CHAPTER 1

INTRODUCTION


Background of the Study
In the Philippines, the manufacturing sector was seen to have grown at a faster
pace in 2013 and that it was expected to continue fuelling economic growth by 2014.
(Moodys Analytics, 2014)
For the modern manufacturer, the warehouse had become a critical component to
achieving manufacturing excellence, since manufacturing firms produce a wide variety of
products in massive volumes. These manufacturing firms needed to store their assets or
stock keeping unit (SKU) in warehouses in order to meet the demand of their customers in
time. The most competitive companies were learning to synchronize material movement
between their warehouses, production and other operations. Material synchronization
leads to huge efficiencies and cost savings, helped to enable adaptive operations, Just-In-
Time inventory and other important initiatives.
There are technologies that can be linked with an intelligent and efficient software
system to create a solution; manually-driven procedures can be improved to mobilize the
warehouse in real-time, and to achieve leaner warehouse operation. Barcode readers,
Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technology, and Bluetooth are just a few of the
examples of such equipment (Mehmet Kizildag, et. al.).
RFID or Radio frequency identification refers to a technology that was used in a
wide variety of applications. One of those applications was to track goods through the
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supply chain. A RFID system consists of the three main components: a tag, a reader, and a
computer system. Radio frequency identification (RFID) allowed the simultaneous
identification of multiple RFID tags. The identification process is performed over a
wireless channel without requiring line-of-sight alignment or physical contact between the
RFID tags and the RFID reader (Rasua, 2012).
A warehouse scenario depicts the arrival of a shipment in the warehouse.
Warehouse personnel are tasked to count and record the products manually for receiving
the shipment. The absence of an intelligent and efficient software system supporting the
warehouse personnel in their warehouse tasks will adversely affect the performance of the
warehouse management of the company. Thus, leading to high levels of errors in
information due to the double-touch of data (handwritten followed by data entry), slower
movement of information in and out of your business systems resulting in reduced
visibility throughout the warehouse operations, and reduced employee productivity due to
time wasted completing paperwork and locating information on labels. With warehouse
mobility, the collection of a richer data was set in real-time providing a real-time view of
inventory in the warehouse, the order status, and more. When warehouse mobility was
extended throughout the warehouse a new level of efficiency, accuracy, and visibility can
be achieved.

Statement of the Problem
The following problems that were encountered in the study:
1. High levels of error in information due to the double touch of data
(handwritten followed by data entry) when producing, receiving, and
dispatching of finished products;
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2. Increase product security. Products were being stolen from the warehouse
or lost during the transportation between warehouse to warehouse transfer;
3. Ensuring accurate counter checking of outgoing and received produced
products. The products loaded on the vehicle can be cheated;
4. Generating of reports needed for inventory monitoring. Reports were
sometimes inaccurate due to double touch of data.

Objectives of the Study
This study aimed to develop a Warehouse Management System with Radio-
Frequency Identification (RFID).
Specifically, this study aimed to:
automatically check the quantity of the produced, out-going, and incoming
finished products from the manufacturing plant/warehouse to a warehouse
using RFID;
notify the user upon loss of product due to theft or loss by enabling the user
to track where the finished products last location and destination was;
verify if the number of products received was correct, by comparing the
weight of the products when it left the manufacturer and their weight when
they arrived in the warehouse. At the exit, a surveillance camera was used
to monitor and verified that the products were not empty.
Generate reports that visibly showed the updated inventory and distribution
of finished products in a manufacturing plant or warehouse.


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Theoretical Framework



Figure 1. The Theoretical Framework of WMS-RFID

JIT or just in time inventory was an inventory management strategy that was
aimed to monitor the inventory process in a way as to minimize the costs associated
with inventory control and maintenance. In an efficient way, a just-in-time inventory
process relied on the efficient monitoring of the usage of materials in the production of
finished products and ordering replacement products that arrive shortly before they are
needed. This simple strategy helped to prevent incurring the costs associated with
carrying large inventories of finished products at any given point in time.
The use of technology such as RFID helped companies improve their business
processes locally, nationally, and globally. As data became more relevant and accurate,
the risk of making mistake due to perceived demand volatility and bullwhip effects in the
supply chain goes down. Researchers have identified both benefits.





