To incorporate RFID technology into their supply chains.In 2003, with the aim of enabling pallet-level tracking of inventory, Wal-Mart and DoD followed a suit and issued the same mandate to its top 100 suppliers. This drive to incorporate RFID technology into their supply chains is motivated by the increased shipping, receiving and stocking efficiency and the decreased costs of labor, storage, and product loss that pallet-level visibility of inventory can offer.
 
 RFID now became a tool for helping visibility, but that feature does not stand alone as a defining characteristic. The ultimate value of RFID is the knowledge it provides, which must be integrated with other valuable information in cross business communication systems. Practitioners want to know not just where their products might be but how that knowledge can be used to be more effective in their business processing and eventually to sell more products.
 
 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 tells the business partners what the supply might be, where it is, and how it can be brought to the point of need, in quantities that match the actual demand. When it also helps in the data analysis that leads to generating new revenues, the cake will be iced. 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 publication addresses core RFID technology and solutions as well as evolving market and products. It evaluates the possibilities for developing and deploying RFID systems and applications.
 
 Audience:
 
 RFID hardware, software, and solution vendors and related professional services companies
 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), Inventory Tracking, Fleet Management, Yard/Dock Management and other business 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
 Companies interested in optimizing their RFID business process strategies for Tracking and Telemetry with a special focus on large scale tracking.
 
 Table of Contents:
 
 SECTION I - INTRODUCTION 4
 SECTION II - TECHNOLOGY OUTLOOK 6
 INTRODUCTION TO RFID6
 UNDERSTANDING HOW RFID WORKS 7
 TYPES OF TAGS 8
 Passive Tags 8
 Semi Passive RFID Tags 9
 Active RFID Tags 10
 Active Tags with Sensors/GPS 10
 Difference between Active and Passive RFID 11
 APPLICATION FIELD 11
 DISCRIMINATING THE VARIOUS TYPES OF RTLS 13
 CLASSIFICATION OF TRACKING SYSTEMS 14
 ADVANTAGES RFID SOLUTIONS 15
 Improved Productivity and Cost Avoidance 16
 Decreased Cycle Time and Taking Costs Out 16
 Reduced Rework 16
 Reduced Business Risk and Control of Assets16
 Improved Security and Service 16
 Improved Utilization of Resources 16
 Increased Revenues 17
 Exception Management 17
 SECTION III -FACTORS & EVALUATIONS 18
 THE COST FACTOR 18
 Tags 18
 Costs related to aquisitions 18
 Cost of Readers 19
 Additional Antenna Cost 19
 Cost of Applications and related middlewares 19
 Customization Costs 20
 Installation Related Cost 20
 Fine Tuning 20
 INTEGRATION AND BUSINESS PROCESS REENGINEERING 21
 AFTER IMPLEMENTATION AND RECURRING COST 21
 EVALUATION OF THE PERFORMANCE OF THE SYSTEM22
 ISSUES CONCERNING THE SAFETY OF THE SYSTEM 23
 THE SECURITY ASPECTS OF THE DEPLOYMENT 24
 THE DEPLOYMENT FACTOR 26
 
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