Question

RFID holds the promise of being able to wave an RFID scanner across a warehouse full of inventory (all marked with RFID tags of course) and get a rapid inventory count. This sounds a lot better than costly manually executed cycle count or your basic stock count.

What are some the technical impediments / issues with RFID technology that make this kind of a scenario somewhat difficult to achieve?

Answer 1

For the purpose of tracking practice many of the companies are using the Radio Frequency Identification technology. the given scenario highlights that the RFID is used by a warehouse so as to count the inventory through RFID scanner. Some of the technical challenges are mentioned below

• The cost of the usage and maintenance of RFID technology can be costlier.
• Making the people to understand the operations of RFID is rather difficult which can impact the efficiency and performance.
• Its trouble with the metals and liquids is another problem which can reduce the efficiency of the RFID technology.
• The issues related to tag collision