We're pleased that JVC is able to meet compliance requirements on time and with the knowledge that the software will adapt as their supply chain and customers dictate. JVC has demonstrated its customer commitment by making RFID tagging an integrated step in its order operations.
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Increased attention to infrastructure middleware and applications and analytics are crucial steps toward increased RFID adoption. Just solving the physical issues alone will not create the RFID tipping point.
The level of RFID deployments last year was not great, partly due to the cost of RFID tags still being fairly high and the fact that the business case and return on investment wasn't there for many companies.
I joined RFID a year and a half ago, and I've been on a mission to leverage as much of semiconductor as possible, to make this business successful going forward. I believe the customer focus model for semiconductor is a good fit.
Just because bar codes are used extensively in distribution centers does not mean RFID will be. Businesses are beginning to discover business value in places where they cannot use bar coding, which will be the force that moves RFID forward.
RFID in passports is a terrible idea, period, ... But on top of that, the State Department is acting without the appropriate authority and without conducting any form of credible cost-benefit analysis. It's asking Americans to sacrifice their safety and privacy 'up front' for a dangerous experiment that it hasn't even bothered to justify.
TI is ahead of the curve with Gen 2 adoption, and we commend them on being the first to begin Gen 2 tagging of cases and pallets in support of Wal-Mart's RFID expansion plans in 2006.
They will therefore not be in a hurry to risk their entire business by expanding too rapidly, but they are the major indicator of whether the manufacturing industry accepts there is a sustainable business in RFID production.
Only a couple of companies in the world have the experience of building these machines, although the market need, if RFID did take off, would be for about 1 million of the machines running in parallel.
RFID is very important to businesses and it is very important to citizens, but it also raises concerns about trust. If we don't remove the trust problem, well then the business won't fly.
We want to ensure that companies are able to efficiently adopt this new technology. Our RFID consultants can confidently and quickly evaluate the impact of Generation 2 to customers' RFID processes and infrastructure and guide them through the hardware updates, potential configuration changes and system testing that will be required, as well as provide some education on Generation 2's benefits.
The scanning of barcodes, or the reading of RFID transponders, generates data that is used in a software package to provide management or control information.
Shire Pharmaceuticals, a global specialty pharmaceutical company, sought an RFID solution that would enable compliance with Wal-Mart requirements. The company selected Manhattan Associates' RFID solutions. Manhattan Associates was ahead of the curve in being able to show us how its RFID solutions would meet our needs, ... With the help of Manhattan Associates' project team, the implementation was smooth and came in under budget. Shire is poised and ready to meet upcoming retail requirements.
FDA's recommendation to adopt RFID technology by 2007 has been an everyday conversation with brand owners. In some cases, the term RFID has become the umbrella name to loosely describe initiatives to meet local government requirements in electronic pedigree, track and trace, and brand authentication, all of which may work in tandem with RFID, but equally can be implemented and referred to as a stand-alone application or solution.
By far the biggest RFID segment in coming years will be Supply Chain Management. This segment will account for the largest number of tagslabels from 2005 through 2010. Wal-Mart, the world's largest retailer, has spurred this projected growth by mandating that its top 100 (and, later its top 300) suppliers begin to use RFID.
RFID is going to get its technical embedding time it needs as serious players are not going to get involved on a sufficient scale with something that might not work.