Abstract
This Manufacturing Insights update, part of an ongoing series of updates for our Emerging Manufacturing Agenda program, provides a summary of meaningful information, trends, and/or case studies for the radio frequency identification/Electronic Product Code (RFID/EPC). This quarterly update includes a discussion of RFID' s influence in many of our top 10 2008 predictions for worldwide manufacturing and the global supply chain (see Worldwide Manufacturing 2008 Top 10 Predictions, Manufacturing Insights #MI210058, December 2007, and Global and North American Supply Chains 2008 Top 10 Predictions, Manufacturing Insights #MI209914, December 2007).
Table of Contents
- Table of Contents
- In This Update
- Events and Trends
- Another Statement from Wal-Mart - Via Sam' s Club
- Key Issues
- Technology and Standards
- Table: RFID Update on Technology and Standards
- Looking Ahead
- Manufacturing Insights Prediction: Business Value Comes First, RFID Technology Second
- Manufacturing Insights Prediction: RFID Projects Start at Home
- Manufacturing Insights Prediction: Risk Management Is the Key to Becoming Global
- Manufacturing Insights Prediction: Quality Reigns Supreme in a Back-to-Basics Approach
- Manufacturing Insights Prediction: Product Life-Cycle Management Investments Are About Integrating Processes, Not Automating Tasks
- Manufacturing Insights Prediction: With the Emergence of Sustainability, Your Suppliers' Problems Become Your Own
- What to Watch
- Industry Example: Western Digital in Thailand
- Introduction
- The Goal
- Implementation Details and the Next Phase
- Project Benefits and Metrics
- Lessons Learned
- Analysis
- Industry Example: Western Digital in Thailand
- Learn More
- Related Research

