scholarly journals Application of Lifecycle Measures for an Integrated Method of Environmental Sustainability Assessment of Radio Frequency Identification and Wireless Sensor Networks

Energies ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (10) ◽  
pp. 2794
Author(s):  
Aldona Kluczek ◽  
Bartlomiej Gladysz ◽  
Krzysztof Ejsmont
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Radio Frequency ◽  
Radio Frequency Identification ◽  
Environmental Sustainability ◽  
Sustainability Assessment ◽  
Assessment Method ◽  
Integrated Method ◽  
Frequency Identification ◽  
Low Degrees ◽  
Sustainability Assessments

Internet of Things (IoT) technology has advanced in recent years, leading to improvements of manufacturing processes. As a result of such improvements, environmental sustainability assessments for technologies have been requested by international control agencies. Although various assessment approaches are widely applied, IoT technology requires effective assessment methods to support the decision-making process and that incorporate qualitative measures to create quantifiable values. In this paper, a new environmental sustainability assessment method is developed to assess radio frequency identification (RFID) and wireless sensors networks (WSN). This integrated assessment method incorporates a modified and redesigned conceptual methodology based on technical project evaluation (IMATOV) and an extension of conventional lifecycle measures. The results shows the most and least important metrics. The most important metrics are the categories “electronic devices disposed of completely” and “decrease in stocks”, with the greatest GWFs (20% and 19%, respectively) and IAVs (127% and 117%, respectively) and moderate consolidated degrees of fulfillment. Relatively low degrees of fulfillment are achieved by categories such as “decrease in numbers of assets”, “supply chain echelons benefiting RFID”, and “tag lifecycle duration”, with IAVs below 10%. This study promotes an integrated method to support decision-making processes in the context of environmental sustainability assessments based on lifecycle measures.

scholarly journals A Method for an Integrated Sustainability Assessment of RFID Technology

Resources ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (9) ◽  
pp. 107
Author(s):  
Bartlomiej Gladysz ◽  
Krzysztof Ejsmont ◽  
Aldona Kluczek ◽  
Donatella Corti ◽  
Stanislaw Marciniak
Keyword(s):  
Radio Frequency Identification ◽  
Sustainability Assessment ◽  
Assessment Method ◽  
Assessment Procedure ◽  
Rfid Technology ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Frequency Identification ◽  
Current Assessment ◽  
Research Gap ◽  
Integrated Sustainability

Industry 4.0 (I4.0) has become a widely accepted manufacturing paradigm across a wide range of industries. It includes an array of various approaches, tools, techniques, and methods. They were known to researchers before, but when combined they build a new reality, which needs procedures for the assessment of technologies and manufacturing processes. Current assessment methods often fail to incorporate economic, environmental, and social impacts simultaneously in an integrated way. The potential implementation of a sustainability assessment procedure on a larger scale is seen for (well-developed) Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technology. The measures for assessment were identified through a literature review and validated by expert panels. Validation measures were quantified using multi-criteria decision making (AHP). Criteria ranking was used for reasoning if the assumed modular structure responded to the experts’ needs. To connect the existing research gap, a holistic and integrated assessment method for I4.0 applications, depicted in a structured way and tailored for RFID technology, is developed, which constitutes a research gap in current literature on this topic. Results showed that a modularized structure of approach (module—group of measures—measures [as indicators]) for RFID sustainability assessment, which depends on the complexity of this technology, may be a convenient method for assessment of I4.0 technologies. It was confirmed that all sustainability perspectives are important due to their contributions to supporting decisions and should be considered in the assessment of RFID. On the other hand, it can help managers and practitioners implement the assessment method in their practice to reduce pollution and save the environment.

scholarly journals Smart Waiter using Line Following, RFID and Object Detection

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 7961-7963
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Radio Frequency ◽  
Object Detection ◽  
Radio Frequency Identification ◽  
Indoor Navigation ◽  
Ir Sensors ◽  
Frequency Identification ◽  
Line Following

This model makes usage of various techniques like decision making, RFIDs, and IR-Sensors to establish a programable software. This paper describes how Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) can be used in indoor navigation with line following Method for restaurants. None of the previous systems work seamlessly in restaurants which gave rise to our idea of using lines and RFIDs. And this will eventually lead to better results as compared to the previous work.

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