The RFID Market Outlook: New applications, best practices and future profit opportunities

Table of Contents

Executive summary

• Introduction
• RFID in context
• RFID in practice
• RFID by industry
• The technology impact of RFID
• Vendor strategies for success
• Key vendors on the RFID landscape

Chapter 1 Introduction

• What is this report about?
• Who is the target reader?
• Definitions
• Barcodes
• Global data synchronization (GDS)
• Data pool
• GS1 UK
• EAN.UCC
• Collaborative planning, forecasting and replenishment (CPFR)
• EDI
• Global individual asset identifier (GIAI)
• Global location number (GLN)
• Global returnable asset identifier (GRAI)
• Global service relation number (GSRN)
• Global trade item number (GTIN)
• Supply chain management (SCM)
• Value added network (VAN)

Chapter 2 RFID in context

• Summary
• What is RFID technology?
• Radio frequency identification technology
• Electronic Product Code (EPC)
• RFID
• The history behind RFID
• Why is RFID attracting attention?
• Benefits of RFID

Chapter 3 RFID in practice

• Summary
• Maturity of RFID market
• The standards debate
• RFID adoption
• Growth prospects for RFID
• Real-world RFID implementations
• Vendor challenges
• RFID is too immature and will take longer than you think
• Cost of tags
• Other expenses
• Privacy
• Integration

Chapter 4 RFID by industry

• Summary
• Manufacturing
• Overview
• Approach to RFID
• Barriers to RFID adoption
• Areas ripe for RFID investment
• Information management
• Manufacturing execution, quality control, and compliance
• Tracking and genealogy
• Plant asset management
• Inventory visibility
• Labor productivity
• Third-party logistics
• Airports
• Approach to RFID
• Areas ripe for RFID investment
• Passenger security
• Sensors and fleets
• Automotive
• Overview
• Approach to RFID
• Barriers to RFID adoption
• Privacy concerns
• Existing investments
• Areas ripe for RFID investment
• Inventory management
• The aftermarket parts market
• Vehicle counterfeiting
• Pharmaceutical
• Overview
• Approach to RFID
• Project Jumpstart
• Barriers to RFID adoption
• Areas ripe for RFID investment
• Counterfeiting
• Inventory management
• New opportunities
• Healthcare
• Overview
• Approach to RFID
• Barriers to RFID adoption
• Regulation does not go far enough
• Cost of tags
• Privacy
• Overstretched resources
• Barcodes have not yet played out their role in healthcare
• Areas ripe for RFID investment
• Patient safety
• Improve existing processes

Chapter 5 The technology impact of RFID

• Summary
• Data, data everywhere
• The data opportunity
• New challenges on the data front
• Data collection
• Data management
• Data quality
• Data synchronization
• RFID analytics
• Vendor response

Chapter 6 Vendor strategies for success

• Summary
• Introduction
• Go-to-market approach by industry
• Manufacturing
• Market education
• Obvious wins
• Solutions must demonstrate cost efficiencies and productivity gains
• Increasing importance of process information officers
• Solution design is most time consuming
• Partnerships do not impress
• Airports
• First port of call
• Join proof-of-concept RFID trials
• Automotive
• Short-term gain
• Education is key
• One-size-fits-all model not an option
• Privacy concerns
• Pharmaceutical
• Tactical moves
• Education
• Healthcare
• Opportunities ? if vendors act now
• Keep up with industry developments
• Address the technologys limitations
• Understand the implementation cycle
• Alleviate end user fears
• Build a portfolio through partnership
• Educate customers
• Focus on services

Chapter 7 Key vendors in the RFID

• landscape
• Summary
• Competitive Landscape
• Large enterprise application vendors
• Microsoft
• Oracle
• Infrastructure vendors
• IBM
• Sun Microsystems
• Mobile vendors
• Systems integrators
• Integration vendors
• webMethods
• Tibco
• Ascential Software
• Teradata
• DataMirror
• Other vendors
• Database software vendors
• Sybase
• ObjectStore
• Supply chain software vendors
• SAP
• Manugistics
• Manhattan Associates
• Descartes
• ClickCommerce
• Red Prarie
• Other vendors
• Chip vendors
• Intel
• Texas Instruments
• Niche RFID suppliers
• Security vendors
• Index

List of Figures

• Figure 4.1: Manufacturers technological capabilities
• Figure 4.2: SWOT analysis of RFID trolley tracking
• Figure 4.3: SWOT analysis of RFID baggage tracking (passive tags)
• Figure 4.4: The Automotive Ecosystem
• Figure 4.5: The Pharmaceuticals Ecosystem
• Figure 4.6: Drivers and barriers to adoption for healthcare RFID
• Figure 5.7: GDS can deliver benefits for manufacturers and retailers
• Figure 5.8: RFID data integration will take time

List of Tables

• Table 4.1: Pharma initiatives to implement RFID technology
• Table 4.2: Benefits, costs and unresolved issues with RFID
• Table 4.3: Example of real-life brand protection program using security labels (company name withheld)
• Table 4.4: RFID implementations in the healthcare industry