What's Different at RFID Smart Labels USA 2006

BOSTON, Mass—RFID is acknowledged as an enabling technology impacting many areas of human endeavor. Thousands of companies supply solutions throughout the RFID value chain today, yet it is curious to monitor the industry as it evolves: Some applications are vastly oversupplied with little product value offered. Others are undersupplied despite high value tags being requested by users. East Asia will become the largest market for RFID yet few know of what is really happening there. Many large niches exist which have few system providers with appropriate experience. Most do not know of the largest and most profitable orders of RFID so far and ones that are emerging—and who is placing them. Many chase shadows. Few know of the 10 different types of chipless RFID technologies and the dozens of companies developing them, or of the impact or profitability of active RFID. How do you make RFID smart labels to help meet the real demand? How do you add value to RFID smart labels to make money now? What is coming next that you need to take into account before investing further in RFID?