Sales Department

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Sales Department

• Group members
• Linh Ha
• Johnathan Lim
• Anastasia Krivoruchko
• Hao Chen

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Wireless Communication Technology

• Personal digital assistants
• Wireless home networks
• Cellphones

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What is Radio Frequency Identification (RFID)?

• A basic RFID system consist of three components
• An antenna or coil
• A transceiver (with decoder)
• A transponder (RF tag) electronically programmed
  with unique information

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Active VS Passive

• Power source needed
• Pricegt 1.00
• Range ( up to 100 meters)
• Storage (up to 1 MB)

• Powered by Antenna
• Price from 0.50 to 1.00
• Range (up to ten meter)
• Storage (up to 64 KB)

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Future of RFID

• Greater range within city limits
• Costs gt 0.05

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Blue Tooth

• Wireless std founded in 1998
• IBM
• Intel Motorola
• Nokia
• Now has the support of over 1000 companies. Works
  on any device that is bluetooth enabled.

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Advantages RFID Technology

• Instant sales data
• More customer purchasing information
• Improve inventory management
• Fits nicely with 240co JIT initiative

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Disadvantages RFID Technology

• High costs of tags
• (0.50 - 1.00/unit)
• Need backing of retailers

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Advantages Bluetooth

• New avenues to reach customers Smart Billboards
• Cellphones
• In car naviagation systems
• PDAs
• Direct purchasing

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Disadvantages Bluetooth

• Limited of bluetooth enables devices
• smart billboards are still in beta testing
• Unknown customer reaction

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RFID Tag system

• Does it fits in with our current objectives?
• How much will it cost ?
• How long will it take to implement?
• What are the projected return on investment?
• Will it require a lot of training from employees?
• Will it result in a lot of job loss?

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Bluetooth

• Does it fit in with our current objectives?
• What are the projected return on investment?
• Will it result in a lot of job loss?
• Will it require a lot training from employees?

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Recommendations

• Bluetooth
• Wait and see
• RFID Tag system
• Partial implementation

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The End

• Thank You