| Passive UHF RFID Reader Vendor Matrix
ABI Research evaluates manufacturers of passive UHF RFID readers on the basis of innovation and implementation, by selecting multiple criteria related to product and company characteristics as metrics for vendor performance in these two areas. Vendors are assigned numerical scores for each criterion, which are then aggregated to provide a score for vendors on both the innovation and implementation axes. These two scores are subsequently combined to produce an overall score for each vendor; and this overall score results in a relative ranking of each vendor.
Analysis includes only vendors that directly design and deliver products with passive UHF reader capabilities. It excludes vendors of products that provide RFID capabilities only through the optional inclusion of a third-party embeddable reader module, such as many handheld and vehicle-mount/mobile computers. Innovation scoring criteria include:
Implementation scoring criteria include:
Vendors receive a rating score from 0 to 9 for each criterion, based on available information and ABI Research opinion. The number of criteria for implementation and innovation in a Vendor Matrix may differ; however, this does not impact vendor ranking.
The rating scores assigned for each criterion are weighted for their relative importance, and then summed to determine independent raw total scores for implementation and innovation. The raw total scores are then mapped to a range from 0 to 100 on each axis. This mapping does not impact relative vendor ranking – it merely converts those rankings into a normalized scale.
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Rankings     The resulting overall scores are then ranked and used for percentile comparisons. The RMS method, in comparison with a straight summation or average of individual innovation and implementation values, rewards companies for standout performance. For example, using this method a company with an innovation score of 9 and an implementation score of 1 would score considerably higher than a company with a score of 5 in both areas, despite the mean score being the same. ABI Research believes this is appropriate as the goal of these matrices is to highlight those companies that stand out from the others. |
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