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Reyes, Pedro. RFID in the Supply Chain. US: McGraw-Hill Professional, 2011.

RFID in the Supply Chain

Authors: Pedro Reyes

Published:  January 2011

eISBN: 9780071634984 0071634983 | ISBN: 9780071634977
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  • Contents
  • Foreword
  • Preface
  • Part I: Introduction and Overview
  • 1 Introduction
  • Brief History of Past Business Technologies
  • What Is This Thing Called RFID?
  • Why All the Hype?
  • Motivation and Organization of this Book
  • 2 RFID 101
  • RFID History
  • RFID System Components
  • Advantages of RFID Technology
  • Limitations of RFID Technology
  • 3 EPCglobal Overview and Standards
  • EPC Tags
  • Standards
  • EPCglobal Architecture Framework
  • An Example: GS1 EPCglobal's RFID-Based EAS
  • Source Tagging
  • Part II: Issues and Challenges
  • 4 Challenges in Designing RFID Applications
  • Challenges
  • RFID System Design
  • 5 RFID Security and Privacy
  • Security Implications and Privacy Threats
  • Solutions to Security and Privacy Risks
  • 6 Business Analytics
  • Investing in RFID
  • Examples of RFID Implementation Successes
  • ROI for RFID
  • ROI for Information Technology
  • Case Examples
  • Part III: Case Studies
  • 7 Supply Chain Visibility
  • Case 7.1: Alliance, Seeonic, and UPM Raflatac Collaborate on Item-Level Retail Display
  • Case 7.2: Gillette (2006)
  • Case 7.3: Charles Vögele Group
  • Case 7.4: Intermountain Healthcare: Using RFID to Improve Laboratory Testing
  • Case 7.5: Integris's Journey to RFID
  • Case 7.6: Memorial Hospital Miramar Benefits from a Real-Time Locating System
  • Case 7.7: Mississippi Blood Services Banks on RFID
  • 8 Asset Visibility
  • Case 8.1: Army Medical Center Looking to Boost Asset Awareness
  • Case 8.2: Asset Tracking Underway at WakeMed Cary Hospital
  • Case 8.3: Carolinas HealthCare System Deploying RTLS at Its 20 Hospitals
  • Case 8.4: AeroScout Unveils New Asset-Tracking Platform
  • Case 8.5: Denver Health Adopting a Hospital-Wide RTLS System
  • Case 8.6: Emory Healthcare Tracks Its Pumps
  • Case 8.7: German Researchers to Test Networking Tags for Assets, Blood
  • Case 8.8: Howard Memorial Finds RFID Keeps Assets from Getting Lost
  • Case 8.9: Jackson Memorial Enlists Thousands of RFID Tags to Track Assets
  • Case 8.10: North Carolina Hospital Looks to RadarFind to Improve Asset Visibility
  • Case 8.11: New York Medical Center Tracks OR Equipment for Trauma Care
  • Case 8.12: Philips Introduces Asset-Tracking System for Health Care
  • Case 8.13: PinnacleHealth Extends Asset Tracking to Community Hospital
  • 9 Work-in-Progress Tracking
  • Case 9.1: Pro-X Pharmaceuticals Seeks RFID for Internal Benefits
  • Case 9.2: RFID Helps Endwave Track Work in Progress
  • Case 9.3: RFID Illuminates Work in Progress for Neonlite
  • 10 Library Management System
  • Case 10.1: National Library Board Singapore
  • Case 10.2: Belgian University Library
  • Case 10.3: Winterthur Libraries
  • Case 10.4: Vienna Public Library
  • 11 Returnable Asset Tracking
  • Case 11.1: Australian Companies Say Pallet-Tracking Project Proves RFID's Mettle
  • Case 11.2: Rewe Deploying RFID Long-Range, Real-Time Locating System
  • Part IV: Summary and Looking Ahead
  • 12 Summing It Up and Looking Ahead
  • Challenges
  • Benefits in the Supply Chain
  • So, What's Next?
  • Bibliography
  • Index