Abstracto

Developing of RFID Automation Technique in Material Management for Various Construction Project

S. Prakash Chandar, Pashelphetha Anal and N. Ganapathyramasamy

In construction projects material management is one of the significant function that contributes to the success of a project. The problematic mostly occurring in the management of material is related to the shortage, availability, supply chain, inventory, handling, and the storage of material. Paper-based reports mostly to record and exchange information related to the materials within a supply chain and inventory which is error-prone, inefficient and time consuming. To overcome this error and problematic, real-time information visibility and traceability is highly desired and Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technology can be implemented for this purposes. This paper starts with a literature review on material management and RFID technology potentially being employ was conducted. Further, a research methodology to identify potential employment of RFID technology for material management in a real construction project and what type of material will be suitable for implementing this new technology. The paper investigates a new approach for integrating the RFID technology in Information and communication technology (ICT) for real-time data collection in construction. In this approach, the combination of ICT, RFID, and global positioning system (GPS) technologies can facilitate extreme low-cost, infrastructurefree, and easy-to-implement solutions to identify uniquely and tracking of materials.