Here’s Everything You Need to Know about RFID (Radio-Frequency Identification)
Radio-frequency identification (RFID) uses electromagnetic
waves to automatically identify and track tagged objects attached to baggage,
packages, or other items with a hard or plastic cover. An RFID system is
composed of a portable radio transmitter and receiver. The portable radio
transmitter broadcasts the identification information to the receiver in the
form of an RF signal. The receiver on the other hand is configured to respond
to the signals it picks up from radio frequency channels. This enables the
devices to be easily and quickly identified by the customs officials at the
airport or truck tracking service.
RFID has a wide variety of benefits for both businesses and
consumers. Apart from enhancing security and tracking systems, RFID can track
and monitor the products inside a warehouse. It can also ensure that goods
bought are exactly what was expected. RFID
also allows inventory tracking and allows updating of prices. For business, it
helps prevent fraud and enhance supply chain management since the information
provided will help make the inventory more accurate.
Radio-frequency identification is fast becoming part of our
lives, especially in transportation. With the rising cost of fuel and other
factors, time spent at the airport, railway station, or truck stop can be saved
if all transactions are done using an RFID device. Moreover, the process is
safe from fraudulent activities because most transactions made are secured.
However, RFID still has some problems such as theft, hacking, and jamming of
communications networks, if fixed, can lead to even further security and
protection.
The benefits offered by the RFID to organization are
minimizing overhead expenses, securing the data from unauthorized access, and
eliminating the human error. Increasing adoption of advanced technologies such
as radio frequency identification devices (RFID), Internet of Things (IoT),
sensor networks, and Real Time Location Systems (RTLS) help in increasing the
security of the data from the cyber threat, securing the data from unauthorized
access. There is a prevalent demand for RFID tags/labels in the banking and
healthcare sector.
For instance, in August 2020, Fresenius Kabi introduced RFID
smart labels for a range of essential medications frequently used in the
operating room in the U.S. The smart label enables hospitals to automatically
identify, locate and manage their inventory.
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