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Hi!

An interesting article from Aberdeen Group research, regarding RFID, deployments

“….A critical factor in such success is a greater focus on business process visibility, improvement, and optimization. Among Best-in-Class companies using RFID identified by Aberdeen Group research, 100% reduced process failure incidents by at least 20%, and improved process throughput by at least 10%. These positive results set the stage for broader RFID deployments in 2008 and beyond.”

It’s really interesting, in retail, mentioning the motivators to RFID: compliance losses importance, while business process visibility, customer service and asset tracking raises to the top.

In a past contribution regarding RFID, I mentioned what in my opinion are the key factors to consider in an RFID project:

• “close the loop”
• benefits for all participants
• concrete and practical scenario where to deploy and measure ROI
• change management: the benefit of RFID is also related with business processes improvements

What do you think?

–> get the article!

IDTechEx reviewed the status of RFID in 2007. The market for RFID grew to $5 billion in 2007, mainly powered by a peak in the use of RFID tags in the Chinese national ID card. China ordered $2 billion in cards and infrastructure, making China the biggest consumer of RFID in 2007. Other RFID growth showed up in sectors such as healthcare, financial, security and safety.More than 500 new RFID projects in 101 countries were launched in 2007. These projects involve more than 4,000 organizations. The average project involves more than 300,000 tags. The United States retained its lead with the largest number of projects, while China left from number five to number three, overtaking Japan and Germany. The new projects range from tagging pets and livestock to 37.5 billion tag to go on cigarette packets.

Bob Metcalfe - Con él llego el estándar
Siendo un joven ingeniero de Xerox PARC, Metcalfe co-inventó Ethernet en 1973, sin siquiera intuir que su método tecnológico para conectar ordenadores en red local acabaría convirtiéndose en el sinónimo de términos como networking y LAN. Hoy, el estándar sigue ganando batallas incluso en el segmento de los operadores de telecomunicaciones, con velocidades de hasta 10 Gbps y una presencia creciente en las redes metropolitanas, las redes de acceso y las WAN. En 1979, Metcalfe fundó 3Com para explotar comercialmente su invento y, desde entonces, es uno de los visionarios más respetados de la industria. Colaborador de IDG durante mucho tiempo, hoy ayuda a Polaris Venture Partners a impulsar start-ups innovadoras. Gracias por todo, Bob, muchas gracias.
Fuente: Blog Tecnologico (Tendencias99)

Bob Metcalfe - The standard came with him
Beign a young engineer in Xerox PARC, Metcalfe co-invent the Ethernet in 1973, without knowing that his technical method to connect computers will become in the synonym of new terms such networking and LAN. Today, the standard still is beating including in the telecomm movers & operators, with high speeds till 10 Gbps y and increasing presence in metropolitan networks, access networks, and WAN. In 1979, Metcalfe found 3Com for commercial purposes and from this point on, is one of the most respected visionary in the industry. Contributor of IDG for long time, today helps Polaris Venture Partners to imple innovative start-ups. Thank you very much, Bob, thank you.

Fuente/Source: Blog Tecnologico (Tendencias99)

—>  Rob Metcalfe in Wikipedia

Ayer estuve con un amigo y colega, con muchos años de experiencia en retail (y se mantiene joven!). Un gustazo hablar con él, como siempre.

Dijo mi amigo: “el retail es sobre todo pragmatismo, “hands-on”, práctica”. Bueno… es una manera muy educada de calificar este mundo del retail en que nos movemos… J Sí, el mundo de retail es praxis, entre otras cosas… Pero como todas las industrias y compañías, y haciendo mío el famoso “think globally, act locally”, debe mirar hacia el futuro y trabajar en el presente. Explotar (gestionar) y Explorar (innovar) son ambas necesarias.

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Bueno, otra aportación, que espero sea interesante para tí. Un artículo público, de Gartner, sobre Tendencias en las Inversiones Tecnológicas en el sector de Retail. Tiene el sugerente título de “The Customer-Driven Enterprise”.

Hi! There is another contribution, hope interesting for you. A public article, from Gartner, about Technologies Investement Trends in Retail vertical. The title is suggestive: “The Customer-Driven Enterprise”.

Incluye los siguientes capítulos / Including the chapters:

1. Top Technology initatives for 2007
2. Key action items for the next 18 months
3. Major Challenges in the next 3 years 
4. IT obstacles that stand in the way of productivity
5. Current and future investment plans by IT category
6. Multi-Channel trends

—> RIS_Retail TI study 2007