Abstract
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
Section-I: RFID Overview
- Readers
- Passive RFID Tags
- SAW RFID Tags
- Semi Passive RFID Tags
- Active RFID Tags
- Frequencies
- Read/Write Operations
- Analysis of Passive vs. Active RFID Systems
- Advantages of Passive RFID
- Disadvantages of Passive RFID
- Advantages of Active RFID
- Disadvantages of Active RFID
Section-II: RFID Companies Worldwide
- RFID Companies in Europe
- RFID Companies in Asia/Asia Pacific
- RFID Companies in the United States of America
Section - III: RFID Case Studies
- U.S. Naval Air Systems Command
- United States Navy Regional Supply Office
- St. Olavs Hospital, Norway
- Heinz Project - US
- Mobile Management & Maintenance in Frankfurt
- Dat Autohus Car Company Project
- Personnel Tracking System in Switzerland
- E-Ticketing System
- Component Monitoring and Tracking Project
- Telecom Product Tracking System
Section-IV - Emerging RFID Applications
- Comparison of Various Access Control Methods
- Prevalent Application Types
- Item Tracking and Tracing
- Inventory Monitoring and Control
- Asset Monitoring and Management
- Emerging Application Types
- Anti-Counterfeit
- Member Applications
- Drug Anti-Counterfeit
- Benefits
- RFID on Humans
- RFID in Super markets: Smart Shelf
- Strategic Dimensions of Commercial Mandates
- Government Mandates and Strategies
Section-V: Business Cases for RFID
- The two types of ROI
- Quantifying Return on Investment with Financials
- Cost of Investment
- Breakdown of Cost of Installing RFID System (ROI Quantification)
- Savings and Reduced Costs of Labor
- Payback Period
- Return on Assets
- Ways to a faster success on Returns
- The Ultimate Goal for the Future
Section-VI: Conclusion
List of Tables and Figures
- Comparison of Various Access Control Methods
- Applications and Volume Projections
- Breakdown of Cost of Installing RFID System (ROI Quantification)
- Payback Period vs. Pallets per Month Graph
- Increasing Shareholder Value
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