SYSTEMS SUPPORTING PRODUCTION ENGINEERING Review of Problems and Solutions

Presented paper concentrate on using RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) technologyin supply chain management. Today the RFID technology can not only be enterprise assets, but alsothe movement of products, containers, vehicles and other assets across vast geographical areas.Supply chain management is the management of material, information and finance througha network of organizations (i.e. suppliers, manufacturers, logistic providers, whole salesdistributors and retailers) that aims to produce and deliver products or services for the consumers.The aim of the paper is presentation of possibility of using RFID technology in supply chainmanagement. In the paper there is a presentation of the history of RFID technology, the possibilityof use of RFID in various industries and the analysis of benefits of RFID from supply chainmanagement point of view (as fewer humans hands involved reduced errors reduced costs and soon). Also there is a brief description of potential risk of the technology especially in regard to thehealthcare environment. Nowadays the RFID technology is increasingly using in various industryas: shipping and distribution, retail, manufacturing, agriculture, health care, pharmaceutical,government, gamin, security, timber, library etc. in supply chain management process. Manybenefits described in the paper causes the possibility of wide use of this technology.