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• Does RFID conform to EPCglobal specifications and will it meet Wal-
Mart and U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) requirements?................. 12
• What is ISO's role in regards to RFID?................................................... 12
• What types of regulatory requirements must RFID systems comply?....
• Will the tags work globally?..................................................................... 13
• What are the benefits of read-only vs. read-write tags?.........................
• How does improved visibility free up capital?.........................................
• How is product traceability improved?....................................................
• How does it make more business sense to utilize RFID to tag items
that move through harsher environments?.............................................
• Which tags work better near metal and fluids?....................................... 16
• Why are consumers expected to see cost increases passed to them
when the key purpose of RFID is to lower costs?................................... 16
• How will European supply chain centres be negatively impacted by
regulations imposed by ETSI?................................................................ 16
• How will large entities such as Wal-Mart and U.S. Department of
Defense (DoD) impact the supply chain with regards to RFID?.............
• How can RFID-enabled retail outlets gain a competitive edge over
non-RFID equipped retailers?................................................................. 18
• How can RFID help to reduce human error in hospitals?.......................
• How else can RFID help to prevent counterfeit drugs from entering the
market?................................................................................................... 18
• What are the primary challenges of successfully implementing RFID in
a global marketplace?............................................................................. 24
• Why are anti-RFID protesters against RFID implementation?................ 24
• Are there any benefits to the consumers if the tags are left "active"?..... 24
• Does that mean that privacy activists want RFID technology to
disappear altogether?.............................................................................
• How are tag costs affecting the way many companies in supply chains
are implementing RFID?......................................................................... 25
• What will need to be done to the technical infrastructure to
successfully support RFID?....................................................................
• What will need to take place in order for RFID tag costs to drop?.......... 26
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