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Issue 910 | | Will Smith, Editor |  |
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Editor's Note: Today's top story is a new survey by ABI Research that found a number of interesting shifts in RFID adoption trends, such as the waning importance of compliance as a driver and a projected 28 percent increase in RFID spending in 2009.
TransCore has introduced the eZGo Anywhere, an RFID toll collection tag that it hopes will further interoperability among toll collection systems around the US. "We've come to expect and enjoy interoperability of systems such as with cellular phone or ATM services, yet any form of national interoperability among toll systems has previously eluded us," John Simler, president of TransCore's Intelligent Transportation Systems Group, was quoted in the announcement. "With the eZGo Anywhere multi-protocol tag, toll authorities can now offer inter-state drivers, both commercial and private, the ability to easily pass through toll gates without needing to carry a bag full of tags." TransCore is a leader in RFID toll collection systems, which are deployed in 41 countries worldwide.
Axcess International today announced that its Micro-Wireless IDs have been deployed across 30 mines in the state of West Virginia, where the tags will provide real-time visibility of miners. The solution enables the mines to comply with The Miner Act of 2006, which was passed to improve mining safety after the Sego Mine tragedy in January 2006 claimed 12 miners' lives.
Lastly, a reminder: SkyeTek's webinar, covering the real-time visibility of assets and inventory using RFID, will take place tomorrow from 2-3pm EDT. You can register here. |
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Survey Finds Major Shifts in RFID Adoption Trends
By John Burnell
Compliance programs are no longer the leading driver behind RFID implementations, and cost is no longer the leading criteria in tag selection, according to a new survey from ABI Research. The survey of 186 RFID end users worldwide will form the basis of the Oyster Bay, New York firm's latest series of RFID industry research reports. Besides the changes in RFID implementation and purchase decisions, the survey also found users are planning to significantly raise their RFID spending, and will support a diversity of applications.
"Compliance is not the leading driver this time around. That's a first for the past several years," ABI Research director Mike Liard told RFID Update. Users are planning RFID projects in many industries and applications, Liard said in ABI's announcement. "RFID opportunities are broad in today's market. Virtually every economic sector and industry where data needs to be collected or objects need to be tracked holds the potential for RFID applications."
Survey respondents plan to spend about 28 percent more on RFID projects in 2009 as they did in 2008. "RFID expenditures are increasing, and it's happening for all types of users and applications," Liard said. Based on data from previous research, earlier this year ABI predicted 15 percent compound annual growth for RFID through 2013 (see ABI Research Finds Widespread RFID Market Growth). The two studies had different respondents, which accounts for the differences in projections. Liard said respondents to the most recent study skewed more heavily to passive UHF RFID technology users, and the earlier one included a broader base, with more users in smaller, slower-growing markets.
Support for multiple applications in the broad RFID market, which is no longer dominated by customer-dictated shipment tagging requirements, shows that users are recognizing RFID's potential to improve their operations, according to Liard. "Business process improvement was the number one adoption driver, not customer compliance," he said. "After that, users are motivated by scalability and extensibility -- they want systems that can grow beyond pilots -- followed by ease of integration. When we asked about business benefits, we learned most people are using RFID for business process improvements and efficiency gains, improving asset visibility, security, and regulatory compliance, such as Sarbanes-Oxley and e-pedigree. When we spoke with banks and financial firms, it wasn't long before Sarbanes-Oxley came up in the conversation."
ABI has been conducting an RFID end user survey for several years, and produces multiple reports on various technology trends. Besides identifying a changing application mix, this year's survey also identified changes in what motivates users to purchase specific tags. Previously, price was the leading factor in the tag purchase decision, but it fell to third in this year's study, behind read accuracy rate and range.
"For the first time, cost wasn't number one on the list," Liard said. "Performance is outweighing price [across applications and industries]."
The survey also found RFID buyers want to purchase their RFID systems as part of a total solution and prefer not to deal with multiple vendors for hardware, software and integration. This is consistent with a report ABI issued earlier in the year, which analyzed implications for firms in the RFID distribution channel (see ABI Warns RFID Integrators to Adapt to Tech Maturation).
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