RFID Adoption Still Driven by Compliance, Not Business Case

"Compliance with customer mandates remains a key driver of RFID implementation, according to a new report from AMR Research Inc. In a recent survey, the research concern found that 69% of respondents plan to evaluate, pilot, or implement RFID in 2005, with an average budget of more than $548,000. Average RFID budgets are expected to increase to $771,000 by 2007. Among manufacturers, customer compliance was the leading driver of RFID adoption. Among process manufacturers, 53% identified customer compliance as the top reason for deploying RFID; 31% of discrete manufacturers were driven by compliance issues." Source: frontlinetoday.com