What benefits does the RFID Research Center offer its sponsors?
Neutral, independent, and unbiased research
Agility: we can move very quickly on research projects and can respond to various project types
Flexibility: teams of researchers can be assembled to handle many different types of projects
Breadth: access to researchers from many different disciplines means a breadth of projects can be addressed
Depth: expertise in disciplines means a depth of knowledge in particular domains
Exposure of RFID products and services to students, faculty, business community via the lab
Participation in research projects; insights from these projects
Early access to research findings (from in-progress research, as it occurs and before it is released broadly; access to completed projects before broad release).
Example current projects:
- proof-of-concept reporting software for RFID reads vis-a-vis a product's supply chain life cycle
- case study of vendor adoption practices
- creation of readiness index to evaluate a company's ability to effectively utilize RFID
- technology matrix to identify combinations of technologies that provide appropriate performance (i.e., what tags, reader, antenna, environment combinations work well)
- business case / ROI research for suppliers and retailers
