RFID System Integration

This chapter explores the systems and their benefits achieved from efficient RFID system integration. RFID is not a product, its a technology that has opened up a wide range of new opportunity in direct and integrated form for different technical fields and areas. Success key in RFID systems is well defined strategy and results in simple maintenance and easy scalability. Requirement for effective RFID system implementation requires specific RFID products, services and solution which resonate with the business requirement and scale. RFID systems are integrated with Information and Communication technology (ICT) infrastructure and enterprise systems for automated managerial tasks. One of the key application areas for RFID systems is supply chain management, where they are sometime integrated with barcode readers. RFID system is also used for tracking persons, equipment, work orders, tools etc. RFID is doing, and can do variety of things, alone or in combinations of verity of sensors and sometimes these applications and implementation is not obvious. Difference between the integrated systems being useful or useless expenses is the proper application of these smart integrated systems. While explaining the RFID system integration this chapter will also discuss the methodology, hardware and software requirements for developing an integrated system.