The State of Radio Frequency Identification (RFID)

This is the main page for The State of Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) tutorial series. This tutorial series is based on the transcription of a presentation by Mark Roberti, Founder and Editor of RFID Journal, during the RF Summit at NIWeek 2005. The presentation is broken into a six-part RFID tutorial.

Part 1: Introduction to the RFID Industry

RFID is an often misunderstood technology because the definition is very broad and covers a whole bunch of things. People tend to focus on one aspect and call that RFID, and they leave out everything else. RFID, broadly speaking, is the ability to identify remotely something using radio waves, and there’s lot of different ways to do that. Learn more about the RFID Industry >>

Part 2: New EPC Gen2 RFID Standard Emerges

There is a new standard called EPCglobal Gen2, which takes the best of ISO 18000-6 and the best of EPC Gen1. This new standard mixes in new innovation to arrive at the best, most advanced ultra-high frequency protocol ever developed. Learn more about the New EPC Gen2 RFID Standard >>

Part 3: What and Who is Driving the Adoption of RFID?

The competition among big retail companies is huge right now; everybody has an enterprise resource plan (ERP) today. The big companies have the same IT infrastructure, so now they’re looking for the next wave of competitive advantage. Most see RFID as being the one. Learn more about What and Who is Driving the Adoption of RFID>>

Part 4: Real-World Applications for RFID Tags and Readers

Today 8% of stores, 8% of the goods in stores are not on the shelf. Companies can use RFID to reduce out of stocks and therefore save millions of dollars. RFID can also be used to track shipment through every step of the supply chain. Learn more about the Real-World Applications for RFID Tags and Readers>>

Part 5: Trends in the RFID Industry

Companies are investing in new products and new technologies that support RFID. There is investment capital pouring into small start-ups and more and more companies are realizing that RFID goes beyond just the ability to track goods in the supply chain—including merging RFID with various products. Not all RFID trends are popular. There’s a lot of hype and anti-hype in the press and among companies. Learn more about the Trends in the RFID Industry>>

Part 6: Improvement Areas for RFID

Data integrity issues are a problem, so right now companies are dealing with this. Everyone says 2006 is the big year for RFID, but they’ve been saying that for three, four, five years now. There are a lot of issues to work out—we need to get the technology working better. Learn more about the Improvement Areas for RFID >>

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