Difference between revisions of "Supply Chain RFID Applications"

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* Software applications supporting a client-server system or n-tiered computer system.
 
* Software applications supporting a client-server system or n-tiered computer system.
 
* MW (Micro-warehouse) enterprise application
 
* MW (Micro-warehouse) enterprise application
  XML middleware such as Biz Talk.RTM. software.
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* XML middleware such as Biz Talk software
  ERP system, web ordering system
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* ERP system, web ordering system
  BeefLink.TM. Software (is a collection of components written primarily in VISUAL BASIC® 6.0 programming language and
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* BeefLink Software
    ACTIVE X® programming methodologies.)
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* Source code, object code, or scripting code.
  Source code, object code, or scripting code.
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Key applications area identified:
 
Key applications area identified:
 
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* Food and pharma industry
  Food and pharma industry
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* Semiconductors and High-value electronic items  
  Semiconductors and High-value electronic items  
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* Asset and materials management system
  Asset and materials management system
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* Commercial enterprise  
  Commercial enterprise  
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* Beef industry
  Beef industry
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* Airport and shipyard
  Airport and shipyard
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Key RFID Tracking Applications:
 
Key RFID Tracking Applications:
 
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* Assets
  Assets
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* Equipment
  Equipment
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* Materials
  Materials
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* Orders
  Orders
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* Personnel
  Personnel
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* Processes
  Processes
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* Products
  Products
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* Production
  Production
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* Quality
  Quality
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* Resources
  Resources
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Revision as of 00:49, 7 May 2006

Executive Summary

IP activity in the area of RFID-based supply chain applications seems to have started in 1991, and peaked in 2004. Most of the action in the integration of electronic identification system (RFID) with software system in supply chain applications has taken place in the last ten years or so.

Around 423 patents have been published in the span of 4.2 years from 2000 till February 2005. The major market in RFID-based supply chain applications appears to be the United States.

Technology area focus of key players:

  • Digital Data Processing
  • Communication Techniques
  • Computing, calculating, counting
  • Recognition of data; Presentation of data
  • Signaling Or Calling Systems

Some of the key players identified are:

  • United Parcel Service
  • G.E.
  • Silverbrook
  • Micron Technology
  • NCR Corporation
  • SAP AG
  • Savi tech.

Various software applications cited in patents:

  • Business applications
  • UPS Supply Chain Solutions
  • Anti-collision software
  • Program for correlating the environmental condition data with the location data.
  • Software applications (Web application" TagDetect")
  • Software applications supporting a client-server system or n-tiered computer system.
  • MW (Micro-warehouse) enterprise application
  • XML middleware such as Biz Talk software
  • ERP system, web ordering system
  • BeefLink Software
  • Source code, object code, or scripting code.

Key applications area identified:

  • Food and pharma industry
  • Semiconductors and High-value electronic items
  • Asset and materials management system
  • Commercial enterprise
  • Beef industry
  • Airport and shipyard

Key RFID Tracking Applications:

  • Assets
  • Equipment
  • Materials
  • Orders
  • Personnel
  • Processes
  • Products
  • Production
  • Quality
  • Resources