Application of RFID technology and ERP technology integration in food safety

Hong Kong's "RFID-based Shenzhen-Hong Kong integrated food safety supply chain public information platform" allows citizens to trace the source of fresh products such as vegetables and live pigs supplied to Hong Kong through electronic tags , so that they can eat safe vegetables and pork.

The food information safety management and monitoring system involves all aspects of food production, processing, storage, transportation, and sales. The data volume is large, the links are complex, and the technical requirements are high. The supervision of the ERP management system is more secure, and RFID and ERP are used in combination to ensure food safety.

The core purpose of the ERP system is to achieve effective management of the entire supply chain, which can help food companies achieve scientific and accurate data, realize information sharing, and establish electronic archives to track the credit of the supply chain around the clock and trace the key problems. On this basis, RFID technology is integrated to conduct comprehensive and effective supervision from distributors to retailers, shopping malls, and end consumers. RFID will make food safety more controllable, traceable, and traceable. Especially with the continuous improvement of RFID technology, it will maximize the public's trust in food safety.

ERP integrates RFID, but dual insurance also has difficulties

1. High costs discourage small and medium-sized enterprises

For domestic food companies, the cost of RFID and ERP systems is also an important issue that hinders their promotion. There are a large number of agricultural and sideline products, and the price of agricultural and sideline products is high. Although the cost of RFID has dropped a lot, it is still relatively high compared to agricultural and sideline products. Therefore, this is one of the reasons why many manufacturers are reluctant to use RFID. In addition, the price of ERP systems ranges from hundreds of thousands to millions of yuan, which makes small and medium-sized enterprises reluctant to use it.

2. Ineffective information management of food logistics

The development of food logistics informatization in China is not fast enough, and there is a lack of unified standards and regulatory systems. On the other hand, food logistics is subject to multi-level management, which makes the food logistics market fragmented and the supervision more difficult. The promotion of food logistics informatization, especially ERP based on safety information management, is more difficult to implement.

3. Data security Privacy Difficult to guarantee

Data security and privacy protection are also issues that need to be addressed in applications. In particular, it is necessary to prevent illegal reading, writing and tampering of RFID tag content, ensure the security and accuracy of RFID tag data, and protect the privacy of manufacturers' business data. Since ERP is built on the internal system of the enterprise, there is no need to worry too much about data security issues.

Collaboration among all parties to promote the marketization of RFID

Although there are still many challenges in the application of ERP and RFID technologies in food safety, and they still need to be improved and enhanced, they are ultimately just tools. The most important thing in this link is the cooperation between various supply chain personnel. Only when technology and controllers work together can standards and systems be achieved.

The government should also play its due role, give enterprises appropriate support and subsidies, promote the reduction of RFID costs in the short term, and enter the stage of spontaneous market operation. I believe that in today's enthusiastic development of the Internet of Things, we do not want to see related technologies shelved due to high costs, and we are even more unwilling to see the "Internet of Things" just thunder and rain. Only by integrating it into the lives of all people can we truly realize an information-based and intelligent society.