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    NCR Rolls Out RFID Package for Small and Midsize Manufacturers

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    December 14, 2006
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      As retail RFID mandates promise to force more small- and midsize manufacturers into the radio-frequency identification business, NCR has put together an IT Cliffs Notes for RFID, featuring basic software, an RFID printer, a bar-code scanner and “a startup supply” of Gen2 RFID labels.

      The NCR RFID Retail Compliance package will sell for about $12,000 to $15,000, depending on options selected, said Terry Massey, an NCR sales and marketing director. The $12,000 versions will come with just the printer and software “to do the basic retail mandate,” Massey said, while the $15,000 version “starts getting into handheld readers and fixed readers.”

      The NCR package also includes one year of software telephone support along with installation wizards for configuring printers, software and tags that will allow users, according to an NCR statement, “to avoid costly project management or other custom services.”

      Massey said its designed for small and medium-size manufacturers because “the Wal-Mart 100, they already have this. Theyve either developed it on their own or they partnered.”

      Various industry groups have said that 2006s RFID growth—especially for the core applications in pallet and case tracking—has been much slower than expected. But most reports conclude that industry dynamics will still force RFID to grow in almost all segments, albeit more slowly.

      /zimages/6/28571.gifA new report finds 2006 has been a disappointing year for RFID. Click here to read more.

      “RFID is indeed happening slowly in the marketplace,” NCRs Massey said, but with Wal-Mart planning to add about 700 more suppliers to its RFID program by the end of 2007, RFID growth isnt going to stop. Wal-Marts RFID moves are almost certainly going to be mirrored by competing retailers. In response to Wal-Mart, “were seeing other retailers getting bolder about enforcing their own retail mandates, which will cause a ripple effect.”

      Asked about general RFID market softness, Massey blames much of it on unrealistic expectations. “People got caught up in the hype,” he said, citing the one-size-fits-all fallacies that one form of RFID would be the technology panacea for all retailers and manufacturers. “Weve seen some companies that swear theyre going to make UHF work for everything.”

      Although the answer cant be to force 15 additional infrastructures on a manufacturer, multiple approaches might be appropriate for complicated businesses. The onus then would fall on integration and interpretation to make the different approaches appear as homogeneous as possible.

      Retail Center Editor Evan Schuman can be reached at Evan_Schuman@ziffdavis.com.

      /zimages/6/28571.gifCheck out eWEEK.coms for the latest news, views and analysis on technologys impact on retail.

      Evan Schuman
      Evan Schuman is the editor of CIOInsight.com's Retail industry center. He has covered retail technology issues since 1988 for Ziff-Davis, CMP Media, IDG, Penton, Lebhar-Friedman, VNU, BusinessWeek, Business 2.0 and United Press International, among others. He can be reached by e-mail at Evan.Schuman@ziffdavisenterprise.com.

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