The Right RFID Reader Strategy
Companies need to understand the reader requirements for each of their major RFID applications and the features of common types of readers—and then match them.
By Mary Catherine O’Connor
Apr. 1, 2005—You’ve done your business case analysis and proved the applications will deliver a return through pilot tests of the technology. Now it’s time to roll out your company’s first RFID applications based on Electronic Product Code technologies. The big question: What type of readers should you purchase?
Of course, there’s no one right answer. Each company has to examine its position in the supply chain, the applications RFID will be used for and where readers will be installed within its facilities.
Choosing the right ultra-high frequency (UHF) readers—which range from $500 to $3,000 each, depending on their features—is critical to the success of any implementation, and having a reader strategy can help keep down the cost of a project. Ideally, placing one large order for readers that will work for all or most of your applications is more cost-effective than, say, buying a few readers for your dock doors, then others for your choke points and still others for your forklifts.
This special report gives companies that are ready to roll out UHF EPC technology insights into which readers to choose to meet current RFID deployments—with an eye toward saving money by investing in hardware that will also meet future RFID needs. The chart on the next page features 16 current readers and their specifications, all upgradable to the second-generation UHF EPC standard (Gen 2).
Apr. 1, 2005—You’ve done your business case analysis and proved the applications will deliver a return through pilot tests of the technology. Now it’s time to roll out your company’s first RFID applications based on Electronic Product Code technologies. The big question: What type of readers should you purchase?
Of course, there’s no one right answer. Each company has to examine its position in the supply chain, the applications RFID will be used for and where readers will be installed within its facilities.
Choosing the right ultra-high frequency (UHF) readers—which range from $500 to $3,000 each, depending on their features—is critical to the success of any implementation, and having a reader strategy can help keep down the cost of a project. Ideally, placing one large order for readers that will work for all or most of your applications is more cost-effective than, say, buying a few readers for your dock doors, then others for your choke points and still others for your forklifts.
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This special report gives companies that are ready to roll out UHF EPC technology insights into which readers to choose to meet current RFID deployments—with an eye toward saving money by investing in hardware that will also meet future RFID needs. The chart on the next page features 16 current readers and their specifications, all upgradable to the second-generation UHF EPC standard (Gen 2).
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