Unit I
RFID Fundamentals RFID principles, RFID standards and mandates. RFID readers features and characteristics, Typical frequencies, materials and orientations, Tag protocols, operation and antennas, application overview - Product Dissection "Design for X" Failure Mode and Effect Analysis Quality Function Deployment.
Unit II
RFID solution infrastructure: Different kinds of RFID systems, basic configuration of RFID solutions, RFID middleware, Application servers and client integration, RFID standards on Electronic Product Coding (EPC) and Physical Markup Language (PML); information network, integration with enterprise applications
Unit III
RFID deployment project management : Business process analysis, Technology and vendor selection, RFID implementation costs and benefits, Impacts on business processes and operations. Reading and encoding, Capability tests (e.g. reading distance, orientation and response times), Cost-benefits and constraints.
Unit IV
RFID Technology Basics, Sharing Data Inside and Outside the Enterprise a. The role of RFID middleware b. EPCglobal Data Architecture - Electronic product code (EPC) - RFID reader protocol - Application Level Events (ALE) - EPC Information Services (EPCIS) - Object Naming Service (ONS) - EPC Trust Services - EPC Discovery Services c. Vendors of RFID Products and Services - Hardware (tags and readers), middleware, and services - Enterprise management tools
Unit V
RFID Applications Object identification and tracking, Asset management, Warehouse management, Supply chain integration. 1. Work-In-Progress (WIP) inventory, 2. Manufacturing automation
Text Book(s)
1. Bhuptani, M, and Moradpour, S (2005) RFID Field Guide: Deploying RFID Systems. Sun Microsystems Press, Prentice Hall Professional Technical Reference.
References
1. Angeles, R, RFID technologies: supply-chain applications and implementation issues, http://www.auerbach-publications.com/dynamic_data/3230_1979_RFID.pdf
2. Asif, Z, Mandviwalla, M, Integrating the supply chain with RFID: a technical and business analysis, http://www.ebi.temple.edu/programs/RFID/RFIDSupplyChain.pdf
3. Curtin, J, Kauffman, RJ, Riggins, FJ, Making the most out of RFID technology: a research agenda for the study of the adoption, usage and impact of RFID, http://misrc.umn.edu/workingpapers/fullpapers/2005/0522_103005.pdf