RFID Applications, Impacts and Country Initiatives

Citation
OECD, RFID Applications, Impacts and Country Initiatives (June 17-18, 2008) (full-text).

Overview
Eight major fields of RFID application are analyzed in this study, comprising:


 * 1) asset utilization, where mobile assets are tagged for their use along the supply chain;
 * 2) asset monitoring and maintenance, where mostly fixed and high value assets are tagged to store information, e.g. for maintenance purposes;
 * 3) item flow control in processes, where RFID tags are attached to items which are moving along the supply chain;
 * 4) inventory audit, for example in warehouses where pallets are tagged to improve the speed and efficiency of stock taking; # theft control;
 * 5) authentication to provide secure identification mechanisms for persons and objects;
 * 6) payment systems to secure transactions; and
 * 7) automatic display of information where items are tagged to provide additional information on products and services when read.