Figure 2.Diagram of Task-Technology Fit Theory.

Input

Data from RFID
tag


Process

Data processing
Output

Inventory report
and analysis
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Task-technology fit (TTF) theory holds that IT was more likely to have a positive
impact on individual performance and be used if the capabilities of the IT match the tasks
that the user must perform (Goodhue and Thompson, 1995). The system was
implemented and developed through IT. The system was more likely to have a positive
impact on the user.

Conceptual Framework
The conceptual framework showed how the system operates and how each of the
components of the system functioned.









Figure 3.Conceptual Framework of the System

The system provided one user account: Administrator. The system can only be
accessed once the user inputs his username and password. It had functionalities
(Surveillance Camera and Weighing scale) that can be disabled to fit the process of a
manufacturing plant or warehouse.
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The system consisted of the RFID scanner (to be placed on the production line of
the manufacturing plant; entry and exit points of the manufacturing plant or warehouse),
RFID tags (to be placed on the products), and a Computer that the WMS-RFID was
installed. The RFID reader read the data from the RFID tags which have a unique
identification number. During the production at the production line, the finished products
were equipped with the RFID tag carrying a unique identification number. That
identification number was stored in the database together with the information on what
product it is associated with, when it was produced, and in what location it has been
manufactured when read by the RFID reader which has been installed at the production
line.
The finished product carrying the tag can be uniquely identified by the RFID
system. All the products produced were counted and recorded by the system. The
finished products were either being stored at one location or being shipped from one
location to another. When the finished products left the warehouse upon order; their
status changed from stored to in transit or sold. When arriving at its warehouse
location, the finished products were counter-checked upon the order issued by the
destination warehouse. Changes to the finished product like location, condition, and etc.
were updated. Before finished products left or arrived at a warehouse, they were being
weighed on a weighing scale together with the vehicle. This further ensured that the
correct quantity of the products was loaded on the truck.
Issuing an order of finished products for replenishment can be done solely by the
Administrator. The Administrator, generally of a warehouse, can send an order from the
system to the manufacturing plant. Transactions among warehouses not including the
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manufacturer, was possible. The system included the printing of orders and inventory
reports.

Scope and Limitation of the Study
The study was focused on the desktop system development. The project targeted
small-scale manufacturing companies (for feeds, fertilizer, rice, sugar, and etc.) since the
system can only be operated with one Multiplex Reader having four Antennas (as shown
in Figure 3). The scope of this project was to record the inventory history of the finished
products and transactions in the manufacturing plant.
In real-time, the system was able to track to which warehouse a shipment (out-
going finished products) of stock keeping unit (SKU) went. However, it did not track
which unique bag went to which customer and did not include any location assignment of
the products inside the warehouse. The system catered one transaction at a time.It can only
detect which products were expired when the products went out of the warehouse. It only
allowed a warehouse to look at its own inventory and reports.
Warehouses of the same company were connected through web hosting which
handled the data interchange between these warehouses. The system had only one user:
Administrator. It only catered one user per warehouse or manufacturing plant. The system
provided additional safety to products when a weighing scale or surveillance camera was
introduced to the company.
The system did not take part on any monetary process of the warehouse. It only
handled the logistics of a manufacturing firm.


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Operational Definition
Manufacturer a person or company that makes goods for sale.
Manufacturing plant a plant consisting of one or more buildings with facilities
for manufacturing.
Radio-Frequency Identification (RFID) is the wireless non-contact use of
radio-frequency electromagnetic fields to transfer data, for the purposes of automatically
identifying and tracking tags attached to objects.
RFID scanner transmits an encoded radio signal to interrogate the tag.
RFID tags receives the message and then responds with its identification and
other information.
Stock keeping unit (SKU) is a distinct item, such as a product or service, as it is
offered for sale that embodies all attributes associated with the item and that distinguish it
from all other items.
Warehouse a large building where raw materials or manufactured goods may be
stored before their export or distribution for sale.
Warehouse Management System (WMS) software application which supports
the daily operations of a warehouse. The software application allows for a system of
centralized management of warehousing tasks including inventory control, tracking, and
the location of stock items.
Warehouse-to-Warehouse (W2W) a transfer of products from a certain
warehouse to another warehouse.


