What are some compelling applications of RFID?
It may sound trite, but the applications are limited only by people’s imagination. The list of applications where RFID adds value is extremely broad. There is substantial momentum in retail supply chain, primarily focused around the mandates from large retails such as Wal-Mart and Metro. Another strong use is in asset location tracking – where you are looking to see the actual location of an asset within a defined region such as a warehouse or hospital floor. Sybase iAnywhere is seeing good uptake in healthcare, particularly around asset tracking, and in cold-chain, which is the supply chain of perishable goods. In addition to compliance-driven applications, many companies are looking to RFID to solve complex business problems. For example, Correos, the Spanish postal service, is using RFID Anywhere to track mail through its 15 Automated Processing Centers throughout the country to improve the efficiency of their service. Such applications leverage RFID Anywhere as a platform for devel
