===Main applications of RFID along with various stages, S/W applications and H/W<nowiki>’</nowiki>s involved===
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|colspan = "2"|LOGISTICS CHAIN MANAGEMENT SYSTEM IN FOOD AND PHARMA INDUSTRY.
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|'''1.''' Airlines and shipping companies<br>'''2.''' Ancillary Suppliers,<br>'''3. '''Cargo Community Networks <nowiki>[</nowiki>CCN<nowiki>]</nowiki> which are made up of some of the other participants,<br>'''4. '''Customs and Quarantine authorities,<br>'''5. '''Freight forwarders,<br>'''6. '''Fresh produce exporters,<br>'''7. '''Fresh produce importers,<br>'''8. '''Government agencies such as freight export information providers,<br>'''9. '''Packer/cool store,<br>'''10. '''Transporters including road haulers and carriers in the importing country.
|'''1.''' Consignment<br>'''2. '''Supplier<br>'''3. '''Transport and<br>'''4. '''Storage<br>
|'''1.''' Central database<br>'''2. '''A communication secured network<br>'''3. '''Internet with three interactive databases.<br>'''4. '''Database and applications (data in a range of formats (maxima, minima, averages, graphical etc)<br>'''5. '''Passive tag - RW<br>
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|colspan = "2"|GLOBAL SUPPLY CHAIN OF SEMICONDUCTORS.
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|'''1.''' International suppliers<br>'''2. '''Airport<br>'''3. '''Customs agency<br>'''4. '''Distributors<br>'''5. '''Shipping dock<br>'''6. '''Manufacturers
|'''1.''' Transport<br>'''2. '''Inventory<br>'''3. '''Shipping<br>'''4. '''Origin of port<br>'''5. '''Transshipment port<br>'''6. '''Destination port and<br>'''7. '''A consignee
|'''1. '''Program instructions can be in any appropriate form, such as source code, object code, or scripting code.<br>'''2. '''Computing device: Enterprise servers, Application servers, point of sale terminal etc..<br>'''3.''' Passive tag - RW
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|colspan = "2"|SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT OF HIGH-VALUE ELECTRONIC ITEMS & PHARMACEUTICALS.
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|1. Warehouse<br>2. Truck<br>3. Freight container<br>4. Sea vessel<br>5. Distribution center
|1. Shipping<br>2. Recipient
|1. Central data processor is operable for communication with an internet router.<br>2. Low frequency tag – 300 KHz
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|colspan = "2"|TRACKING SYSTEM
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|1. Assembly line<br>2. Warehouse
|1. Package handling<br>2. Baggage handling<br>3. Parts assembly<br>4. Navigation through marked waypoints<br>5. Item retrieval and packaging<br>6. Inventory control
|1. Business applications (cause sorting and loading instructions to appear on the items so that wearer<nowiki>’</nowiki>s of the data acquisition and display device do not have to read each item<nowiki>’</nowiki>s label.)<br>2. Passive tag
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|colspan = "2"|SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT.
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|1. Storage facility<br>2. Shipping container<br>3. Shipping vessel<br>4. Airport<br>5. Shipyard<br>6. Military heavy assets<br>7. Warehouse<br>8. Factory
|1. Shipping goods<br>2. Transportation (truck)<br>3. Retail or wholesale locations<br>4. Train depot<br>5. Inventory<br>6. Delivery<br>7. Outbound transit<br>8. Inbound transit<br>9. Advanced shipping notification
|1. Firmware and software to modulate and demodulate the data for the particular protocol<br>2. Various communication algorithms and command response algorithms<br>3. UPS Supply Chain Solutions<br>4. Passive tag – RW – Low freq. or 900 MGz
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|colspan = "2"|INVENTORY ALONG A DISTRIBUTION CHAIN.
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|1. Distribution<br>2. Storing<br>3. Manufacturer (warehouse)
|1. Inventory<br>2. Monitoring<br>3. Transportation<br>4. Tracking<br>5. Retailer or consumer<br>6. Wholesaler
|1. Anti-collision software<br>2. Program for correlating the environmental condition data with the location data.<br>3. The data reporting medium is a computer display, a LAN, or a web page.<br>4. Active or passive tag- RW
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|colspan = "2"|ASSET AND MATERIALS MANAGEMENT SYSTEM.
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|1. Lay down yard<br>2. Warehouse<br>3. Asset storage
|1. Inventory<br>2. Shipping<br>3. Asset management<br>4. Tracking asset material<br> a. Material identification information<br> b. Description of the material<br> c. Purchasing details<br> d. Storage and maintenance details<br> e. Material location and<br> f. Destination information.<br>5. Receiving
|1. Software applications (Web application" TagDetect") files may be in HTML format, XML or other formats.<br>2. Software applications supporting a client-server system or n-tiered computer system.<br>3. Internet and Central data repository<br>4. Active or passive tag - RW
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|colspan = "2"|POINT-OF-SALE AND POINT-OF-DELIVERY AND/OR DISTRIBUTION.
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|1. Distribution<br>2. Micro-warehouse<br>3. Manufacturing<br>4. Marketing<br>5. Customer relation management
|1. Point of sale<br>2. Delivery<br>3. Inventory<br>4. Billing
|1. MW (Micro-warehouse) enterprise application<br>2. XML middleware such as Biz Talk.RTM. software.<br>3. ERP system, web ordering system<br>4. Passive tag – RW - freq. - 2.45 GHz
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|colspan = "2"|REUSABLE TRANSPORTATION MEANS.
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|1. Distribution
|1. Tracking:<br> a. Receptacle or<br> b. Container or<br> c. Packing or<br> d. Pallet or<br> e. Trolley car.<br>2. Wholesale distributor<br>3. Chain sales store
|1. No Software application<br>2. Passive tag - RW
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|colspan = "2"|MATERIALS HANDLING.
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|1. Express mail<br>2. Storage
|1. Transport<br>2. Tracking<br>3. Delivery
|Software modules may include:<br>1. A database module configured to store data on the storage medium.<br>2. A decision module configured to determine the presence or absence of stale mail based on information provided by the database module.3.<br>3. Passive or active tag – read only
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|colspan = "2"|COMMERCIAL ENTERPRISE (PERSONNEL AND ASSET RETENTION SYSTEM (PARS)).
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|1. Industrial sites<br>2. Power plants<br>3. Refineries and<br>4. Ports of entry
|1. Tracking<br>2. Monitoring<br>3. Inventory<br>4. Security
|1. Company databases are:<br> a. Material management systems<br> b. Procurement systems and<br> c. Time and attendance systems.<br>2. Applications programming<br>3. Information access through standard formats such as XML and HTML.<br>4. Passive tag - RW
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|colspan = "2"|TRACKING CARGO THROUGH CUSTOMS.
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|1. Airlines<br>2. Distributor
|1. Shipping<br>2. Receiving<br>3. Tracking
|1. Central server runs a program which acts as a central host for processing the information communicated between the different computers.<br>2. Passive tag - RW
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|colspan = "2"|SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT IN BEEF INDUSTRY.
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|1. Factory
|1. Identifying<br>2. Tracking<br>3. Monitoring<br>4. Livestock production and processing cycle<br>5. Inventory
|1. BeefLink.TM. Software (is a collection of components written primarily in VISUAL BASIC® 6.0 programming language and ACTIVE X® programming methodologies.)<br>2. Inventory-type report can easily be generated.<br>3. MicroSoft Excel<br>4.Passive tag- read only
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===Features cited in analyzed 15 patent records===