Strategies for the quick adoptions of RFID

Strategies for the rapid adoptions of RFID

1. Big retail formats are growing in India and hence RFID technology can be used for reaping the advantages identified in the above pages.

2. During March 2005, wireless planning and coordinating wing, Ministry Of Communications and Information Technology, Govt of India had issued a notification for the use of wireless equipment in the band 865-867 MHz. As per the notice, no license is required to establish, maintain, work, and possess the tags and their uses.

3. Research is going on the substitution of cheap or cost effective material to make the technology, for example, use of nanotechnology makes the RFID technology cheaper.

4. Govt. of India should bring a policy to make the use of the technology compulsorily in certain sectors namely,

a) Education sector; universities and institutions should use the technology on the certificates by recording the basic details of that student hence it becomes easy for verification and there is no scope for manipulation.

b) Pharma sector; to avoid fake medicine brands standard companies can use this technology.

c) Election Commission to issue voter ID cards, to avoid others to vote, this technology is very much useful.

d) For very expensive goods such as jewelry, costly wrist watches, diamonds etc also, the manufacturers can use this technology, to avoid duplication in the market.

CONCLUSION

Thus RFID technology can have its use in each and every sector itll be difficult to say a particular aspect where it cannot be applicable. The main thing to be considered is cost, considering its pervasiveness The Govt.of India should take steps to make the technology available at a low cost by way of subsidy.

References

1. Financial Express, July-Dec, 2005

2. The Economic Times, July-Dec, 2005

3. Data Quest, Jan- Dec, 2005

About the Author:

Author is Asst. Professor, Deccan School of Management, Osmania University, Hyderabad and can be contacted at tdbabu17@rediffmail.com Author is Asst. Professor, Deccan School of Management, Osmania University, Hyderabad and can be contacted at tdbabu17@rediffmail.com Can be contacted for content writing, report writing for summer and winter projects at MBA,MHM and other management courses to tdbabu17@rediffmail.com

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