Automatic identification in packaging — radio frequency identification in multiway systems

✍ Scribed by Rolf Jansen; Andreas Krabs

• Book ID: 101288587
• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1999
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 322 KB
• Volume: 12
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0894-3214
• DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1099-1522(199909/10)12:5<229::aid-pts479>3.0.co;2-6

✦ Synopsis

With regard to the increasing environmental awareness all over the world, many companies replace their one-way packaging systems by reusable systems in order to save energy and resources and to reduce waste. But complex multiway networks entail several problems concerning the availability of returned empties and the control of the ¯ow of materials. In order to guarantee a failure-free operation of the logistic network at low cost, a complete tracking and tracing of the package based on ef®cient identi®cation technologies is crucial. Concerning multiway systems, the requirements of a continuous information ¯ow often exceed the capacity of barcode technologies. Radio frequency identi®cation (RFID) technologies can ®ll this gap by offering the wide range of features necessary for disposition and control. This paper sets out the requirements and bene®ts connected with the use of RFID technologies using multiway systems that represent new results from current research projects.