RFID for Postal and Courier Services 2008-2018

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS

1. INTRODUCTION

• 1.1. Benefits
• 1.2. Evolution of RFID in postal and courier services
  • 1.2.1. Calculating cross charges
  • 1.2.2. Conveyances and vehicles
  • 1.2.3. Postal boxes
  • 1.2.4. Latest developments
  • 1.2.5. RFID recorded delivery
  • 1.2.6. RFID for orders online
  • 1.2.7. Automatic handling equipment
  • 1.2.8. A world first in Korea?
  • 1.2.9. RFID at China Post
  • 1.2.10. Experience from a courier service company - TNT Express
  • 1.2.11. RFID for Postal Services in the Middle East
• 1.3. Structure of this report
• 1.4. What really happened in 2006?
  • 1.4.1. The global RFID market

2. MASS TAGGING OF POSTAL ITEMS AND THE TAGGING OF ASSETS

• 2.1. EPCglobal influence on standards
• 2.2. Choice of frequencies
• 2.3. The EPC air interface
• 2.4. Gen2 is a breakthrough for some open RFID systems
• 2.5. EPC is not confined to UHF
• 2.6. Over promising - no ideal frequency for everything
• 2.7. RFID enabled asset management

3. DETAILED CASE STUDIES

• 3.1. Item level
  • 3.1.1. IPC AMQM - the largest RFID network in the world
  • 3.1.2. Correos - Europe' s largest UHF EPC project
  • 3.1.3. DHL, temperature monitoring pharmaceuticals, USA
  • 3.1.4. DHL postal packages, Belgium
  • 3.1.5. China Post, mail bags China
  • 3.1.6. DHL postal packages, Belgium
  • 3.1.7. UPS courier packages USA
  • 3.1.8. FedEx NetReturn/ Intellareturn courier returns USA
  • 3.1.9. DHL Time/temperature recording Belgium
  • 3.1.10. La Poste, measurement of mail flow France
  • 3.1.11. European Commission ParcelCall project, Europe
  • 3.1.12. Royal Mail, mail flow monitoring, new system UK
  • 3.1.13. Royal Mail, monitoring letters, UK
  • 3.1.14. US Postal Service, mail flow item level, USA
  • 3.1.15. DHL Fashion apparel France
  • 3.1.16. Deutsche Paket Dienst parcels Germany
  • 3.1.17. Home Office, TRI-MEX International Ltd, Nokia and DHL, UK/ Finland
• 3.2. Post boxes
  • 3.2.1. Saudi Post post box identification Saudi Arabia
  • 3.2.2. La Poste postal box access France
• 3.3. Conveyances
  • 3.3.1. Brinks France transport container access
  • 3.3.2. TNT Express and Thai Customs, overland logistics, Thailand
  • 3.3.3. TNT, Liege Airport, freight tracking, Belgium
  • 3.3.4. UPS tote boxes USA
  • 3.3.5. UPS tote boxes Phase Two USA
  • 3.3.6. UPS shipping tools USA
  • 3.3.7. UPS Reusable container sortation USA
  • 3.3.8. DHL and Nokia, cellphone transit cases UK/Finland
  • 3.3.9. Italian Post Office, mailbags, Italy
  • 3.3.10. Korea Post, pallets, Korea
  • 3.3.11. Royal Mail, roll cages, UK
  • 3.3.12. Swedish Postal Service, conveyance packs, Sweden
  • 3.3.13. US Postal Service pallets US
  • 3.3.14. UPS mandated pallets and cases USA
  • 3.3.15. UPS mail bags USA
• 3.4. Vehicles
  • 3.4.1. Deutsche Post trucks and swap-bodies Germany
  • 3.4.2. FedEx keyless entry/ignition system, USA
  • 3.4.3. DHL, RFID enabled van, Europe
  • 3.4.4. Parcelforce trailers, UK
  • 3.4.5. UPS trucks USA

4. MARKET FORECASTS AND PLAYERS

• 4.1. Market dynamics
  • 4.1.1. Why RFID is now the hot topic in this sector
  • 4.1.2. Leaders and followers
• 4.2. Market forecasts 2008-2018
• 4.3. Total RFID Market Growth

