Advantages

In the aerospace industry there are many potential advantages of implementing RFID systems. Included in the advantages are the areas of aircraft maintenance systems, aircraft warehouse systems and anti-counterfeiting. It can also be quite helpful in terms of its ability to track the baggage of the airline clients, saving lots of time, stress and money (Jessup, Valacich, and Wade, 2006; RFID and airline). In terms of aircraft maintenance systems and aircraft warehouse systems, RFID tags can be placed on various storage containers making it easier to know what is available for use and what maybe be out of stock or running low (Al-Kassab, Rumsch, 2008). In the area of anti-counterfeiting, there are certain aircraft parts that can be used and reused and it is important to make sure that only parts that still have a life will be reused (Al-Kassab, Rumsch, 2008). RFID tags could help this process because information could be contained on them that would specify how much of a certain product’s lifespan is used and how much is remaining (Al-Kassab, Rumsch, 2008). Also, there is a great amount of paperwork that has to be done to keep track of these spare parts and with the introduction of RFID, paperwork could be minimized considerably and even eliminated (Al-Kassab, Rumsch, 2008)
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Advantages of RFID can also be seen in the Consumer Goods and Retail Industry. Its use can be seen in the supply chain of products to track their movements from start point to end point (Al-Kassab, Rumsch, 2008). More advantages will be seen when each product will have an RFID tag. This will help to prevent theft and also make checking out much faster (Al-Kassab, Rumsch, 2008). People would be saving the time of having to scan each item because RFID does not require a person to scan anything, and with RFID technology more than one RFID tag can be read at a time, eliminating the need to scan each item one by one (2002, RFID Technology). Also, in terms of Supply Chain Management there is a lot of time and money involved in moving items from place to place and with the help of RFID, much of this time and cost can be reduced; instead of having to remove items individually from packages for scanning, RFID tags can be placed on packages to identify the contents inside (Jessup, Valacich, and Wade, 2006, p. 251).

The medical industry is another in which the introduction of RFID has many potential advantages. RFID technology would help to keep track of “patients, staff, charts and equipment” which could serve to keep things running smoothly; there would be increased knowledge of the location of people and objects necessary for completing jobs (RFID Technology). Also, RFID would be able to facilitate ordering supplies as they are needed, since it would be able to keep track of what is on hand (2008).

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