2. Traceability Platforms
• What is traceability platforms?
– Platforms to share the distribution information of
products from the production process through to
delivery to end consumers using of RFID tags.
• What are good points of traceability
platforms?
– Improve product quality
– reduce CO2 emissions.
– visualize where a product are for consumers
and so on.
3. Actual Example
Point of Sales (POS)
A system that records merchandise sale information as merchandise is sold in
a retail store.
Food Manufacturing Industry Traceability
The system is used in Yamato Transport Co., Ltd. The system links up with
existing mission-critical systems to support factories from the receipt of raw
materials, manufacturing and product inspections to shipment
Timber Distribution Traceability System
The system developed by Company Ⅰ and The University of Tokyo utilizes
RFID tags in order to track and share information from throughout the
complex distribution chain of the forestry industry.
4. Botllenecks
• A large cost
– A single RFID tag is rather inexpensive, but RFID tag
solutions resulting inlarge burden for a business.
– Another reason behind the high cost is that standards have
yet to be unified.
• Privacy
– Consumers are trackable by using RFID tags equipped
items they bought.
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