應用無線射頻辨識於供應鏈中物流管理之研究

Abstract

美國最大的百貨業Wal-Mart要求在棧板或包裝貨箱上加入無線射頻辨識標籤(RFID)，這個消息讓許多人對於無線射頻辨識應用在物流方面感到興趣，對於目前使用條碼作為貨物識別的系統來說是一種新的思維及挑戰。 本研究提出一種改良的主動式產品追蹤模式，以清晰的觀念與簡化的物流改善方法，以一個製造業的出貨流程為依據，結合現有條碼系統，並透過應用無線射頻辨識技術於貨物出口流程的管理，實際建立一套使用RFID無線辨識的出貨流程管理系統，以改善現有出貨流程的問題，藉以補足企業資訊系統無法追蹤在途貨物的不足。 本研究的結果確實能夠應用該識別標籤內的資料，來提供出口貨物的追蹤服務。根據實驗分析得知，本研究所提出的系統架構，可明顯加快產品出貨的處理時效，節省倉庫人工成本，避免因送錯貨而造成的運費損失及聯繫費用的產生，並能立即追蹤貨物的最新情況減少產品遺失的機率，並能增加產業供應鏈的能見度。

The Wal-Mart requires that its suppliers must incorporate the tag of RFID into packing case. This news let people have interest in the application of RFID for logistics management. This will be a new idea in comparison with current identification of goods using barcode. This research proposes an improved and active model of goods tracking. According to the processes of export cargo, this research integrates current barcode system and applies RFID to the management of export cargo; furthermore, it actually implements a logistics management system using RFID to improve current problems of export cargo. The results of this research show that this research can actually apply the data stored by the RFID tag to provide the tracking service for export cargo. According to the results of experiment, the proposed system architecture can be applied to this company and produce a great benefit such as efficiency of processing export cargo, saving of human cost, real time goods tracking, enhancing the visibility of supply chain.

Keyword: Radio Frequency Identification, Supply Chain Management, Logistics Management