A recent report produced by the influential Aberdeen Group into the use of RFID suggests that 38% of enterprises using RFID are using it to improve the cost, safety and reliability of work-in-progress.
It also claims that 93% of all organisations surveyed expect RFID to help cut the cost of doing business - as opposed to helping increase revenue. In addition, 72% of respondents reckon the first step in work-in-progress optimisation is understanding how many items are at hand. This is where RFID comes in.
Aberdeen goes on to suggest that whether for calibration of equipment, testing tools for work-in-progress materials, monitoring parts assembly on a chassis or simply for documentation or compliance, RFID delivers business process visibility where there wasn't any before.
It also adds that by using variables it isolates in the report, and through accurate measurement of a process unaided by RFID, it is possible to use studies from results collected both in the field and in test facilities to build a business case, without embarking on a time-consuming and costly pilot program.
