Accoding to GSI (2009); the barcode technology is in use to monitor product information in every stage of beef industry. The barcode is an optical machine-readable representation of data that is physically attached to a product and stores information about the product at hand. They are inexpensive and simplistic in implementing. However, there are several downsides related to the use of barcode according to TURCK(2012). Firstly, barcodes are read only hence it is not possible for users to add information as products continue in the process flow. Secondly, barcodes require line-of-sight with the reader, which means a product must be properly aligned in order for the barcode reader to identify product by its code. It can influence employee productivity …show more content…
This will be a serious issue if new regulations are applied. Managers will not have enough time and information through barcodes to adapt to new requirements. Hence, radio frequency identification (RFID) is suggested as alternative to barcode. RFID is a more sophisticated approach for track and trace applications toward traceability. The RFID system contains three parts: the tag, the transceiver (reader) and the interface. Tags can be active or passive reflecting the signal back to the reader. The reader/transceiver forwards the signal further to interface. The interface translates the signals into data and communicates it with a computer or control device. RFID provides advanced solution compared to barcode. RFID users can both read and write information on a tag which generates capability and flexibility. Since it does not require line-of-sight scanning to achieve an accurate reading; the RFID tag can be embedded inside the packaging. This enhances same or higher reliability while avoids damaging from external environment and saves replacement. RFID also provides higher automation level compared to barcode hence lowers the risk of human error. …show more content…
This unique RFID will travel down the supply chain together with the product. The information of RFID will be updated by the enterprises along the beef supply chain. Farmers add cow identification number, date of birth, raising condition, country of origin, life history of cow such as health condition, ship out date. The RFID tag will receive information from the slaughter house such as slaughter identification number, slaughter location, in-house and out-house date etc. The boning hall is responsible for the packaging date; preservation conditions (such as temperature, atmosphere, vacuum packing); take in and ship out date; boning hall identify code; boning location. Moving along the process flow in boning hall, RFID tag is read to location the process stage of product. By tracking one product through the entire manufacturing process, users can quickly identify if the component has skip a stage. The information added at each stages of supply chain is not only stored in the RFID tag but also will be uploaded to a cloud system where every partner in the supply chain has access to retrieve information. Users can compare the information on RFID tags with the information provide by cloud system for the same tag in order to identify any inconsistency or wrong information. The RFID do not only ensure the process traceability but also others aspects of traceability such as product, genetic, disease and pets as well input.
The Walmart is able to keep track of its inventory with the help of a little gadget called, Telson. It scans the bar code which is not just a simple thing but it is almost like an encyclopedia as it tells all the information. The power of information is hidden in a bar code. It is very important as it keeps track of all the sales for example what is being sold, when is it being sold, history, sale prices and trend prices.
Our mission is to provide our customers with the best products and services that we have created a new market space for. We strive for 100% customer satisfaction and taking what used to be multiple purchases of software into one operation system. That can increase many aspects of the important sectors within the restaurant industry. I.e. decrease employee-training time, increase outputs, real-time record keeping ‘including inventory’, and more.
So staff has to be clear on what they say to consumer and make sure it’s the correct information such as giving the right bar code.
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sensible and usable information about a food item by scanning the barcode. The app will
And the labeling process is a very fast operation, which means that the lead time will not be so much increased. And with respect to the contamination risk of semi-finished meat product, postponing the labeling are low in risk. Thus, the feasibility of using postponing the labelling operation is very high.
Many consumers misunderstand the labels and sometimes throw food that can still be considered as edible. As a result, just in the United Kingdom alone “2 million tonnes of annual food waste is due to confusion over date labels” which is a very devastating statistic because this kind of issue can be easily resolved if someone actually cared about the food waste problem (Clearer label plan in bid to reduce food waste). In effect, U.K.’s food department are attempting a new way to improve labelling to prevent edible food to go into the garbage. With this in mind, the waste agency decided to stop using complicated labels such as saying that milk can only stay 3 days in the fridge after opening but as a matter of fact it could actually stay much longer. The plan is that to replace the phrase “sell by” and start using “display by” because through this, consumer will have an idea when the food is bad to eat. Overall, this will teach people that food are still safe to eat even after the sell date and the only downside to it is that it’s less fresh than
This method is more systematic compared with others. In addition, it also makes the payment process more fast because the cashier just needs to scan for the bar code rather than type the price one by one. Furthermore, this can also reduce the mistakes that maybe done by the cashier when do calculating on the prices. The last suggestion is the owner of the store has to update their price regularly so that the prices of the products are not outdated.
RFID has taken strides from being a far off solution to becoming a mainstream application that helps speed the handling of manufactured goods and materials. RFID is an identification and tracking tool for a product using radio waves. It uses a microchip and a printed antenna that can be then packaged in several different forms such as a label or embedded between layers of a carton. These labels are then used to identify the manufacturer, product category and the RFID enables this identification from a distance and unlike earlier bar-code technology, it does so without requiring a line of sight. (Finkelzeller)
Cryptography the method of applying protocols to information to make it seem like nonsense to hurt those who do not know the protocols. Cryptology is used to encrypt messages and create secure codes; the earliest known use of Cryptographs was in Egyptian times but over time several different types of cryptographs were made today we use it to keep information secure and to create registration numbers.
The checkouts used in modern supermarket chains are all capable of EFT and are therefore all considered EFTPOS. In the next few years checkouts or ‘tills’ in all retail shops will use the ICC Barcodes The goods found in supermarkets are labelled with barcodes used to identify specific items on a central database. When the good is scanned a request is sent from the checkout to this main database where the request is handled and the appropriate information returned to that terminal and the correct amount reduced from the stock of that item. The bar codes are formed of lines of different widths and as each line represents a number the resulting code is the information sent to the main computer.
Bar code scanners utilize a laser scanner to read a bar-coded label on retail tags. Retailers can utilize this technology to control and keep track of their merchandise by scanning their retail tags as merchandise comes in and goes out of the store. This would be the best method of inputting retail data because this allows the system to track how much inventory is left within the store (Stair, R., Reynolds, G., 2004).
A machine can be define as ‘an apparatus using mechanical power and having several parts, each with a definite function and together performing a particular task.’ The sentence ‘a particular task’ states that the machine is only able to perform one task that it was programmed to do and know. The word know can be defined as to ‘be aware of, through observation, inquiry, or information.’ However, machines aren’t able to observe or acquire new information because a human being programmed it to know what it is supposed to do.
When I was first assigned, the “invent your own technology” assignment, I had no idea of how I was going to complete this project. I had no understanding of why we had to create a project like this, especially when there are already various writing technologies available to us. I can honestly say, that by the end of this project I had realized how much technologies such as computers, typewriters, pens, pencils, and paper are taken for granted everyday. Dennis Barron said “writing is first and foremost a technology” (Barron, 37). This statement is something that I agree with! I think that any way someone writes should be considered a technology.
Computer technology has had a significant impact on retail stores. All but the smallest shops have replaced the old-fashioned cash register with a terminal linked to a computer system. The terminal may require that the clerk type in the code for the item; but more and more frequently the checkout counter include a bar-code scanner, a device that directly reads into the computer the UPC printed on each package.