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RFID Case Studies and Business Plan

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An Eogogics-Mind Commerce Publication: 114 Pages plus spreadsheet, 2 MB


Target Audience


  • RFID hardware, software, and solution vendors and related professional services companies

  • Managed services providers, outsourced RFID solutions and application providers, and RFID service bureau operators

  • Personnel responsible for automating Supply Chain Management (SCM), Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Manufacturing Resource Planning (MRP), Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) and other business processes

  • Manufacturers and personnel responsible for management of inventory and materials, timing and control of critical resources, improving Warehouse Management Systems (WMS), and other production line automation and industrial processes

  • Healthcare management personnel responsible for tracking patients, staff personnel, equipment, inventory, and other critical resources

  • Retailers and personnel responsible for merchandise inventory and ordering processes, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), merchandise tracking and fraud prevention

  • Providers of value-added applications and services such as metering, telemetry, telematics, and sensor applications, inventory control and tracking such as merchandise control, asset tracking and recovery such as computing equipment monitoring, tracking parts moving through a manufacturing process, tracking goods in a supply chain, and payment systems

  • Providers of RFID middleware such as the VeriSign or Oracle

  • Companies interested in optimizing their RFID business process strategies


Key Questions Answered


  • Who are the suppliers of RFID solutions

  • How should one launch a RFID based business

  • What should one include in a business plan for a RFID based business

  • How to model the financials for a new RFID based business

  • How can RFID be used to automate various functions including SCM, CRM, ERP, MRP, and WMS


More on the Report


Realizing the full potential of RFID requires a common set of tools and a framework that partners and end-users can use to build the solutions that improve business processes—solutions like inventory management and asset tracking. RFID is proving to be one of the best solutions for tracking and identifying assets around the world. It can be used to locate items, and not only that it can be used to monitor animals, provide quick identification and tracking of medicines in the hospitals, can be deployed in various spheres for tracking and managing moveable assets.

This report provides case study analysis of RFID solution deployment and related business plans. The report also provides expert analysis of RFID in practice including an evaluation of the RFID value chain, business process life-cycle, business process strategy, market overview and challenges. RFID middleware providers are profiled and device selection criteria are evaluated. Active RFID vendors and products are profiled and evaluated. The report discusses risk profile assessment and risk assessment services. The report also includes eight case studies for RFID implementation and operation.

Note: The report contains a business plan including financial projects and financial assessment with a working Excel spreadsheet. This information will assist with business case development, funding, budgeting, and launch of an RFID solution.


I. Introduction


II. RFID in Practice and Business Benefits


  • RFID in Practice

  • Manufacturing

  • Retail

  • RFID Business Benefits

  • Improved Productivity and Cost Avoidance

  • Reduced Business Risk and Control of Assets

  • Applications for RFID


III. Understanding the RFID Supply Chain


  • RFID Solution Scenarios

    • Bikes R Us

    • TeddyCo


IV. RFID Business Process Life cycle


  • Older Life-Cycle Model Analysis

  • Waterfall

  • Incremental

  • Spiral

  • Newer Life-Cycle Model Analysis

  • Adaptive Linear Feedback

  • Adaptive Dynamic


V. RFID Business Process Strategy


  • IBM RFID Strategy

  • Heinz RFID Strategy

  • Canus RFID Strategy

  • International Paper RFID Strategy

  • Kayser-Roth RFID Strategy

  • Philips Semiconductors RFID Strategy

  • Intel RFID Strategy

  • Unilever RFID Strategy

  • Major Clothier Retailer RFID Strategy

  • Marks and Spencer RFID Strategy


VI. Market Overview & Challenges


  • Market Overview

  • Challenges to Adopting RFID

  • Software Infrastructure Challenges

  • RFID Hardware Device Challenges

  • Interoperability and Integration

  • Performance


VII. RFID Middleware Provider Profiles


  • Acsis

  • Axcess

  • Blue Vector Systems

  • ConnecTerra

  • Data Brokers

  • EPCglobal

  • Franwell

  • GlobeRanger

  • i2 Technologies

  • Manhattan Associates

  • OATSystems

  • Oracle

  • RF Code

  • Savi Technology

  • Sun

  • T3Ci

  • TIBCO

  • VeriSign

  • webMethods


VIII. RFID Device Selection Criteria for Preparation of Economic Analysis and Feasibility Studies


  • Evaluation of Key Questions

  • What Are the Objects to Be Tagged?

  • What Are the Objects Made of and How Do They Affect Reading Ranges?

  • What Are Chip Antenna Types?

  • What Readers Can Read both Passive and Active Tags?

  • What Readers Can Read both RFID Tags and Bar Code Labels for Easy Transitioning?

  • What Are Other Considerations That Could Affect Externally the Optimal Location of Tags?

  • How Do Various Entities Organize Frequency Types or Ranges?

  • What Other Standards Are the Vendors Using for Their RFID Products?


IX. Market Survey of Active RFID Products


  • Alien Technology

  • Axcess Inc.

  • Escort Memory Systems

  • Microtec

  • Samsys

  • Savi Technology

  • Wherenet


X. RFID Risk Assessment


  • Risk Assessment Profile

  • Internal Asset Risk Assessment

  • Risk Assessment Services


XI. RFID Implementation Examples


  • Eight Company Case Studies for RFID Implementation

  • Metro Group: IBM RFID Servers in Early Deployment

  • Gillette: Redirecting Misplaced Cases

  • Canus: Tag Speed vs. Quality of Computer Input

  • International Paper: Automatic Reorders

  • Unilever: Tag Location for Dishwashing Liquids

  • Procter & Gamble: Dock Loading Throughput

  • Marks and Spencer: Item-level Consumer Tracking


XII. Conclusions


XIIV. Adopting RFID: Business Plan/Template with Financials to Implement RFID


Table of Contents (Business Plan)


1. Company Description


1.1 The Objective

1.2 Keys to Success

1.3 Current Status of the Company

1.3.1 Shareholding Pattern of the Company

1.3.2 Current Financial Status of the Company

1.3.3 Current Development and Engagement Status of “THE DEMO COMPANY”


2. The Leadership Team


3. “THE DEMO COMPANY’s Domain of Operation


4. “THE DEMO COMPANY’s Offerings


4.1 “THE DEMO COMPANY” Devices

4.2 “THE DEMO COMPANY” Solutions

4.3 Future Product


5. Market Analysis


6. Competitive Analysis


7. Operational Plan


7.1 Location

7.2 Equipments and Devices

7.3 Proposed Team Structure

7.4 Product Development Plan


8. Marketing and Sales Strategies


8.1 Target Market Segment

8.2 Pricing Strategy

8.3 Sales Forecast


9. Financial Plans and Projections


9.1 Important Assumptions

9.2 Sales Plan

9.3 Expenditure Plan

9.4 Projected Monthly Cash Budget for Three Years


Appendix: Current Financial Status of the Company

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