Radio Frequency Identification Technology and Shelf Free "Talk" [Full Text]

All kinds of daily necessities have been relying on radio frequency identification (RFID) technology and shelf freedom "talk", Shanghai Modern Logistics Investment Development Co., Ltd. this application project demonstration success, was the first batch of selected 2009 Shanghai high-tech industrialization of key projects .

Compared to the bar code labels attached to supermarket goods, smart tags with embedded electronic chips are much advanced. It is small in size, large in capacity, and long in life. Because it can send and receive signals by wireless radio frequency, it can not only write and read commodity information repeatedly, but also can identify goods at long distances on the move, and can also perform multi-target tracking and positioning. This precise, high-speed, automated, paperless business information technology has become the “killer” of modern logistics industry competition.

Under the condition of rare domestic applications, Brilliance Group's Shanghai Modern Logistics Investment Development Co., Ltd. dared to “eat crabs” and pioneered the development of a smart label “experimental field” in a 5,000 square meter Ma Lu storehouse. Here, we are responsible for the delivery of large-scale supermarket stores such as Girain and Century Lianhua, and we import and export tens of thousands of products every day.

A box of bottled water is put into the warehouse, and it is placed on a square large tray. The clerk holds a reading and writing terminal shaped like a hair dryer to quickly “translate” the bar code information of the product into smart tag information, and wirelessly input it to the tray. In the smart label, a forklift with a smart label terminal onboard came next, and it was recognized from a long distance which pallet was stacked with the bottled water. After the pallet was matched with the car, the smart label on the ground began to guide the vehicle. The warehouse floor plans enter the designated positions; before the high shelves, the forklift steadily transports the containers on the pallets, and the smart label on the shelves “tells” the car to send it right, showing whether the shelves are successful or not. The wireless communication process between objects makes piles of boxes like long eyes and finds the best storage location for them, which greatly reduces labor costs.

After four years of exploration and practice, this Shanghai “five batch” demonstration project for production, education and research has applied for 16 patents and passed the acceptance by the Municipal Economic and Information Technology Commission this summer. According to calculations, the accuracy rate of its shelves exceeds 99.99%; the receiving operation time is shortened by 40% compared with the traditional mode; the operation speed of the shelves and the speed of replenishment goods are respectively increased by 66% and 95% compared with the traditional model; and the inventory counting efficiency is also improved by 40%. . These rapid changes made the company "fly": The main business income reached 766 percent five years ago, total profit increased by 14.1 times, and has become China's top 50 logistics company for three consecutive years. The general manager of the company, Wang Mingqiang, disclosed that this year's full-year revenue is expected to reach 1.3 billion yuan, which can ensure an increase of more than 20%. The acceptance team headed by Prof. Ling Hong, Director of Information Management and Informatics Department of Fudan University, believes that the project provides more realistic and reliable real operational data for the promotion of RFID-related technologies, which is of great significance for improving the application level of RFID in the logistics field in Shanghai. It also has a demonstration role in the development of Shanghai's modern service industry.

It is reported that "RFID technology application projects in the logistics supply chain" was included in this year's high-tech industrialization of key projects in the city plan, will be gradually promoted in more than 50 distribution centers in Shanghai Modern Logistics Investment Development Co., Ltd., and to the supply chain Infiltration of the upstream and downstream.