APPLICATION OF RFID TECHNOLOGY – SOME PROBLEMS AND DEVELOPMENT DIRECTIONS

In the conditions of modern business and the increasing use of computer technologies, more time constraints are being imposed on businesses, increasing demands in terms of efficiency of the use of machinery, automation of technological processes, higher reliability, lower costs and better economic indicators. As one of the convenient solutions, the use of RFID technology appears. RFID systems are playing a significant role in increasing efficiency and reducing operating costs in the last dozen years, even though all the potentials of this technology have not yet been discovered or exploited. RFID technology provides practical benefits to anyone who needs to monitor the physical presence of objects in a certain environment. Many improve supply chains and production processes by introducing this technology. The reasons for the use of RFID technology in large systems are the ability to fully automate the work with the use of computer management and control, better control of issuing and monitoring the stock situation, while reducing the possibility of error as well as theft and fraud, increasing profits and quality, obtaining reports on the issue of parts or fuel (at what time it was taken, in what quantity ...), etc. In this paper, one RFID solution for controlling fuel refueling at fuel supply stations is shown in more detail. The advantages and disadvantages of this technology, the economic aspects of the application, as well as the possibilities of complete protection against theft and various other frauds are considered. The analysis has shown that the positive effects can be a reduction of total costs, optimization of the existing supply system, optimization of the existing system for monitoring the quantitative state of the fuel stock at fuel stations, fuel consumption by vehicles, etc. At the end of the paper, the future of RFID technology, the paths for further development, and the potential risks of applying this technology are analyzed.