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RFID: An idea whose time has come

Mark Kaelin Builder.com

Published: 19 Feb 2004 15:29 GMT

Current RFID uses
RFID technology is currently being used in several industries and products, including:

Electronic article surveillance (EAS)

Shipping container and railcar tracking

Animal tracking

Vehicle access and control

Personnel access

Production control

Ski passes

Sports timing

Document authentication

Dairy tagging

Fuel and chemical dispensing

Monitoring of transport environment

Electronic product codes (EPC) supply chain deployment

Wireless commerce

Event ticketing

State of the industry
For an indication of the potential size of the RFID industry, you need to look no further than IBM, Coca-Cola, and Wal-Mart. These companies have announced their intentions to implement the technology aggressively as an integral part of their businesses.

IBM
Concentrating on applications within the supply chain, IBM has put considerable resources toward establishing RFID system standards of use. As part of the company's overall plan for wireless technologies, IBM envisions RFID technologies helping with the logistical requirements of the supply chain by replacing the barcode system currently in place.

To quote the IBM Web site: "IBM believes that the most significant supply-chain benefits resulting from the utilisation of RFID technologies will only be enabled [and] realised by shared implementations across organisational boundaries. We are rapidly moving from an enabling technology -- RFID -- to enabling a vision of an intelligent supply chain, focused on operational efficiency and responsive to the needs of customers and trading partners."

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