Abstract (eng)
The present diploma thesis deals with radio-frequency identification (RFID), a new technology within the automatic identification processes (auto-ID) from which experts expect a high optimization potential with a global application in logistics as well as in Supply Chain Management (SCM).
At the beginning of this work RFID is embedded in the technological environment and its components as well as functionality are explained. The second chapter of this thesis focuses on already existing standards and the functional restrictions of RFID.
In logistics the application of RFID can lead to the optimization of the Supply Chain processes due to a global flow of information (restricted to the respective Supply Chain) of stocks and transports. This should lead to the minimization of deficiencies and well co-ordinated just-in-time (JIT) politics of delivery, as well as to cost-saving, thereby coming one step closer to the general aim of efficiency increase. The theoretical at- tempts of RFID applications are discussed in the third chapter of this thesis and are simulated on the basis of modeled examples.
Finally, currently implemented RFID systems from different areas are introduced and general problems and dangers of the application of RFID systems are pointed out. At the moment, missing technical and data protection standards count to the biggest obstacles for the application of RFID.