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Significance of the Study
The advances of technology provided tools that helped improve manual processes
of people. There were several reasons why this study is significant to many specifically in
the field of business where manufacturers and workers could highly benefit.
First, it would benefit the workers of the warehouse. Since the business
operational efficiency increases, this would result to accurate output of the workers.
Second, it would benefit the manufacturer. Reports about the status of the products
are generated. In this way, they could efficiently monitor the status of their products and
they could efficiently track their inventory. They could easily point out inconsistencies in
their inventory. Moreover, they could be certain that none of their products will be lost or
stolen.
Lastly, it would benefit the buyers. Since finished products are produced in a lesser
amount of time. The chance of the warehouse to have insufficient stocks of the finished
products will decrease and avoid the chance of delayed deliveries.









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CHAPTER II



REVIEW OF RELATED STUDIES


A warehouse management system (WMS) is a key part of the supply chain and
primarily aims to control the movement and storage of materials within a warehouse and
process the associated transactions, including shipping, receiving, put-away and picking.
The system directs and optimizes stock put-away based on real-time information about
the status of bin utilization. A WMS monitors the progress of products through the
warehouse. It involves the physical warehouse infrastructure, tracking systems, and
communication between product stations.

Warehouse Management System with RFI D

RFID INTELLIGENT WAREHOUSE
The warehouse entry for the RFID Intelligent Warehouse System means the
warehouses door. There are one RFID reader and two RFID antennas seeing each other,
located in front of the warehouse door. UHF RFID Chip that is placed on tags has a
reading range extending to 5 Meters. The products that are coming from the suppliers are
put on a pallet. Thus, packages are converted to pallets which are loading units. Each
pallet is labelled with an RFID passive tag. When the products are taken out from the
warehouse through the RFID antennas at the exit door, the stock level is renewed with the
Out from the stock button. (New Technologies Department)

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Transluz Casual Wear
Transluz Casual Wear is a Spanish clothing company with over 30 franchise
stores worldwide. The company has successfully implemented RFID system which tracks
the clothes from the point of manufacturing up to the point of sales. All 30 Transluz
stores are equipped with RFID system to record the movement of goods and maintain the
real time inventory system of the store.
In this system, the use of RFID tags starts at the point of manufacturing. When the
clothes are being manufactured, RFID tags are inserted into each and every label of the
clothes and the necessary data are stored on the tags. This information is transferred to
the central database with the help of handheld devices. After successfully inserting the
information on the tags, the clothes are packed into boxes and then transferred to the
central warehouse of the company where each and every boxes are passed through a
conveyor belt installed with RFID reader and antennas. While the boxes are passed
through the conveyor, it reads all the tags in the boxes and maintains necessary inventory
of goods in the databases of all the products received in the central warehouse. After that,
while the boxes of clothes are again ready to be shipped to the stores, they are passed
through the same conveyor belts and software updates the dispatch of products to a
specific store.
Similarly, once these boxes arrives at the final store or intermediate warehouse,
with the help of handheld RFID reader each tags are read which ultimately transfers the
information regarding which product has arrived in to the store subsequently maintaining
the database too. (Swedberg, 2012)

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Yodabashi Camera
After assessing Yodobashi Cameras warehouse management needs, Motorola
and its Japanese authorized reseller, Mighty Card, deployed an RFID-based warehouse
management solution that uses Motorolas fixed RFID readers implemented with the
expertise ofMighty Cards professional services team. RFID tags are pasted on the
product boxes by Yodobashi suppliers. Upon arrival at Yodobashis warehouse,the RFID
tags are detected automatically by Motorolas fixed RFID readers which are installed at
the entrance. Information from the RFID tags is then transmitted to the warehouse
management system. This eliminates the need for labour-intensive stock counts and
inspections when goods are received, thus saving time and increasing the productivity of
the warehouse staff. Customer satisfaction is enhanced as the warehouse staff can now
focus on managing the inventory and delivering goods on time, by implementing the
RFID based system built around its warehouse management system, Yodobashi Camera
aims to improve the overall efficiency of its business processes. (Motorola Solution Inc,
2012)

