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Companies in the RFID industry in Taiwan Province have been vigorously promoting the practical application of RFID technology since 2004; this year, Taiwan’s RFID industry has finally been gradually on track, forming a relatively good development trend. Its main application industries have also expanded from industry management solutions such as retail, manufacturing, and transportation and logistics to applications in campus security, national defense security, medical care, and highway toll collection. The magnificent 2005 and the turbulent 2005, on the way forward with RFID, magnificence and twists and turns have passed.
RFID technology, or radio frequency identification technology, is a non-contact automatic identification technology that automatically recognizes target objects and obtains related data through radio frequency signals. The identification work does not require manual intervention and can work in various harsh environments. This technology can identify high-speed moving objects and can identify multiple tags at the same time, and the operation is quick and convenient. Radio frequency identification technology is not a new thing or a new technology, but in recent years RFID has attracted the attention of the world and has drawn people’s attention to all parts of the world. The main reason why RFID has become a super hot topic in the recent market comes from the large-scale investment plan of Wal-Mart, a large-scale retailer in the United States.
Wal-Mart is a well-known super retailer. As early as the end of 2003, it planned to invest 3 billion US dollars in the next few years to install and configure the radio frequency identification system, and compulsorily order its top 100 suppliers Using RFID technology to improve the transmission speed of the logistics supply chain and strengthen the accuracy and timeliness of the distribution, and so on. Wal-Mart hopes to use RFID tag signals to track the specific flow of related products and other information, and is expected to combine its customer relationship service system to create a value link with marketing information.
Wal-Mart’s RFID plan is roughly divided into two stages. First, it is mandatory to order its top 100 suppliers to stick RFID tags on the goods and shelves provided, so that these goods and shelf information can be effectively monitored and tracked; the second step It is to extend the established radio frequency identification system to the company’s entire retail supply chain. This move of Wal-Mart, “moves the whole body with one move, shocks hundreds of people with one thought”, and can be regarded as the world’s largest retail industry project plan.
Throughout the development history, RFID technology is currently recognized as the best way to trace logistics, warehousing, transportation and retail merchandise. As long as you scan the RFID tags that store detailed data, you can grasp the various conditions of the inventory, and consumers can also use this to confirm the authenticity of the goods.
Some experts believe that RFID technology can be described as powerful and its prospects are relatively optimistic. However, due to problems such as inconsistent standards, suspected infringement of consumer privacy rights and high costs, the advancement of RFID technology is relatively slow. Fortunately, governments of various countries have actively promoted the active formulation of unified standards, such as setting the RFID working frequency to 868MHz, 915MHz or 2.4GHz, which continues to drive the development trend of the RFID market to advance steadily and steadily. For example, the US government is actively testing the application of RFID technology to border monitoring and management, issuing new passports and identity documents, and applying RFID identification technology to track the victims of Hurricane Katrina, and so on.
Taiwan’s industries have successively introduced RFID technology:
Driven by the global RFID trend, Taiwan is also actively promoting the development and application of RFID technology and other wireless technologies, which will be used in the fields of healthcare, transportation, and home life to monitor, track, and collect data.
Gartner, a market research organization, pointed out in a research report published in mid-December that bar code technology can no longer meet the growing technological needs of companies. As companies begin to seek ways to expand bar code management, the market for radio frequency identification (RFID) technology The value will continue to grow. The company said that in 2005, the global expenditure on RFID technology has reached 504 million US dollars, more than one-third more than in 2004, and the popularity of the technology will accelerate in 2007, and related expenditures are also expected to increase. It will reach US$3 billion by the end of 2010. This is good news for the RFID industry.
In addition to the Taiwan Provincial Government’s active promotion of the practical application of RFID technology, manufacturers in the RFID industry are also actively promoting themselves, striving to “promote” RFID technology. Companies that actively promote the development of the RFID market include Microsoft, IBM, HP, Oracle, and SAP. Among them, Microsoft and HP have collaborated to showcase several manufacturing RFID solutions, including end to end integration solutions for retail and manufacturing operations, smart shops, and a combination of front-end cargo storage systems and Back-end ERP system integration (BizTalk to SAP Integration), etc. These solutions are provided by Microsoft with integrated server software-BizTalk Server, which connects the front-end warehouse monitoring and management system and the back-end enterprise ERP system; HP assists customers in the introduction of RFID solutions.
Sun Sun and Unisys also propose application solutions for vertical industries
Sunsun predicts that until 2010, the global expenditure on RFID technology will be as high as billions of dollars, mainly used in consumer goods, retail industry, automotive industry, defense and security and other directions. The company has established RFID Industry Solution Architecture (ISA) in response to the needs of different industries, including government, manufacturing, pharmaceutical and retail industries.
Based on its extensive experience in jointly testing Global Visible Commerce (GVC) projects with the U.S. government, Unisys proposes RFID vertical solutions for industries such as air transportation, manufacturing, healthcare, and retail.
IBM recently showcased RFID applications such as car maintenance services and campus security
Taiwan’s Yulon Nissan applied RFID technology to the automotive warranty dynamic management system, combining IBM’s middleware and the RFID tag and card reader software and hardware equipment developed by the Industrial Technology Research Institute. The system uses the characteristics of RFID automatic tracking and identification to replace the previous old model. Now the manpower for the entire process of car maintenance and repair has been maximized. Car owners can also understand the maintenance of their car anytime and anywhere, thereby Improved customer satisfaction.
It is applied to the RFID campus security application program of Nanhu Elementary School in Taipei City, Taiwan. It combines the use of RFID active tags and wireless network transmission. The students’ school uniforms have RFID active tag chips that can automatically send signals and RFID card readers. The device can automatically sense the signal sent by the active tag, and then transmit the relevant information via the wireless network to the terminal server for data information screening and processing. For example, Nanhu Elementary School installed RFID readers in dangerous places such as the rooftop on the sixth floor. Once there are children staying, the RFID sensing system will automatically alarm. In addition, if a student has truant behavior, the sensing system will also sense it and inform the parents as soon as possible.
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