The RFID Roadmap: The Next Steps for Europe

Many European organizations are looking toward RFID technology to drive efficiency and innovation, but key obstacles remain. This book summarizes RFID coordination efforts thus far and offers recommendations for Europe to reach its full RFID potential.

RFID is a key technology for Europe. Today there is a noticeable shift away from the days of RFID pilot projects, and towards a time where organisations are looking to RFID to drive efficiency and innovation. Although Europe is a leading player in the world of RFID technology, several challenges which are preventing RFID from reaching its full potential need to be addressed.

To further the advancement of this technology, coordinated European efforts need to be promoted, specifically in the areas of standardisation, user guidelines, legislation, technology development, and research and development. These themes have been analysed, and clear recommendations have been derived, stating what the different RFID stakeholders can do to support the technology. This book is aimed at decision makers in all fields of society, e.g. in companies, politics, business associations, etc.

The publication is a summary of the results of the coordination action CE RFID - "Coordinating European Efforts in the RFID Value Chain" - and is a network of European RFID technology providers, vendors and end users. It aims at promoting the use of RFID technology and supporting further development. The project was funded by the European Commission under the 6th Framework Programme.

Contains the first comprehensive European study of current RFID topics and is based on contributions from all relevant stakeholder groups Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Autorentext
Peter Gabriel war Gründungsmitglied, der Gruppe 'Genesis' stieg aber 1975 aus, um eine Solokarriere zu verfolgen.

Klappentext

RFID is a key technology for Europe. Today we are witnessing a noticeable shift away from RFID pilot projects of the early days, towards a broad deployment of RFID in order to increase efficiency and innovation of processes. Even though Europe is a leading player in the world of RFID technology, several challenges need to be addressed in order for RFID to reach its full potential. To further the advancement of this technology, coordinated European efforts need to be promoted, especially in the areas of standardisation, user guidelines, legislation, technology development, and research and development.

These themes have been analysed by a network of European RFID technology providers, vendors and end users. The result of their work is summarised in this volume, giving recommendations for RFID stakeholders who wish to support the technology. By providing a comprehensive overview of state of play of RFID in Europe, this book is an indispensable read for decision makers in all areas of society who have to look into RFID.

The publication is a summary of the results of the coordination action CE RFID Coordinating European Efforts in the RFID Value Chain a network of European RFID technology providers, vendors and end users. It aims at promoting the use of RFID technology and supporting further development. The project was funded by the European Commission under the 6th Framework Programme for Research and Technological Development.

Inhalt
Framework for the Classification of RFID Applications and Stakeholders.- Standards.- Implementation and Application Guidelines.- Regulatory Framework.- Technological Research Needs.- R&D Environment.- Conclusion: The Next Steps for Europe.