RFID 4Q07 Update

Connecting RFID to 2008 Predictions and Wal-Mart's Continuing Push

Publication Date	February 2008
Publisher	IDC
Product Type	Report
Pages	11
ISBN Number	not applicable
Product Code	IDC04067

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Summary

This Manufacturing Insights update, part of an ongoing series of updates for our Emerging Manufacturing Agenda program, provides a summary of meaningful information, trends, and/or case studies for the radio frequency identification/Electronic Product Code (RFID/EPC). This quarterly update includes a discussion of RFID's influence in many of our top 10 2008 predictions for worldwide manufacturing and the global supply chain (see Worldwide Manufacturing 2008 Top 10 Predictions, Manufacturing Insights, December 2007, and Global and North American Supply Chains 2008 Top 10 Predictions, Manufacturing Insights, December 2007).

Content

In This Update
Events and Trends
- Another Statement from Wal-Mart ? Via Sam's Club
- Key Issues
  - Technology and Standards
  - Table: RFID Update on Technology and Standards
Looking Ahead
- Manufacturing Insights Prediction: Business Value Comes First, RFID Technology Second
- Manufacturing Insights Prediction: RFID Projects Start at Home
- Manufacturing Insights Prediction: Risk Management Is the Key to Becoming Global
- Manufacturing Insights Prediction: Quality Reigns Supreme in a Back-to-Basics Approach
- Manufacturing Insights Prediction: Product Life-Cycle Management Investments Are About Integrating Processes, Not Automating Tasks
- Manufacturing Insights Prediction: With the Emergence of Sustainability, Your Suppliers' Problems Become Your Own
What to Watch
- Industry Example: Western Digital in Thailand
  - Introduction
  - The Goal
  - Implementation Details and the Next Phase
  - Project Benefits and Metrics
  - Lessons Learned
  - Analysis
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