| Impact of Radio Frequency Identification
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| | into the pallet tag, or use the stacking
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| TechnologyThe Environment consist of the
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| | information to automatically break and
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| all elements that are outside the system
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| | repack the pallet.Hewlett Packard (HP)
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| under consideration, and which it must
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| | was an early adopter of RFID technology
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| take as given .The environment also
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| | and has used the technology to gain
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| include all the external impositions and
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| | supply chain efficiencies. He said that
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| constraints other than those imposed by
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| | HP began RFID testing in 2002 and has
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| the ownership.The External environment
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| | been tagging pallets and cases in
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| cannot be ignored otherwise they will
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| | response to the Wal-Mart mandate. RFID
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| cause messy in the information System, in
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| | benefits that have since accrued to HP
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| soft engineering mode of enquiry it
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| | include the elimination of manual
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| emphasize a process of enquiry without
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| | processes for inventory control,
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| forgetting external environment
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| | decreasing inventory control time, and
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| factorsThe success of an organisation
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| | realization of downstream benefits in
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| introducing RFID technology into its
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| | areas such as product returns and
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| business depends strongly on a proper
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| | retirement.There are also negative
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| analysis of the environment it is
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| | impacts, example the issue of Job cuts.
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| operating in, a careful analysis of the
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| | If chain stores started to invest in this
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| environment should be carried
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| | technology to process purchases,
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| out.Economic impactsIn the retail
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| | sidelining human check-out operators,
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| Industry and manufacturing sector it is
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| | then those employees may find themselves
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| difficult to imagine a time when items
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| | out of jobs, and this will have a
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| flowing through a warehouse or
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| | negative impact towards economy as many
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| distribution center were not
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| | people will be unemployed.Global
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| automatically sorted using bar code
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| | impactNow that global standards are
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| labels. It is possible, however, to
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| | emerging in the design and implementation
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| imagine how that process could be
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| | of RFID, businesses that implement RFID
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| improved with RFID tags. In this
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| | will find their products more acceptable
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| application, RFID tags make a good
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| | globally and supply chain of their
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| process better (with the economic impact
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| | products will expandSocial ImpactsAny new
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| depending on how "good" the performance
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| | technology has social consequences. These
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| of the current bar code system is):Beyond
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| | are usually seen as side-effects to the
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| pure cost reduction, RFID-enabled sorting
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| | actual goals of the technology, and may
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| supports supply chain processes that are
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| | not be visible for many years after the
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| currently difficult or impossible with
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| | deployment of the technology. When the
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| bar code technology. Higher data capacity
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| | social impact of the technology is
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| in RFID tags allows more detailed and
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| | recognized late in the life-cycle of the
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| flexible sorting. Sophisticated customers
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| | technology, it is difficult and costly to
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| sometimes specify detailed palletizing
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| | make the changes that will mitigate these
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| criteria for each order to facilitate
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| | negative effects. It is therefore
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| cross-docking at their distribution
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| | preferable to anticipate the social
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| centers. An order encompassing one pallet
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| | impacts and build safeguards into
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| of facial tissue, another of bathroom
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| | products early in the development thus
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| tissue, and one of paper towels might
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| | saving money and development time.A
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| require reconfiguration so that the
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| | primary social concern regarding the use
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| customer receives three pallets, each
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| | of RFID technology is that of privacy. As
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| with a mix of products and each destined
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| | RFID tags are added to consumer goods or
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| for a different store. Data on an RFID
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| | to items that will be associated with
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| tag could include not only to which
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| | individuals such as identify cards or
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| outbound dock a pallet of towels should
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| | records, RFID has the potential to allow
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| be transported, but also how it should be
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| | the tracking of the location and activity
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| stacked before delivery. It is even
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| | of individuals, and the creation of
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| conceivable to embed in a pallet tag the
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| | records of this tracking in databases,
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| destination, contents, and stacking
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| | all without the individual's
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| configuration of the pallet for use by
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| | knowledge.The scary part of the use of
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| the customer. If store conditions change
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| | RFID tag is that products bought with an
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| between the time an order is shipped and
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| | RFID tag on it could all be traced
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| when it is received, the customer could
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| | specifically to the buyer just with the
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| write different destination information
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| | help of the tiny chip inside.
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