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Diplomarbeit 2005 (DA05): Arbeits-Archiv
 
DA Men 05/3 - RFID-Implementation in a large Swiss industrial enterprise
Studierende: Manuela Schait, schaiman
  Filippo Veneziano, venezfil
  Ferhat Yildirim, yildifer

Betreuer: Andreas Meier, meea

In this dploma thesis we are going to have a closer look at the RFID-Technology as well as at its impact on an SAP-costumer, a large Swiss grocery firm, and at its logistics.

Standards are not yet accepted internationally, that is why this technology has not yet reached such significance as, for instance, the bar code. The increasing frequency of pilot projects and the growing number of articles being published in trade journals show, however, that this technology is going to play an important role in logistics and goods management.

This paper is divided into two main parts. An extra part for the solution concepts is included at the end of the diploma thesis:

In the first part, the RFID technology is described and explained so that its implementation criteria may be assessed.

In the second part, the process in which RFID should be used by the grocery firm is then shown and an analysis of the grocery firm is made. Also in the second part, the technology is being considered from the managerial point of view. The materials management process having been depicted very clearly, therefore it has been possible to elicit the points of implementation in regard to efficiency and reasonable cost. As a result of the conclusions drawn from technical literature and in cooperation with branch experts, three solution options as to how this technology can be applied in their own operations are finally submitted to the grocery firm.

As is generally known only one option can win. In our case the best solution is not the most cost-saving one. However, it is the most suitable and the most effective solution for an incremental extension across the complete enterprise. The other two options cover just one specific process and it would boom the costs if RFID was implemented across the whole firm.

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