Mobile RFID &amp;amp;#8212; A Case from Volvo on Innovation in SCM

Holmqvist, Magnus; Stefánsson, Gunnar

doi:10.1109/hicss.2006.350

Cited by 25 publications

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“…Analysis of RFID applications outside the supply chain is not yet commonplace, although the potential of automated timemanagement solutions has been frequently observed to improve accuracy and reduce administrative burdens. While Wal-Mart is the most well-known RFID business case, other businesses are innovating in their supply chains using RFID such as in Holmqvist and Stefansson (2006) and Windley (2003). However, some research does show that RFID could be somewhat disruptive to an existing supplychain infrastructure, requiring major redesigning of existing business processes (Lefebvre et al 2006).…”

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confidence: 99%

FlexRFID: A design, development and deployment framework for RFID-based business applications

Sengupta

Schiller

2009

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The surge of RFID technology and ensuing competition in the RFID vendor market has increased the complexity of integration of RFID into current business processes. To address this problem, we present FlexRFID, a modeling template composed of state indicators, conditions, a simulation engine, and a device-independent deployment architecture for rapid prototyping of control applications using RFID and sensor hardware. The modeling technique is based on Moore Machines, a variant of finite state automata that allow states to be associated with outputs. With FlexRFID, users design applications by modeling business logic via transition of states based on sensor events. Outputs associated with individual states can handle operational characteristics of the application. In this article, we present the modeling methodology and demonstrate how organizations can develop complex applications easily using FlexRFID. We believe that the simplicity and flexibility of FlexRFID will assist in the development of RFID applications quickly even with limited resources. In addition, the parking entry application presented in our paper demonstrates FlexRFID's capability of being used in business application context, as well as in research, training, and teaching.

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confidence: 99%

FlexRFID: A design, development and deployment framework for RFID-based business applications

Sengupta

Schiller

2009

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“…When a mobile device is connected to a service subscriber, the GSM system can then authenticate and validate the user's identity and then assign the user with an IP address for using GPRS. For example, Holmqvist and Stefansson (2006) discuss the feasibility of a mobile RFID solution in the automotive business-to-business of Volvo from the perspectives of operational reliability, usability, and productivity. Ngai et al (2007) presents a practical implementation of such web-enabled mobile logistics management system with RFID support that has successfully improved container port operations.…”

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Automated management of assets based on RFID triggered alarm messages

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Asset management has long been considered as an important issue in enterprises. With the maturing of the Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technology, automated management of assets (particularly for mobile ones) in an enterprise using RFID becomes practical. We have developed a RFID-based Asset Management System (RAMS) for a large telecommunication enterprise and this paper details how we maintain the whole life-cycle of assets from their acquisition, transfer, maintenance, audit taking, to retirement. Our system also displays spatial information of assets on an electronic geographical map using Webbased Geographical Information System (WebGIS) technology. Further asset security is improved by automated notification of asset movement and malfunction alarm through Short Message System (SMS). To improve the sending time of the alarm SMSs that have high priority, we also develop a Maximum Position First (MPF) speed-up algorithm for their scheduling. Our initial deployment shows that our system can improve the availability of assets and reduce the asset management cost dramatically.

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“…This makes it a viable solution of higher efficiency to replace barcodes in identifying and tracking goods, devices, animals, and even human beings. Applications of RFID technology have been reported in various industries, including manufacturing industry [1,2], food industry [3], transportation and logistics [4,5], agricultural industry [6], and pharmaceutical stores and healthcare facilities [7].…”

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confidence: 99%