There are a lot of ways how Radio Frequency Identification technology or most commonly known as RFID can benefit human beings but its main purpose is to increase productivity.

In today's commerce, material management is the primary or secondary competence. In a library system, books are easily checked out at a much quicker process without the annoyance of going through opening and stamping books that needed to be checked out. Clearly, RFID technology is dramatically diminishing the steps necessary during checkout.

Let's say a library has a fully implemented RFID system, this system can easily swap a complicated checkout procedure or method. A client walks past the exit sensors, the data is automatically read off the smart card right from the client's pocket and the items are checked out. With an RFID system the client did not need to have any contact with another human being and the client does not need to go and interact to a checkout station of any kind.

Also, the RFID system can be used in a smart card to increase amenities to clients. Any information can be embedded in the smart card such as a profile or any other information that is essential at the checkout or any other library service desks.

The checkout stations have become a lot safer and user friendly since the implementation of added security features of RFID. The self-checkout units scan the entire item that pass through them and since no electromagnetic desensitizing occurs there not a chance that it could damage sensitive audiovisual material. RFID system could abolish the bar code systems and the bar code technology will no longer be needed.

Besides the checkout system, RFID systems is used in tracking items, fast identification of the shelf reading and all work connected with checking the shelves has become much more stress-free with portable readers. Shelf scanning and reading can immediately tell you what is on the shelf such as the title of the books on the scanned shelved. Rather than removing the items from the shelves, RFID allows moving item inventory right in the stacks. It also enables quick shelf reading, re-shelving, searching, sorting, weeding and exception finding.

Book checking has become far well-organized as the whole bins of books can be checked in by moving the bin through a large reader or scanning a truck of books with a handy reader. This method reduces the management of returned materials by a few steps.
The RFID system is allowing a high quality of auto-pilot in the library with no extra item positioning needed or scans line to find. With this customers have an extremely high self-service success rate and it readily let them find the book their book on their own. Checking in and out materials would be very easy and makes them more comfortable. This system makes a lot more time for the staff to devote themselves to personal customer service which increases the efficiency of the library.

A library should have a research on the possibility of implementing RFID on their system before making any decision to implement it. A library should be critical on this matter. This will ultimately lead to the success of your business. The study should encompass all areas that there is so that the system would become a success.