The RFID Market Outlook

New applications, best practices and future profit opportunities

Publication Date	July 2005
Publisher	Business Insights
Product Type	Report
Pages	134
ISBN Number	not applicable
Product Code	RBI00093

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Summary

Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) is set to become the bedrock of most supply chains over the next twenty years: however, at present it is perceived to be an immature solution with significant barriers to overcome before becoming a mainstream technology. The RFID Market Outlook: New applications, best practices and future profit opportunities is a report that examines the future market opportunities for RFID, the advantages of implementing RFID and how different industry sectors can benefit from investing in this technology area. This report also examines some of the early innovators in this space, such as Wal-Mart, Metro and Tesco and provides profiles of the leading RFID vendors and their go-to-market strategies. Identify the key revenue opportunities available for software providers, hardware vendors and IT services companies from entering the growing RFID market using the strategies and recommendations detailed in this report.

Content

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 technology's 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