RFID Report: A New Horizon for Accountable Society

Table of Contents

1.0 Introduction

• 1.1 What is RFID
• 1.2 Why RFID?
• 1.3 History

2.0 Applications

• 2.1 Commercial
  • 2.1.1 Healthcare
  • 2.1.2 Manufacturing Processes
  • 2.1.3 Control Process
  • 2.1.4 Retail
  • 2.1.5 Life Stock
  • 2.1.6 Intelligent Highway
  • 2.1.7 Security
  • 2.1.8 Library and Archives
  • 2.1.9 Other
• 2.2 Military
  • 2.2.1 Sensors
  • 2.2.2 Movement of Inventory
  • 2.2.3 IDs
  • 2.2.4 Other
• 2.3 Homeland Security
  • 2.3.1 Identification
  • 2.3.2 Protection and Security

3.0 Technologies

• 3.1 Passive Devices
• 3.2 Active Devices
• 3.3 Electronic Articles Surveillance
• 3.4 Anti-Collision
• 3.5 Disposable
• 3.6 Structures
  • 3.6.1 Chip
  • 3.6.2 Chipless
  • 3.6.3 Other
• 3.7 Packaging
• 3.8 Parameters
• 3.9 Industry Structure
  • 3.9.1 Hardware
  • 3.9.2 Software
  • 3.9.3 Integrators
  • 3.9.4 R&D

4.0 Standards and Regulatory

• 4.1 Forums and Standards Bodies
• 4.2 Regional Differences
• 4.3 Globalization
• 4.4 Major Standards

5.0 Market Drivers and Barriers

• 5.1 Drivers
  • 5.1.1 OPEX Savings
  • 5.1.2 CAPEX Considerations
  • 5.1.3 Technological Factor
• 5.2 Barriers
  • 5.2.1 Privacy: Big Brother
  • 5.2.2 Price Consideration
  • 5.2.3 Competition
  • 5.2.4 Interference

6.0 Market Forecast

• 6.1 Model Assumptions
• 6.2 Market Characteristics
  • 6.2.1 Segmentations
    • 6.2.1.1Technology
    • 6.2.1.2 Standards
    • 6.2.1.3 Regions
    • 6.2.1.4 Transponders
    • 6.2.1.5 Readers
    • 6.2.1.6 Printers/Encoders
    • 6.2.1.7 Software
    • 6.2.1.8 Services
  • 6.2.2 Estimate
• 6.3 Sensitivity Analysis

7.0 RFID Vendors

• 7.1 Groups
• 7.2 List
  • 3M
  • Acsis
  • Acumen Business Solutions
  • Alien
  • Atmel
  • Checkpoint Systems
  • Compu-Power
  • Crosslink
  • DTE Automation
  • Escort Memory Systems
  • Epic
  • Datamax
  • HK Systems
  • ID Systems
  • Infineon Technologies
  • Intermec
  • Intrepid Security Solutions
  • Matrix
  • Maxell
  • MPI Label Systems
  • MVS-RFID
  • Pdc-RFID
  • Prodexnet
  • Printronix
  • RFIDGraphics
  • Philips Semiconductor
  • ST LogiTrack
  • Sun Microsystems
  • Tagsys
  • ThingMagic
  • TYCOSensormatic
  • TI
  • Weber RFID Systems
  • Zebra technologies
  • Zellweger

8.0 Pilots and Trials

9.0 Current Cases

• 9.1 Gillette
• 9.2 Procter & Gamble
• 9.3 Wal-Mart
• 9.4 Other

10.0 Groups of users

11.0 Conclusions