New Study Illustrates Business Benefits for RFID Baggage Handling Systems in Airline Industry

"BearingPoint, Inc., a leading global management and technology consulting firm, announced today that it has completed a feasibility study to help airlines and airports quantify the potential business benefits and return on investment for Radio Frequency Identification-based (RFID) baggage handling systems. The study, conducted this summer in conjunction with the German airline Hapagfly, and the Hannover Airport in Germany, was the first to benefit from a new BearingPoint-developed methodology and tool set that provides analysis of quantitative cost issues as well as considering qualitative service issues that airlines and airports should take into account when evaluating RFID-based systems. Though many successful RFID technology pilot programs have been conducted for the aviation industry, the focus of most programs has been on the ability of the technology to perform at an acceptable level and to measure reliability of equipment. BearingPoint's new methodology goes a step further, providing analysis of the business and financial impacts of implementing an RFID-enabled baggage handling solution." Source: prnewswire.com