RFID Metrics (Hardcover)

RFID PRIMER FOR LOGISTICS AND SUPPLY CHAINS
Introduction
History of RFID
RFID Compared to Bar Codes
How Does an RFID System Work?
Active versus Passive Tags
Why the Interest in RFID?
Current Applications for RFID
RFID is but One Auto-ID System
RFID is Not New

SYSTEMS CONCEPTS OF USING RFID
Systems
Open Systems, Closed Systems
Decision Making
The Complexity of a System's Variety
Emerging Complexity
Decision Making and Industrial Dynamics
Identifying the Problem
Listening to the Customer
Define the Problem
Assemble the Data
Formulate a View
Develop a Model
Exercise the Model
Test the Model
Develop an Implementation Plan
Feedback

APPLICATIONS OF RFID AND HOW TO VIEW THEM FOR YOUR USE
Current Applications for RFID
RFID Adoption in China
The Most Important Issue for China
RFID Adoption in the Russian Far East and Moscow
Alaska Wild Harvest Seafood

TRADITIONAL METRICS FOR LOGISTICS AND SUPPLY CHAINS
What is a Metric?
Traditional Metrics
Metrics Issues with Time and Temperature Tags
Temperature Controlled Chain of Custody
Metrics Illustration: Warehouse Record Accuracy
Approach to Developing Metrics

DEVELOPING A FEW NEW METRICS FOR RFID APPLICATIONS
Supply Chains, Metrics, and Transportation
Transport Supply and Demands
The Metrics Trap Coming with RFID

WAR GAME PLANNING FOR RFID
Assumption-Based Planning
Business Transition War Game for RFID
What is a War Game?
War Game for Alaska and RFID
War Game Learning Objectives for Alaska RFID Business Case
War Game Design
War Game Dynamics
War Game Schedule
Task to be Performed
Assumptions for RFID

RFID FORECASTING STATISTICS FOR DECISION MAKING
Metrics for an RFID Pilot Program
Problem Statement
Scope
Assumptions
Research Design and Methodology
Data to Measure
Current System Evaluation and Data Model
Statistical Analysis
Capture Data Analysis
APPENDIX A: STUDY QUESTIONS
APPENDIX B: CASE STUDIES
EPILOGUE
INDEX