Walmart
Walmart has grown to be the worlds largest retailer by seeking every opportunity
to streamline its supply chain and cut costs in order to live up to its promise of everyday
low pricing. Getting there entails more than smart merchandising, however. Walmart
also is a leader in pioneering technologies to achieve operational efficiencies that
ultimately bring savings for its customers.
One such technology is radio-frequency identification, or RFID, which transfers
data stored on tags on a product or other object, facilitating identification and tracking.
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One use of RFID technology familiar to many people is in vehicle transponders for toll
collections.
Walmart has been using RFID technology for about a decade and cites numerous
benefits, including more efficient inventory management. The company initially
introduced RFID to track pallets of merchandise traveling along its supply chain,
including at warehouses. In 2007, executives credited the technology with, among other
things, cutting the volume of excess inventory in Walmarts massive supply chain and
slashing out-of-stock occurrences by almost one-third. (University Alliance)

INVENTIVE
Modern inventory tracking systems, traditionally based on barcodes, are
nowadays being rapidly replaced by RFID tag systems for automatic merchandise and
inventory management. This is mainly since RFID inventory management readers can
read literally hundreds of unique RFID tags in a single swipe from a distance of ten feet
or more, while with barcode reading the goods must be taken out of their cartons and read
one at a time with a reader in close proximity. Each RFID tag item has a unique ID
allowing differentiation between identical products.
Inventives rich set of inventory tracking system dashboards enables a constant
real-time view and control of stock levels, incoming goods, order preparation, shipments
and other typical warehouse activities.
Inventive generates automatic rule-based alerts when an item, vehicle or pallet
is missing, delayed, misplaced, or in violation of the pre-set rules. It monitors the location
of thousands of tags, as well as other parameters, such as temperature, humidity and
more, in real-time. Inventive enables a better inventory tracking system in indoor or
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outdoor logistics environments, including yards, parking lots, transportation hubs,
warehouses and distribution centres, reducing downtime, improving operational
efficiency and increasing profitability.
Inventive monitors goods in all stages - from their ordering, through their
warehousing and until their shipment to clients, and allows you to have a real-time
comprehensive picture of goods received, inventory, preparation of orders and pick-up
based on factual reading of RFID inventory management tags, avoiding thereby the
inevitable costly human errors that are undermining the efficiency of the ERP systems in
place.
Inventive reduces significantly the time of operations, avoids costly errors,
controls the stock levels of all products and guarantees the traceability of all actions. All
these factors enable the reduction of manpower costs and increase customer satisfaction,
thereby offering an attractive ROI, often in less than one year, and enabling a the
company's rapid growth. (VIZBEE Solutions)








Figure 4. Inventive System
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Synthesis
The most important step in solving business problems was to consider how it was
specifically conducted and how it was operated. There were many warehouse
management systems with RFID being used in the market right now. Most of them have
the same functionalities.
RFID Intelligent Warehouse, YodabashiCamera,and Walmart used their own
warehouse management system with RFID for their own convenience, but having the
same basic functionalities of a Warehouse Management System. They focused only on
the automatic recording of the products using the RFID. They incorporated the RFID so
that they could automatically check their inventory and increase customer satisfaction
and eliminate labour-intensive stock counts and inspection.
Inventive and Transluz Casual Wearused RFID in all of the stages of their
products. Transluz Casual Wear system tracked the status of their products from the
manufacturing stage up to the time it was bought on a certain store. Inventive enables
constant real-time view of their inventory, orders, and shipments. They used the RFID to
track which products are lost, misplaced, or delayed in delivering.
Most of the studies did not cover the security of their products except for
Inventive. However, all of the past studies did not incorporate automatic generating of
their reports and counter checking of the products.




