RFID

If you listen or read RFID, what do you think what does it mean?

Maybe it can be an acronym that the people use to texting?  The reality is other, RFID means Radio Frequency Identification which is a type of technology used in many industries.

I though it was a modern and a new technology, but after made some research I realised that this kind of technology has been used since of the Second World War, but it started using in commercial industries maybe 2 decades ago.

The pioneer to use RFID was Wal-Mart in the earlier nineties and now RFID is using in many industries like: Health care, logistic, manufacturing, pharma, retail, aerospace and others.

If we are talking the RFID in the retail industry it can contain lot information about the product like manufacturing detail, supplier, features so on, this technology use a chip and this does not need to be scan (bar code mode) because it is reader with a sensor.

RFDI has revolutionized the supply chain because it is really efficient and allow to keep updates the stocks, but to go in details about it can be quite complicate and with lot of technical specifications which for now is not necessary go deep.

To make a clear example of RFID working directly with the costumers or general people we can talk about the transport of London and their oyster system which works with this technology, so you can notice how it works and how is an use-friendly,

For now this is what can I said about RFID but if we are interesting in this topic I would recommend the next web site www.rfidjournal.com to know more about it and find some examples about how RFID has been implemented in the business market.