APPENDIX 1: FURTHER READING FROM IDTECHEX

APPENDIX 2: INTRODUCTION TO RFID

APPENDIX 3: EPCGLOBAL AND THE INTERNET OF THINGS

APPENDIX 4: HF TO LONGER RANGE

• 1.1. Business drivers for trailer portals
• 1.2. Option 3 Proposition
• 1.3. Value of RFID passive tag market in 2007
• 1.4. Value of RFID active tag market in 2007
• 1.5. Value Chain 2007
• 2.1. Summary of Gen2 features
• 4.1. Numbers of posted items, conveyances and vehicles used by the postal and courier services in 2008 - an indication of the potential for RFID
• 4.2. Postal/courier global market for RFID systems and services, including tags, in billions of dollars 2008-2018
• 4.3. Number, average cost and total spend on tags for postal and courier services
• 4.6. The numbers of postal items delivered globally by year in billions, USPS vs Other, 2008-2018
• 4.7. Total RFID market growth in US$ billion 2008-2018

• 1.1. FKILogistex RFID enabled postal storage retrieval machine
• 1.2. Motorola tunnel at China Post
• 1.3. RFID Compliance - "Slap & Ship"
• 1.4. RFID Compliance - Semi-auto "Slap & Ship"
• 1.5. RFID Compliance - Enhanced Semi-auto "Slap & Ship"
• 1.6. Exel view of tagging of vehicles and trailers
• 1.7. Option 1 Proposition
• 1.8. Asset management proposition
• 2.1. RFID Enabled Asset Management
• 3.1. Principle of automatic mail registrations with RFID
• 3.2. Mobile AMQM - equipment and practical use
• 3.3. DHL RFID today development model
• 3.4. One version of item level RFID trialled by DHL
• 3.5. Intellareturn Smart Return Services
• 3.6. The RFID electronic Time Temperature Indicator from KSW Microtec
• 3.7. La Poste slide 1 - Further information needed
• 3.8. La Poste slide 2 - Improving transit time with RFID
• 3.9. La Poste slide 3 - Technical choices
• 3.10. ParcelCall scenarios
• 3.11. I.D. Systems tags
• 3.12. DHL in action
• 3.13. ASK summary of DHL Fashion trial
• 3.14. Veronique Delachaux fashion
• 3.15. NBG tunnel interrogator at DHL Fashion
• 3.16. NBG roving aisle interrogator at DHL Fashion
• 3.17. Overview of VIGIK
• 3.18. The patented VIGIK solution
• 3.19. VIGIK principles
• 3.20. VIGIK technical
• 3.21. VIGIK authorisation
• 3.22. La Poste distribution
• 3.23. Banknotes with dye activation. Ink staining versus acid
• 3.24. The EM Microelectronics active tag
• 3.25. The overall vision of UPS for RFID - Pilot: Distribution and Fulfilment
• 3.26. The DHL view of the project - Regional pilot Western Europe
• 3.27. Nokia and DHL nest technologies to provide real-time product visibility
• 3.28. Mail Rail
• 3.29. Cypak logo and stamps
• 3.30. Cypak/Swedish Post Office package - RFID package that senses time of tampering
• 3.31. RFID wristbands
• 3.32. FedEx special delivery
• 3.33. Parcelforce Worldwide is the largest parcel carrier in the UK
• 3.34. The tag is read by road loops (coils buried in the road)
• 3.35. The driver is automatically directed to the correct loading bay
• 3.36. UPS trucks in pilot
• 4.1. Phasing of mass adoption of RFID by sector - New opportunities
• 4.2. The global potential for RFID tags for all applications in yearly numbers
• 4.3. Global market for RFID systems and services, including tags, 2008-2018, in billions of dollars
• 4.4. Number, average cost and total spend on passive tags for postal and courier services
• 4.5. Number, average cost and total spend on active tags for postal and courier services
• 4.6. Number, average cost and total spend on total tags for postal and courier services
• 4.7. The numbers of postal items delivered globally by year in billions, USPS vs Other, 2008-2018
• 4.8. Total RFID market growth in US$ billion 2008-2018