RFID provides a high level of security because the technology is difficult to counterfeit. RFID is similar in concept to bar coding. Bar code technology uses optical signals to transfer information from the label to the reader. In contrast, RFID uses radio frequency signals to transfer information from the RFID tag to the reader. The value or replacement cost of folders is high.
Files move through many steps or between many people outside the file room.
These tags are so thin and flexible that they can be placed inside the folder or under a color coded label. Smaller tags exist, but the size of the tag is a determinant of the distance from which a tag will read. The desktop RFID scanner allows folders to be checked in or out very quickly by passing them over the top of the scanner. Many folders stacked together can be read all at once. The same process applies to reading folders into a box.