UHF RFID ISO18000-6C tag

When I was a child, I always had a dream of becoming the manager of a hamburger restaurant. Because this job has several outstanding advantages:   1. Hamburg, French fries, and fried chicken can be eaten freely   2. It's very profitable, and the constant flow of McDonald's customers every day makes me envious   3. The dream of men all over the world: no need to wash dishes after eating, because McDonald's uses disposable tableware.   So, when I learned that McDonald's is now using millions of RFID UHF passive tags a year, I was a bit surprised. Upon careful consideration of my dining experience at McDonald's, it seems that there is nothing that requires RFID tracking, even the utensils are thrown away as soon as they are used up. So, why does McDonald's use so many RFID UHF passive tags?       It is highly likely that RFID will be used in the food industry in 2024, the first year of large-scale application.   Later, I learned that McDonald's use of RFID was not primarily for tracking tableware, but mainly for application in the supply chain. The food industry has always had a demand for supply chain tracking, but in previous RFID applications in the food supply chain, due to the wide variety of products and the presence of a large number of substances such as metals and liquids that cause serious electromagnetic interference in the environment, RFID reading has become quite difficult. Previously, the technological level of the industry could not meet the demand for precise identification in the food supply chain. However, now, some companies in the industry have successfully solved this problem with breakthroughs in label and reader technology, increasing recognition sensitivity to over 99%. Therefore, McDonald's has decided to start large-scale application of RFID. Specifically, McDonald's mainly applies RFID tags in the following areas:   1. Track food packaging materials   Through strategic cooperation with Cainiao Group, McDonald's China has implanted RFID UHF passive tags in food packaging materials, which has two benefits:   Enhance supply chain traceability capability   RFID with unique feature codes on each label enables each food packaging material to have a unique "digital ID" from production to logistics to the restaurant process, helping McDonald's achieve digital monitoring and traceability and supply chain information interconnection and collaboration. Food safety is crucial, affecting consumer health and brand reputation. After adding RFID UHF passive paper sticker tags to food packaging materials, McDonald's can have a clearer understanding of which ingredients and at which stage there may be problems when problems occur.   Improving supply chain efficiency and optimizing inventory management   RFID technology can quickly and accurately read item information, thereby simplifying inventory processes and improving inventory data accuracy. According to the report data released by CAINIAO, after using RFID, the supply chain error rate decreased by 70% and the recognition speed increased by 40%. Inventory of a 500 square meter warehouse used to take 2 days, but now it only takes 10 minutes.   In addition, when the inventory level falls below a specific threshold, the RFID system can automatically trigger replenishment orders to ensure that the restaurant maintains the optimal inventory level and minimizes waste.   2. Monitor temperature sensitive items   By attaching RFID UHF passive ISO180006C sticker tags to temperature sensitive items, McDonald's can monitor real-time temperature and location data of temperature sensitive items. For example, a McDonald's in Europe uses an RFID solution provided by TAG Sensing, which includes a passive RFID embedded body, temperature sensor, clock, printed battery, and a battery driven sensor embedded in a sticky tag. This enables McDonald's to identify any abnormal conditions in the product during transportation.   3. Prevent the loss or damage of reusable items   In France, the new anti waste law requires fast food restaurants with a certain scale and capacity to transition from disposable tableware to reusable tableware, and complete it within three years at the earliest. So, McDonald's in France began using a secure RFID scheme. Baodian has installed fixed RFID UHF long range passive reader in specific areas of the restaurant and affixed RFID UHF passive tags to reusable items to detect items that have been mistakenly discarded along with other waste. "We have saved over one million reusable items that should have been destroyed," the person in charge reported, emphasizing the effectiveness of the system in minimizing waste.