Jan 22, 2007__Knowing where items are in your supply chain is crucial to maintaining an efficient manufacturing process, and anything that can improve and automate this process is always hailed as the ¡°next big thing¡±. Radio Frequency Identification tagging, or RFID for short, is one of the technologies that organisations are evaluating with this in mind. According to analyst firm IDTechEx, the number of RFID tags being used during the last year was around 200 million, with high-value individual items being the most likely to be tagged. These can include electronic equipment, prescription drugs or jewelry, to give some examples.

Large retailers such as Tesco and Marks and Spencer have also started RFID projects, and the number of organisations who could benefit from using this technology is continuing to grow. The uses that RFID can be put to within manufacturing companies are impressive: it has the potential to offer a near real-time overview of where all the components or products within a supply chain are at all times.

source:  www.net-security.org