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Checking of
products
Security of
the
Products
Counter
Checking of the
Products
Generating of
Reports
RFID Intelligent
Warehouse
Yes No No No
Transluz Casual Wear Yes No No No
Yodabashi Camera Yes No No No
Walmart Yes No No No
Inventive Yes Yes No No
WMS-RFID Yes Yes Yes Yes
Table 1. Table of Comparison












CHAPTER III
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METHODOLOGY



Software Development Lifecycle was the entire process used to develop and
maintain a software product. There were several types SDLCs but the typical phases of
an SDLC were conceptualization, requirements gathering and analysis, system designing,
coding, and testing. The SDLC chosen was a critical factor in the success of the project.
One of the SDLCs is V-Model. V-Model represents a software development
process (also applicable to hardware development) which may be considered an
extension of the waterfall model. Instead of moving down in a linear way, the process
steps are bent upwards after the coding phase, to form the typical V shape. The V-Model
demonstrates the relationships between each phase of the development life cycle and its
associated phase of testing. The horizontal and vertical axes represents time or project
completeness (left-to-right) and level of abstraction (coarsest-grain abstraction
uppermost), respectively.
In this chapter, the teams methodologies were discussed. Also, their roles and
responsibilities were explained. Since WMS-RFID was product-based, the requirements
needed for the system have been clearly identified.



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Figure 5. Phases of V-Model

Phases of V-Model

Planning Phase
In this phase, the team devised a plan on how to implement the system. The team
identified the constraints of the project. Roles for each member were assigned. Also, the
team estimated a schedule to be followed when implementing the system. The team went
to different warehouses in order to establish the scope of the system. Given the scope, the
team estimated the cost in order to determine if the project is feasible.

Requirements Analysis and Design Phase
In this phase, the team analysed the business process of their selected warehouses.
During the analysis of the different business processes, requirements for the system were
established and compared with one another. The tester checked if the requirements made
are plausible.After analysing the requirements, the team figured out possibilities and
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techniques to be implemented. The team formulated the design of the system: how would
it look like (GUI), how will the functions work, and the data relationships of databases.
Then the business analyst checks if the team incorporated correctly the design with the
requirements.

Implementation Phase
In this phase, the programmer analysed the design created by the team. He
established the databases and was writing the programs. He configured the RFID reader
and tags. He also placed necessary data on the tags.

Testing Phase
In this phase, the test manager formulated test strategies. Bugs, errors, and other
mistakes were documented and fixed. Test conditions were written to determine if the
functions of the system work properly.










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Roles and Responsibilities
Each members of the team were assigned a role. Below are the responsibilities
that each team members should carry out.
ROLES RESPONSIBILITIES
Project Manager Managing and leading the project team.
Recording and managing project issues.
Managing project scope and change control
Monitoring project progress and performance.
Business Analyst Understand what the business does and how it does it
Determine how to improve existing business process
Design the features of the system (create functional requirements)
Implement the new features of the system (technical design)
Developer Writes the codes for the program
Tester Execute and log the tests, evaluate the results and document
problems found.
They monitor the testing and the test environment, often using
tools for this task
Review each others work, including test specifications, defect
reports and test results.
Documentation Manager Leads in developing all project deliverables
Table 2. Roles and Responsibilities
CHAPTER IV

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WAREHOUSE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM with RFID



Overview of the Study
Warehouse Management System with Radio Frequency Identification was a
system wherein it managed the warehousing tasks using RFID technology. The system
was designed to create solutions for better inventory control for a warehouse of a certain
manufacturing firm. It accounted all finished products of a manufacturing firm. It tracked
the destination of the finished products (whether the products were transferred to a
warehouse or sold directly to a customer). The system was designed to check the security
of the products in which it alerts the user if there was an unauthorised transaction. It
offered to generate reports that were significant for recording the inventory of the
manufacturing firm. Moreover, the system was designed in order to eliminate labour-
intensive product counts and efficient handling of shipments.

Requirements and Specification
User of the Product
Administrator. The administrator was the one who handled all the activities in the
warehouse as well as in the system. He had the sole authority to access all the functions of
the system. He knew all the operations of the warehouse since he had to manage all the
information on the system.




