AdvancedMaterialsResearchVols.403-408(2012)pp5225-5229Onlineavailablesince2011/Nov/29atwww.scientific.net©(2012)TransTechPublications,Switzerlanddoi:10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.403-408.5225ApplicationResearchofInternetofThingsTechnologyinChinaPostModernLogisticsWarehouseManagementBasedonRFIDXiaoxiaoWeiXi’anUniversityofPostsandTelecommunications,Xi’an,710061,Chinaemail:wxxsally@163.comKeywords:InternetofThings;RFID;postlogistics;warehousemanagementinformationsystemAbstract.BasedontheoriesoftheneedsandcharacteristicsofChina’spostlogistics,thisthesishasanalyzedroleofRFID-basedinternetofthingsinmodernpostlogisticsmanagement,anddesignedanddevelopedaChinaPostmodernlogisticswarehousemanagementinformationsystembasedonRFIDsoastohelpChinaPostModernLogistics(CNPML)enterprisesimprovetheirautomationlevel,minimizeproductionandoperationalcosts,andcreatemoreeconomicandsocialbenefits.IntroductionWiththecontinuousexpansionofpostalservices,asaneweconomicgrowthpointofmodernpost,logisticsdistributionhastriggeredChinaPost’snewunderstandingondevelopmentoftraditionalservicesandnewservicesandexplorationofnewbusinessmodel.Atpresent,ChinaPostlogisticsinfrastructurehaslaidthefoundation,andtheawarenessofmodernlogisticshasstarted.However,duetolowlevelofinformatizationandinefficientlogistics,postlogisticscannotofferefficientandlow-costlogisticsservices,whichalsocannotencourageexternalenterprisestousepostlogisticsservices.Inrecentyears,Chinahaspaidmoreandmoreattentiontoroleoftheinternetofthingsonpostinformatization.Thepostlogisticsareausestheinternetofthingstomakethedatatransmissionduringtransportbecomemorecorrectandtimelyandeasilyinteracted.Therefore,theinternetofthingsplaysaroleinenhancingthemanagementlevelofthelogisticsindustry.BasedontheneedsandcharacteristicsofpostlogisticsinChina,thisthesisanalyzestheroleofRFID-basedinternetofthingsinmodernpostlogisticsmanagement,anddesignsanddevelopsasetofRFID-basedChinaPostmodernlogisticswarehousemanagementinformationsystemsoastohelppostenterprisesreducelogisticscosts,improvelogisticsefficiency,andincreaseincome.ApplicationoftheinternetofthingsinpostlogisticsathomeandabroadInrecentyears,postcompaniesinvariouscountrieshaveinvestedmoneyinstartingpilotprojectsorpracticalprojectsofinternetofthings.Fromtheperspectiveofintroductiontime,DHListhemostactivepractitionertouseRFIDtechnologyofinternetofthings,successfullydemonstratingthatRFIDsystemcanimproveservicesandreducecosts.Atpresent,DHLhasstartedagloballarge-scaleRFIDtestinUSAsoastoensurethatallitsparcels(about1billionperyear)canbeaffixedwithRFIDtagsby2015.TheSpanishpostcompanyCorreosusesTAP(TagAcquisitionProcessor)ofRevacompanytorealizetheapplicationofRFIDtechnologyin37mailprocessingcenters.CorreosusesRFIDtotrackmailswithUHFRFIDtagandmonitorandmanagethecountry'spostaldeliveryservice.ChinaPostisalargestate-ownedenterprisewhoenteredthelogisticsindustryearly,anditslogisticsnetworkspreadsalloverChina.Althoughpostcompanieshaveformedtheanexcitingnewsituationthroughrenewalofequipment,technicalinvestment,andoptimizationofmanagementmodel,andthedevelopmentofpostlogisticsmanagementhasmadecertainachievements,newtechnologiesintroducedbyChinaPostareonlyusedforindividualservices.Theyaremutuallyindependent,whichdonotformthecooperativeapplication.Inaddition,theyarenotfullyappliedinAllrightsreserved.Nopartofcontentsofthispap...