Application of RFID and path planning algorithm for locating products in a wholesale market

Inventory management and supply chain are areas which have strong potential to benefit from Radio Frequency Identification technology. In the premises of a wholesale market, location tracking of a product itself becomes challenging for the buyers. The implemented application will help the buyer to locate required product and find the shortest path from his location to the product's location. This will help him to locate the product in optimum time, thus saving his efforts in searching the product manually. The location tracking is developed with the RFID technology and shortest path is obtained through Digital Image Processing.