Abstract
Report Overview
To fully understand the capabilities of RFID, it is helpful to understand its benefits in real business situations. We evaluate the impact of RFID throughout the supply chain, delivering efficiencies for three types of organizations: manufacturers, distributors, and retailers. This report provides case study analysis of RFID solution deployment and related business plan.
The report also provides expert analysis of RFID in practice including an evaluation of the RFID value chain, business process life-cycle, business process strategy, market overview and challenges. RFID middleware providers are profiled with device selection criteria is evaluated. Active RFID vendors and products are profiled and evaluated. The report discusses risk profile assessment and risk assessment services. The report also includes eight case studies for RFID implementation and operation.
RFID Business Plan and Financial Assessment
The report contains a business plan including financial projects and financial assessment with a working Excel spreadsheet. This information will assist with business case development, funding, budgeting, and launch of a RFID solution.
Target Audience
This report is intended for anyone considering launching a RFID-based business, solutions involving RFID, and/or business process automation using RFID.
- 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
I. Introduction
II. Overview of RFID
- What is RFID?
- Understanding How RFID Works
- Types of Tags
- Difference between Active and Passive RFID
- Application Field
- Privacy
- Privacy Issue Preventives
- Five Steps to RFID Implementation
- Frequency Bands and their Importance
- Frequency
- Importance of Frequency Bands
- Different Frequency Bands and its impact
- Standards for RFID Tags
- Requirement of RFID, Providers, Solutions
- Market Analysis
- Key Findings
- Cost Analysis
- Conclusions
III. RFID: Organization Norms a walkthrough
- Leadership Focus
- Shared Vision
- Support and Resistance
- Conclusions
IV. RFID: Business Processes
- Item Level Tagging
- Third Party Logistics Management
- Real Time inventory Management
- Business Intelligence
- IT-Outsourcing
- Real Time data sharing
- Standards and Mandates
- Industry Standards
- Government Mandates
- Privacy Acts
V. RFID Business Case Studies
- Department of Agriculture, Michigan
- Sun Microsystems
- Woolworths, Plc
VI. Market Overview & Challenges
- Market Overview
- Challenges to Adopting RFID
- Software Infrastructure Challenges
- RFID Hardware Device challenges
- Interoperability and Integration
- Performance
VII. RFID Middleware
- Acsis
- Axcess
- Blue Vector Systems
- ConnecTerra
- Data Brokers
- EPCglobal
- Franwell
- GlobeRanger
- i2 Technologies
- Manhattan Associates
- OATSystems
- Oracle
- RF Code
- Savi Technology
- Sun
- T3Ci
- TIBCO
- VeriSign
- webMethods
VIII. Emerging Trends in RFID
- Technological Advancements
- New and Improved Tags
- Alternative Tag Designs
- Tag Packaging
- Sensory Tags
- Architecture for the New Network
- Conclusions
IX. Market Survey of Active RFID Products
- Alien Technology
- Axcess Inc.
- Escort Memory Systems
- Microtec
- Samsys
- Savi Technology
- Wherenet
- Top RFID Vendors
- Manufacturers
- Retail Industry
- Solution Providers for Retail Industry
- Defense Industry
- Transportation Industry
- Vehicle Tracking Systems
- Electronic Toll Systems
X. Assessing the RFID Vendor
- Best-of-Breed
- One-Stop-Shop
- Trusted Advisor
- Vendor Comparison Criteria
- Vital Statistics
- The Management Team
- Customer References
- Experience in RFID Technology
- Experience in your Industry
- Intellectual Property Rights
- Partnerships and Alliances
- Adherence to Standards
- Open Architecture
- Vendor Categories
- Tag and Reader Vendors
- RFID Middleware Vendors
- Computer Systems Vendors
- Application Vendors
- Systems Integration Vendors
- Value-added Vendors
- Specialty Services Vendors
- Conclusions
XI. RFID Implementation Examples
- International Paper
- Major Clothier Retailer
- METRO Group
- Canus
- Gillette
- Procter and Gamble
- Unilever
- Library and Textile Markets
XIII. Final Conclusions
XIV. A Full-scale report with Financial for Adopting RFID
“Adopting RFID”: A Business Plan
1. Company Description
- 1.1 The Objective
- 1.2 Keys to Success
- 1.3 Current Status of the Company
- 1.3.1 Shareholding Pattern of the Company
- 1.3.2 Current Financial Status of the Company
- 1.3.3 Current Development and Engagement Status of "THE DEMO COMPANY"
2. The Leadership Team
3. "THE DEMO COMPANY' s Domain of Operation
4. "THE DEMO COMPANY' s Offerings
- 4.1 "THE DEMO COMPANY" Devices
- 4.2 "THE DEMO COMPANY" Solutions
- 4.3 Future Product
5. Market Analysis
6. Competitive Analysis
7. Operational Plan
- 7.1 Location
- 7.2 Equipments and Devices
- 7.3 Proposed Team Structure
- 7.4 Product Development Plan
8. Marketing and Sales Strategies
- 8.1 Target Market Segment
- 8.2 Pricing Strategy
- 8.3 Sales Forecast
9. Financial Plans and Projections
- 9.1 Important Assumptions
- 9.2 Sales Plan
- 9.3 Expenditure Plan
- 9.4 Projected Monthly Cash Budget for Three Years
