International Journal of Innovative Research and Development

K. V. V. Raju , Deepak Sachan , Subrata Biswas

Abstract

RFID (Radio Frequency Identification Device) is a modern method to track different items and control the inventory. Now a days, many companies are using this technology to enhance their material management. Using this technology, the human effort to manage the stores and time taken to search any particular material can be reduced and the efficiency of the whole process can be increased to a satisfactory level.
Hitherto application of RFID is confined to closed stores and non metallic environment, but what about open yards and metal intensive environment? Hence a reliable, satisfactory and authenticated solution is needed to track different type materials in dense metal intensive environment under all-weather conditions with less human effort and minimal search time. This paper illustrates about the technology developed by BHEL R&D to accomplish the task of implementing RFID based inventory management system in closed stores and in open yards at power project sites in a highly metallic environment.

Keywords

RFID, Inventory Management, Metallic Environment, Asset Tracking

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Deepak Sachan , K. V. V. Raju , Subrata Biswas

Abstract

RFID is an emerging and wide spreading technology in the present era. RFID finds its application in many areas e.g material handling, inventory management, asset tracking, animal tracking etc. RFID is well established in material in inventory management in closed stores. Many companies are using RFID in their closed stores to manage the different kind of material particularly in non metal environment. The rampant theft and misplacement of materials is a big cause to worry about and these basic problems are yet to be solved so that a complete solution for the inventory management can be provided. Hitherto stores are using CCTV camera to avoid these issues but RFID also promises solution to these problems. The present paper illustrates the complete design of an RFID system to avoid physical theft and material displacement.

Keywords

RFID, Inventory Management, Locate Misplaced Items

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