Building Smart RFID Networks By Hersh Bhargava, RafCore Systems

RFID technology leads us to the world of connected objects. It enables the inventory to speak for its presence and drives the processes as opposed to processes driving the inventory. This paradigm shift opens up new avenues and new approaches to achieve the process efficiency, better inventory management, and improved business intelligence.

RFID Networks enable businesses to build Event Drive Applications and react to real-time information. If business processes start working with the real-time events, the enterprises can become more efficient and lean.

In order to have a successful RFID implementation and reap true benefits, businesses have to:

• Identify the business goals
• Build RFID networks that give them the visibility to "assets" and "inventory" and achieve business goals
• Collect and convert the RFID data into "actions" and perhaps in real time