Returnable Transport Items (RTI) Market Opportunity Assessment

Closed Loop Foundations for Open Supply Chain RFID

This Research Brief is part of the RFID & Contactless Research Service


The potential for RFID RTI tagging is significant. There are around 1 billion RTI’s in use around the world in supply chains where they represent a simple but key element for supply chain operations on a daily basis.

Shrinkage alone is a major driver of RFID RTI tagging, and asset management will be the foundation application for RTI tagging over the next few years. However, it is not the only application that deployed systems will be expected to deliver. Further out, as customers and supply chain partners are won over to the added value of supply chain visibilty possible with RFID, the same RTI tracking systems will provide a key platform for tracking shipments transported on tagged RTI's.

Trials have taken place around the world and there are signs that over the next 12 months several large scale deployments will be underway. Retailers, postal operators, manufacturers and RTI pooling companies are increasingly confident that a UHF Gen 2-based system can deliver a stable platform.

ABI Research believes that the next 12 months will see a strong rise in RTI tagging with a number of projects under consideration that could result in many millions of RTIs being RFID tagged in 2008. While UHF tagging will predominate whether tags are retrofitted or embedded within new RTIs remains an issue to be solved on a case-by-case basis.

This research brief examines the drivers of and potential for RFID adoption in RTI tracking. It includes case study examples and discusses key considerations for potential project planning




Executive Summary

Market Update

Section 1.
RFID AND RTIS
1.1 Definitions: Open, Closed Loops
1.2 Market under Examination
1.3 Key Supply-Chain Verticals
1.3.1 Automotive
1.3.2 Fresh Goods Retail
1.3.3 Postal and Express Delivery
1.3.4 RTI Pooling

Section 2.
DRIVING RTI RFID
2.1 Why Tag?
2.1.1 Asset Protection
2.2 Asset Utilization
2.2.1 Goods Tracking

Section 3.
THE REQUIREMENTS AND STATUS OF RTI TAGGING
3.1 Tags
3.1.1 Tag Data
3.1.2 Active or Passive
3.2 Readers
3.2.1 Investment
3.2.2 Project Cost Split
3.2.3 Structure

Section 4.
ISSUES AFFECTING ADOPTION
4.1 RTI Tagging
4.2 Early Adopters
4.2.1 Retrofit or New Unit Tagging
4.2.2 Dealing with Tag Malfunctions

Report Code: RB-RFID-111

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Number of Pages: 14
Number of Tables, Charts and Figures: 3
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Release Date: 4Q 2007
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