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RFID as an enabler of improved manufacturing performance

Hozak, Kurt
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1178836596

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2007, Doctor of Philosophy, Ohio State University, Business Administration.
Radio frequency identification (RFID) is a technology that collects data by communicating between reader devices and specials tags that are attached to (or embedded inside of) objects. RFID offers several benefits compared to data collection alternatives such as bar coding, including the ability to automatically, continuously, and instantaneously track objects from many meters away, even if there is not "line of sight" between the reader devices and the tags. Among many other uses, RFID has tracked critical equipment in hospitals, shopping cart flow in stores, promotional displays and inventory across the supply chain, and equipment and containers in factories. The market for RFID systems and services is expected to be measured in billions of dollars by 2010, but despite this, aspects of RFID's use are controversial to many companies and researchers. Compared to service processes, some analysts believe the business case for RFID for manufacturing is much more difficult. The strongly differing opinions about RFID highlight the need for research such as this dissertation that can help resolve those differences and identify when RFID use is appropriate. The goal of this dissertation was to develop quantitative strategic and tactical insights about the justification of its use by manufacturers, particularly compared to other data collection technologies. By building on classic planning and control job shop literature that provides a well-known baseline, generalizable insights about the applicability of RFID in manufacturing were developed.
David Collier (Advisor)
267 p.
radio frequency identification (RFID); technology; job shop scheduling; lot streaming; lot splitting; tracking; traceability; simulation; advanced manufacturing technology (AMT); material handling

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  • Hozak, K. (2007). RFID as an enabler of improved manufacturing performance [Doctoral dissertation, Ohio State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1178836596

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Hozak, Kurt. RFID as an enabler of improved manufacturing performance. 2007. Ohio State University, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1178836596.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Hozak, Kurt. "RFID as an enabler of improved manufacturing performance." Doctoral dissertation, Ohio State University, 2007. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1178836596

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