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RFID and Manufacturing: A snapshot of 2004

Product Type: Market Research Report
Published by: Datamonitor
Published: December 2004
Product Code: R313-7300
Description
Introduction
In order to convert a compliance issue into a business advantage, manufacturers are starting to seek a deeper and more meaningful relationship with RFID enabled processes. Simultaneously, standards bodies and IT vendors are addressing a broader yet critical issue global data synchronization.

Scope
Feedback from a recent manufacturing end-user survey on RFID investment outlook.
Vendor activities & a brief 'news review' of areas which could be drivers of the value RFID-enabled processes can bring to the manufacturing sector.
Activities beyond the 'edge to edge' / 'mandate' projects that have occupied many suppliers in 2004.
Highlights
GDS will not happen overnight, but the efforts being made, and the expected uptake of data cleaning & synchronization solutions to enable better management of internal data, offers hope that this issue will be fast-tracked, and will create much needed visibility into the value that RFID can deliver to the manufacturing markets.

Manufacturers should spend time identifying problematic business areas (e.g. stock-outs, high labor costs, shrinkage, high inventory levels, etc.) where small-scale RFID pilots could be focused. Positive pilot project returns are a key early goal when justifying investment in a relatively immature solution area.

Reasons to Purchase
Appreciate selected vendor's activities, and global manufacturer's expectations for RFID investment.
Understand Datamonitor's independent point of view of the RFID implementation challenges.
Find out what the key areas for RFID in manufacturing will be in 2005.

Table of Contents
TABLE OF CONTENTS

ABOUT DATAMONITOR 2

INTRODUCTION 4

Outline of the brief 4

RFID in manufacturing - outlook 2004 4

Selected vendor activities 6

Manufacturing: poised for action beyond the mandates 8

Global data synchronization - the key to supply chain harmony 12

UK case study: standards-compliant data pools 14

APPENDIX 17
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