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Project Constraints
Solution Constraints
The system shall operate on Windows XP or higher.
The system requires .NET Framework 3.5 installed
The system will operate only if the database (Microsoft SQL Server) is available
within the computer (server).
The system shall be compatible with hardware installed on the computer.
The RFID reader shall read simultaneously from the antennas.
Security Constraints
The system and the systems database shall be protected from any attacks.
Schedule Constraints
The system must be done to meet the deadline by the end of October 2014.
Before the start of November 2014, the system should be functional for the use of
the warehouse.
The development of the system will take up to 8 or 9 months.









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System Functions

General Use Case Diagram
Use cases (see below) were the users interaction with the system. It provided a
graphical representation of what a user can do with the system.














Figure 6. General Use Case Diagram




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Detailed Use Case Diagram
Manage Warehouse-to-Warehouse Orders








\
Figure 8. Manage Warehouse-to-Warehouse Use Case

Manage Products









Figure 9. Manage Products Use Case
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Manage Production









Figure 10. Manage Production Use Case


Manage Inventory







Figure 11. Manage Inventory Use Case


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Generate Reports










Figure 12. Generate Reports Use Case

Manage User Account








Figure 13.Manage User Account Use Case
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Functional Requirements
Functional Requirements were arranged by module. It had a functionality which
define what should the system was supposed to accomplish. The functional requirements
(below) were derived from the use cases.

MANAGE WAREHOUSE-TO-WAREHOUSE ORDERS
FR No. Description Importance
FR 1.1 The system shall allow the admin to input W2W orders Mandatory
FR 1.2 The system shall allow the users to view W2W orders Mandatory
FR 1.3 The system shall allow the admin to cancel W2W orders Mandatory
FR 1.4 The system shall allow the admin to modify W2W orders Mandatory
FR 1.5 The system shall alert the user if he/she wants to cancel a W2W order Mandatory
FR 1.6 The system shall alert the user if he/she wants to modify a W2W order
Mandatory
Table3. Manage Warehouse-to-Warehouse Functional Requirements


MANAGE PRODUCTS
FR No. Description Importance
FR 2.1 The system shall allow the admin to create a product Mandatory
FR 2.2 The system shall allow the user to view the products Mandatory
FR 2.3 The system shall allow the admin to modify the information of a
product
Mandatory
FR 2.4 The system shall allow the admin to delete a product Mandatory
FR 2.5 The system shall display all available products Mandatory
Table4. Manage Products Functional Requirements

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MANAGE PRODUCTION
FR No. Description Importance
FR 3.1
The system shall store all the finished products which have been
produced into the database
Mandatory
Table5. Manage Production Functional Requirements


MANAGE INVENTORY
FR No. Description Importance
FR 4.1 The system shall allow the users to view the Current Inventory Stock
Report
Mandatory
FR 4.2 The system shall allow the users to view the Inventory History Report Mandatory
FR 4.3 The system shall display the summary of the products available in the
inventory
Mandatory
Table6. Manage Inventory Functional Requirements


GENERATE REPORTS
FR No. Description Importance
FR 5.1 The system shall allow the admin to print the Inventory stock report Mandatory
FR 5.2 The system shall allow the admin to print the Inventory History Report Mandatory
FR 5.3 The system shall allow the users to print the warehouse-to-warehouse
orders
Mandatory
FR 5.4 The system shall allow the users to print the production receipt Mandatory
Table7. Generate Reports Functional Requirements

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MANAGE USER ACCOUNT
FR No. Description Importance
FR 6.1
The system shall provide a user account admin with username:
admin, and password: admin
Mandatory
FR 6.2
The system shall allow the admin to change his password and/or
username
Mandatory
FR 6.3 The system shall allow the admin to access all functions of the system Mandatory
FR 6.4 The system shall avoid duplication of account holders username Mandatory
FR 6.5 The system shall display the details of the account holder Mandatory
Table 8. Manage User Account Functional Requirements




