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Ching-Yi Yang, 2007,06
Institute of Traffic and Transportation National Chiao Tung University
Since the technology of RFID will become the mainstream in information processing and will tremendously influence the operation of logistics, and warehouse management plays an important role in the operation of logistics, this study will probe the application of RFID on warehouse management. Firstly, the relationship between the operation procedure and information in warehouse is analyzed, and then a RFID based logistic warehouse system is designed, and how RFID affect the operation of logistics and the possible cost-benefit is investigated.
The preliminary conclusion shows that the application of RFID doesn’t greatly affect the operation of logistic warehouse. The main effect is on the items of information obtaining and transmitting. Maybe RFID decrease the loading of personnel and increase accuracy on information processing. Consequently, we estimate that the cost-benefit effect is not obvious.
However, if RFID is combined with automated storage and retrieval system, or combined with supply chain, its cost-benefit would obvious. In addition, we conclude that the benefit from the application of RFID in global logistic operation relies on its uniformity.
In order to confirm the preliminary conclusion, this research chooses four companies of different scales and characteristics and interviews with them. This result of in-depth interview shows that the preliminary conclusion is correct. Interviewees propose that while set up RFID system, it needs to consider some factors , such as scale of the logistics warehouse, value of goods, etc.. And interviewees think that when Third-Party Logistics want to insert the RFID system, Third-Party Logistics must cooperate with the will of upper and down stream of supply chain. |
