making the RFID
tags very suitable even for the small and medium scale businesses,
to maintain the accuracy check of the inventory.
- When the end-users are happy with
the Supply Chain network in place, the customer service activity is
a pleasant experience to both the parties
In future, I feel, with the massive
growth of Big data, the same could be utilized in Supply chain
management’s technology and processes in an important way and hence
that is the enhancement that I anticipate in future.