Overview:
RFID is destined to be a disruptive technology that will have a slow start-up ramp, followed by rapid clock speed acceptance and a relentless series of documented improvement stories. It will be a technology that will find its way into a rash of applications, industries, and individual businesses, undoubtedly impacting our professional and personal lives.
The real benefit will come when RFID is integrated as part of a drive for supply chain optimization, full network connectivity, and ERP-to-ERP communication that communicates information to business partners such as supply amount, location, and how it can be brought to the point of need, in quantities that match the actual demand. Additional value will be realized when it also helps in the data analysis that leads to generating new revenues. In short, the use of RFID technology is expected to grow significantly in the next five years and it is predicted that someday RFID tags will be as pervasive as bar codes.
This report first provides a brief introduction to RFID. The major focus of the report is on the market, manufacturers, products, and the companies around the world developing and deploying RFID systems and applications. It is must reading for anyone interested in launching or expanding RFID operations.
Target Audience:
RFID hardware, software, and solution vendors and related professional services companies
Managed services providers, outsourced RFID solutions and application providers, and RFID service bureau operators
Personnel responsible for automating Supply Chain Management (SCM), Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Manufacturing Resource Planning (MRP), Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) and other business processes
Manufacturers and personnel responsible for management of inventory and materials, timing and control of critical resources, improve Warehouse Management Systems (WMS), and other production line automation and industrial processes
Healthcare management personnel responsible for tracking patients, staff personnel, equipment, inventory, and other critical resources
Retailers and personnel responsible for merchandise inventory and ordering processes, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Merchandise tracking and fraud prevention
Providers of value-added applications and services such as metering, telemetry, telematics, and sensor applications, inventory control and tracking such as merchandise control, asset tracking and recovery such as computing equipment monitoring, tracking parts moving through a manufacturing process, tracking goods in a supply chain, and payment systems
Providers of RFID middleware such as the VeriSign or Oracle
Companies interested in optimizing their RFID business process strategies
Table of Contents:
Introduction 5
Section-
Readers 8
Passive RFID Tags 8
SAW RFID Tags 9
Semi Passive RFID Tags 9
Active RFID Tags 10
Frequencies 11
Read/Write Operations 12
Analysis of Passive vs. Active RFID Systems 13
Advantages of Passive RFID 13
Disadvantages of Passive RFID 15
Advantages of Active RFID 16
Disadvantages of Active RFID 17
Section-
RFID Companies in Europe 19
RFID Companies in Asia/Asia Pacific 36
RFID Companies in the United States of America 49
Section - III: RFID Case Studies 63
U.S. Naval Air Systems Command 63
United States Navy Regional Supply Office 66
St. Olavs Hospital, Norway 68
Heinz Project - US 71
Mobile Management & Maintenance in Frankfurt 74
Dat Autohus Car Company Project 74
Personnel Tracking System in Switzerland 76
E-Ticketing System 78
Component Monitoring and Tracking Project 79
Telecom Product Tracking System 80
Section-
Comparison of Various Access Control Methods 84
Prevalent Application Types 85
Item Tracking and Tracing 86
Inventory Monitoring and Control 86
Asset Monitoring and Management 87
Emerging Application Types 87
Anti-Counterfeit 87
Member Applications 88
Drug Anti-Counterfeit 89
Benefits 90
RFID on Humans 90
RFID in Super markets: Smart Shelf 92
Strategic Dimensions of Commercial Mandates 95
Government Mandates and Strategies 97
Section-
The two types of ROI 100
Quantifying Return on Investment with Financials 101
Cost of Investment 101
Breakdown of Cost of Installing RFID System (ROI Quantification)
Savings and Reduced Costs of Labor 102
Payback Period 102
Return on Assets 103
Ways to a faster success on Returns 104
The Ultimate Goal for the Future 105
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List of Tables and Figures
Comparison of Various Access Control Methods - 84
Applications and Volume Projections - 97
Breakdown of Cost of Installing RFID System (ROI Quantification)
Payback Period vs. Pallets per Month Graph - 103
Increasing Shareholder Value - 105
