Document Overview

The Status of RFID in Western European Verticals

Authors:	Giuliana Folco, Ivano Ortis
Document #	M09M
Published	December, 2005
Document Type	Survey
Number of Pages	25
Number of Figures	1

Overview

Drawing from the results of IDC's European Vertical Market Survey, this study focuses on RFID adoption in retail/wholesale, manufacturing, and transportation/logistics among companies with more than 20 employees.

Areas of investigation include:

Percentage of companies piloting, implementing, or planning to implement RFID
Job functions influencing the RFID process
IT areas of RFID projects requiring investment
Key areas of focus in implementing RFID
Key business processes affected by RFID
Expected benefits of RFID
Reasons not to adopt RFID

Results are given for total Western Europe and for the discrete manufacturing, process manufacturing, retail/wholesale, and transportation/logistics verticals.

"RFID is still in its early stages. However, some 17.6% of companies in manufacturing, retail/wholesale, and logistics are piloting/implementing RFID projects and more are to come, not only in these sectors, but also in several other industries," said Giuliana Folco, research director, IDC European Vertical Markets.

Companies Covered:

None relevant

Regions Covered:

Europe

Categories Covered:

Insights: Global Retail, Technology Directions, Insights: Manufacturing, Domain Focus