Physical Environment
Tools and Techniques
New technologies and devices were propagated at a frightening pace. Demand for
the evolving skill sets of software developers created an environment where it can be
difficult to find the expertise to handle the needs of a software development project. There
were more potential skill sets and opportunities to pursue than ever before. (Miller, 2010)
It is important to consider expertise and mastery in choosing tools and
technologies. Tools and technologies should be chosen because it solved and it fits your
objectives. Not because you were copying others or you were overly influenced by
industry trends.
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This section discussed the tools and technologies the team had decided to use
throughout the project.
C# was the programming language used in this project. The IDE was Microsoft
Visual Studio 2010. The considerable reason why the team chose C#:
The available RFID readers system platforms are C++ and C#.
The developers had experienced in C#.
It was integrated with Windows
Microsoft SQL Server was the database used in this project.
Microsoft SQL Server is open source.
It works well with Windows.
It easily manages SQL Server instances.


Software Application
The following software applications were used during developing this project.
Software Application Use
Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 Used to create the forms and for the
implementation of the system
Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio Used to configure, manage, and administer all
components within Microsoft SQL Server
Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 Used as a centralized console to manage
multiple SQL Server 2008 instances and
services including relational databases,
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Reporting Services, Analysis Services &
Integration Services.
Visual Paradigm UML Used to design use case diagram
Microsoft Visio 2010 Used to create needed diagrams for the system
Adobe Photoshop CS6 Used to create the icons of the system.
Microsoft Word 2010 Used to create the documentations needed
Microsoft Powerpoint 2010 Used to create for the presentation of the
system
Table 9.Software Applications Used




Hardware
The following hardware were used during developing this project.
Table 10.Hardware Used

System Requirements
Software Application Use
SAAT-F805 4-port UHF RFID Reader The RFID reader used throughout the project. 4
antennas are included. Application platform:
C++, C#
Yeon YTG-103

The tags used throughout the project. UHF
Band and Passive tag. Reading range is less
than 8.5m
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The proposed minimum and recommended system requirements to run WMS-
RFID.
Minimum Recommended
Windows XP Windows XP/Vista/7/8
1.8 GHz processor 2 GHz processor
512 MB RAM 1 GB RAM
.Net Framework 3.5 installed .Net Framework 3.5 and above installed
Document Printer Document Printer
Table 11. System Requirements


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Physical System Setup
Figure 13. Physical System Setup


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CHAPTER V



SUMMARY, CONCLUSION, and RECOMMENDATION



Summary
Warehouse Management System with Radio-Frequency Identification (WMS-
RFID) was product-based software developed for the convenience of small-scale
manufacturing companies. It was a multi-user desktop application which can be accessible
to different manufacturing plant or warehouses. WMS-RFID had main functions namely:
Users, Production, Transaction, Inventory, Products, Reports, and Reader.
The system was based on the business process of the different manufacturing
companies existing in Iloilo City. Other functionalities were obtained through online
research of the current Warehouse Management System who used RFID.
The WMS-RFID was developed using C# programming language, Microsoft SQL
server for the database, LINQ for the query language, and for the reports.

Conclusion
The WMS-RFID could be used for the logistics area of a certain small-scale
manufacturing companies. It could be used as a faster way to count products that were
produced, received, and delivered. It provided accurate way of generating reports for
inventory of the current products, the production receipt, and the warehouse-to-warehouse
delivery. It provided a notification if there was an unauthorised transaction and the user
could track the last destination and location of the finished product. Companies may
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benefit the system because it could help them improve their manual process like the
labour-intensive stock counts and inspection. Moreover, they are assured that their
products are secured.

Recommendations
The WMS-RFID had the basic functions of logistics and inventory control for
small-scale manufacturing companies. Additional features can be added for the
improvement of the system. The following are the recommendations for the next projects:
Inclusion of the sales and accounting of the product.
The improved system should cater different types of reader and tags and should
be compatible with the reader and tags. Also, it should cater a lot of antenna
and reader.
It should include location assignment of the products inside the warehouse and
can locate it.
It can track the location of the products in-real time during delivery using GPS.
It can include customization option for the company (e.g. icon of the
company).
It could include biometrics for added security for the system so it could really
control if the right user was using the system.