Access Control
Security is an over-riding concern in modern life and devices and systems for keeping homes, office and public places safe are virtually indispensable. RFID systems can be applied to secure buildings, perimeters and vehicles, control vehicle access to parking and employee access to offices and special areas within workplaces, to name a few uses.
RFID access control systems offered by AVAANA™ can therefore, help you set your security concerns aside, once for all, in a manner integrated with your existing identification and administrative systems.
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Airline Baggage ID
Identifying and tracking luggage accurately, speedily, without causing inconvenience to passengers is a vital function for a commercial airline. RFID is the most appropriate and reliable technology for achieving the required precision with ease and economy. Many airlines are considering using RFID to increase efficiency and avoid embarrassing baggage handling delays and mistakes, improve customer service and lower costs that are incurred due to mishandled baggage.
AVAANA™ offers passenger-to-baggage matching RFID technology that can be fully integrated with the existing system of baggage handling used by airlines and is compatible with existing bar coding and scanning systems. More data can be stored better on RFID tags, allowing airlines to minimize time-consuming procedures and costs that are incurred when baggage is mishandled or
misdirected.
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Animal Tracking
Tracking assets is one of the most versatile applications of RFID technology. In this, the tracking of animals to improve livestock management systems, for scientific research as well as for wildlife conservation has been widely used worldwide.
RFID tags placed on animals help in myriad processes from simple ones such as location and studying migration patterns to understanding feeding, milking and breeding activity and even for disease control.
Conservationists are using RFID to study wildlife and the data recorded is analyzed and used for scientific research. The technology is also being applied to fisheries where tracking spawning activity through RFID is vital for productivity.
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Automotive & Transportation
RFID technology is used widely in the automotive field for safety and authentication purposes. Keyless or passive entry systems enable a vehicle to identify the user automatically and unlock the door. Anti-theft mobilization is another popular use. An electromagnetic signal is sent from the base station located in the steering wheel to the transponder when the key is turned in the lock. The ignition gets switched on only when the transponder verifies the unique ID.
RFID systems are also applicable for automatic toll collection systems and for fuel pumps, in which a transponder mounted on a vehicle or a key ring authorizes an automatic card purchase, activating the pump or allowing passage through a toll. RFID systems are also being employed by road safety organizations to monitor and reduce road safety.
Document Tracking
Important and valuable document files can be tagged using RFID to facilitate security, location and filing.
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EPC Supply Chain
In the retail business, on-time delivery and efficiency in the supply chain are critical. RFID technology can help achieve a faster supply chain, which means many benefits like higher margins, better quality of products, especially in case of perishable items, and least spoilage and wastage. Functions like cataloguing, storing and searching are made simpler and faster through an RFID-enabled supply chain that can store considerable information regarding each product, like the expiry date, date of manufacture permissible temperatures for storage and transport conditions directly on the tag.
RFID is also useful in the other critical area of retail operations - inventory control. Not only can RFID tags track items from point of dispatch to point of sale, they track movement in real time and help replacement of the correct stock in tandem with actual sales. Retailers can avoid common problems that can alienate customers, like wrong products reaching wrong locations and missed delivery dates. Like-wise, cost savings are considerable because a labour-intensive distribution and delivery system is replaced by a more efficient technology that automates sorting, delivery scheduling and processing. Further, the entry of counterfeit goods into the supply chain can be checked and conversely, branded merchandise can be prevented from entering grey markets.
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Express Parcel ID
Prominent express delivery firms sending couriered parcels across the world now use RFID-enabled labels that allow accurate tracking. Most important, the speed of the entire system increases drastically because multiple parcels can be dealt with simultaneously and no time is lost in rectifying errors in tracking or delivery.
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Logistics
Logistics issues deal with the movement of goods and information. Being competitive in today’s world of business means having a quality product and efficient inventory turns, marketing speed, in short flawless logistics.
RFID is an ideal technology to apply to logistics problems, because of its ability to track in real time and store information. It connects all phases of the supply chain – sourcing, manufacturing, supply, inventory and distribution. RFID can cater to a wide range of logistics needs, from identifying and managing raw materials, automatic data collection from warehouses, stores and plants, transportation solutions like vehicle location and inventory or shipment tracking, e-commerce solution through websites that offer booking, tracking, tracing and rates, databases driven web applications to support e-governance and perhaps most relevant of all, offshore outsourcing solutions.
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Wireless Commerce
Because RFID allows for transfer of information without line of sight or physical proximity, it has the capacity to revolutionize business-to-customer as well as business-to-business transactions in all fields. Payments can now be done through any object that contains the embedded RFID transponder, like a key chain or a mobile phone, even a watch. Besides the obvious benefits like quicker purchases, lower costs and higher profits, wireless commerce using RFID enables businesses to collate information about the buying patterns of customers over a period of time, allowing them to provide better services and increase loyalty in the future. Above all, as compared to normal monetary transactions, RFID ensures security. Customers need not fear credit card thefts or fraud.
Besides cash counters, vending machines are another significant area where RFID wireless technology can make purchasing secure, fast and convenient, as compared to cash or credit card transactions. These operate through a transponder tag which the customer passes near a reader.
Retail fuelling is another popular use internationally.. Rapid authentication makes for faster fuel purchases and results in a direct increase of sales for the pump.
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Product Authentication
With global businesses becoming increasingly dependent on e-commerce, concerns about internet fraud and counterfeiting have been prominent for the last decade. Essentially, a technology is needed that assigns unique identification to products, while being impossible to duplicate, expensive to copy and yet economical. Thus products can be authenticated at all stages of the supply chain. Replacement with duplicate items, entry of authentic items into grey markets, misuse and loss of items can be minimized and perhaps obliterated completely, using RFID.
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Sports Timing
Marathons, athletic competitions and other sports events enjoy great popularity and media coverage all over the world. How accurately a race is timed can often make or break the career of an athlete. RFID technology is increasingly being used to collect perfect timing data from a transponder laced to the athletes’ shoes. An antenna fitted at the finish line allows accurate recording as the athlete crosses it. The same technology is also used for motor racing, bike racing, triathlons, skiing and many other timing-dependent sports. This method allows for the introduction of anti-cheating devices and the simultaneous transmission of data widely through the Internet.
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Ticketing
From the 2006 Football World Cup to railways and museums, RFID is widely used for ticketing purposes. The technology is specially suited to ticketing because of its ability to have a unique identification that cannot be duplicated, and store information specific to the user, like discounts they are entitled to, time and date restrictions and privileges for old age or disabilities. Validation is simple and fraud can be eliminated.
The same concept can be used to issue tickets to frequent travelers on public transport, regular toll road users, for season passes to cultural events and many other such uses. High security, remote sensing abilities and efficiency make RFID the best solution for mass ticketing purposes.
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