
Best Practices


Access Controlled: Limiting Employee Tracking
RFID access cards can do more than let people into their workplace. If you're collecting information about your staff, here's what you—and they—need to know.
Plan an RFID Field Trial That Delivers
Now there are established best practices to help retailers, manufacturers and distributors determine when and where to use RFID to achieve a return on investment.
Choosing the Right Systems Integrator
There are many companies that will help you with your RFID pilot or deployment, but finding the best one requires matching your needs to the firm's capabilities.
Privacy & Profits
Consumer concerns about privacy invasion could undermine RFID deployments. By following established best practices, companies can protect consumer privacy, avoid bad publicity and enhance customer loyalty.
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.
The End of Trial and Error
The RFID Alliance Lab conducted more than 5,000 tests on the 10 commercially available UHF EPC tags. This article, adapted from the lab’s first report, will help companies make smart decisions about which tags are best for their products.
RFID and Disruptive Innovation
Companies developing an RFID strategy need to understand whether the technology will support the way they do business—or change it entirely, says author Michael E. Raynor.
Collaboration Is Key
For companies to achieve the big benefits RFID technology offers, they will need to work with supply chain partners. The time to start? Now.