Comments on: RFID and the Future of Local Inventory http://gesterling.wordpress.com/2008/04/14/rfid-and-the-future-of-local-inventory/ Greg Sterling's Thoughts on Online and Offline Media Wed, 09 Jul 2008 14:53:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU By: Greg Sterling http://gesterling.wordpress.com/2008/04/14/rfid-and-the-future-of-local-inventory/#comment-130446 Greg Sterling Mon, 14 Apr 2008 17:50:56 +0000 http://gesterling.wordpress.com/?p=3250#comment-130446 Once the infrastructure is enabled, lots of possibilities open up. Once the infrastructure is enabled, lots of possibilities open up.

]]> By: Steve Cissel http://gesterling.wordpress.com/2008/04/14/rfid-and-the-future-of-local-inventory/#comment-130440 Steve Cissel Mon, 14 Apr 2008 16:01:12 +0000 http://gesterling.wordpress.com/?p=3250#comment-130440 The Lawn and Garden Industry needs RFID in a big way. In my opinion, the RFID manufacturers need to deploy a performance-based model to gain broad adoption. The RFID manufacturer needs to give away the RFID tags on the front end so that ALL products have RFID tags. Then, it would make sense for a business location to buy the software and hardware needed to manage inventory. Then, the RFID manufacturer recoup's the cost of the tag from the overhead savings as the products goes out the door. I know is sounds easier-than-done, but to put a cost burden of a nickel per RFID tag per item at the expense of the manufacturer is too high a barrier-to-entry for broad adoption. Steve The Lawn and Garden Industry needs RFID in a big way.

In my opinion, the RFID manufacturers need to deploy a performance-based model to gain broad adoption.

The RFID manufacturer needs to give away the RFID tags on the front end so that ALL products have RFID tags.

Then, it would make sense for a business location to buy the software and hardware needed to manage inventory.

Then, the RFID manufacturer recoup’s the cost of the tag from the overhead savings as the products goes out the door.

I know is sounds easier-than-done, but to put a cost burden of a nickel per RFID tag per item at the expense of the manufacturer is too high a barrier-to-entry for broad adoption.

Steve

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