Asia Pacific RFID Market

Frost & Sullivan, June 2009, Pages: 202

This research service gives an in depth analysis of the Asia Pacific RFID markets in Asia Pacific. It provides an overview of the market by applications and by product segment, from 2005-2015.

Research Overview
This Frost & Sullivan research service titled Asia Pacific RFID Market provides market analysis by product type and applications. In this research, Frost & Sullivan's expert analysts thoroughly examine the following markets: readers, middleware, and tags.

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Market Overview

Government Backing to See Asia Pacific RFID Markets through a Lean Phase

The radio frequency identification (RFID) market has taken a hit with a drop in exports, forcing manufacturers to take drastic measures to stay afloat. Most of them have tightened their budgets on technology-related investments, creating further hurdles to product uptake. Market participants, however, can take heart from the considerable support offered by the governments in the form of direct funding for vendor initiatives or subsidies to end users intending to adopt this technology. They also provide encouragement schemes in proof of concepts and pilot projects. "The Japanese and South Korean governments have promoted extensive research in RFID to keep track of their high-valued assets," says the analyst of this research. "South Korea is more aggressive than others, and the government is active in initiating funding for R&D, and for actual deployments." There has also been increasing government sector potential for active RFID deployments in Australia, considering the number of high-valued mobile assets the country owns under various government ministries. More government-backed initiatives and deployments are expected to be rolled out in the next five years across Asia Pacific, as RFID's popularity continues to grow across the region.

Despite these government initiatives, the high capital costs and system integration issues deter vendors and retailers. RFID companies should not fail to justify the business return on investment (ROI) in their eagerness to focus on technology. There is huge potential for newer applications, where vendors need to demonstrate the uniqueness and innovation of their systems and their ability to provide an appropriate solution to a specific problem. RFID manufacturers have to work with IT experts to develop cost-effective ways to manage data and integrate it with the back-end systems. “The integration of technologies is increasingly gaining significance due to the need to ensure complete safety and the inclusion of more applications in a single system,” notes the analyst. “Active RFID enables a new set of applications when combined with passive and bar code solutions.” Other integration technologies include RFID with closed circuit television (CCTV), smart cards, biometrics, and other access control systems.

Meanwhile, the market has made steady progress toward introducing standards, which has ensured that middleware solutions are better equipped to support the technology than it used to three or four years ago. Standards have also made certain that communication with the hardware is more structured, enabling interoperability. The establishment of standards has solved issues related to quality and technical glitches, raising the performance of both low frequency (LF) and high frequency (HF) to a credible level. “Ultra high frequency (UHF) is now the emerging technology, as various mandates in the retail industry are leading to its extensive adoption,” remarks the analyst. “Improvisations on overall tag architecture and form factors have also benefited the RFID inlay industry, increasing growth.”

Market Sectors

Expert Frost & Sullivan analysts thoroughly examine the following market sectors in this research:

- Readers
- Middleware
- Tags

1. Executive Summary
1.1 Market Overview
1.2 Market Drivers/Market Restraints
1.3 Asia Pacific RFID Market: Revenue Forecasts
1.4 Asia Pacific RFID Market: Percent of Revenues by Vertical
1.5 Asia Pacific RFID Market: Percent of Revenues by Type
1.6 Competitive Landscape – Illustrative List of RFID Industry Participants
1.7 RFID Outlook During Current Recession
1.8 Way Forward

2. Frost & Sullivan’s RFID Definitions

3. Total Asia Pacific RFID Market
3.1 Market Engineering Measurement Analysis
3.2 Asia Pacific RFID Market: Market Drivers Ranked in Order of Impact
3.3 Asia Pacific RFID Market: Market Restraints Ranked in Order of Impact

4. Asia Pacific RFID Market Forecasts
4.1 RFID Tags
4.2 RFID Passive Tags
4.3 RFID Active Tags
4.4 RFID Semi-passive Tags
4.5 RFID Readers
4.6 RFID Passive Readers
4.7 RFID Active Readers
4.8 RFID Hybrid Readers
4.9 RFID Middleware

5. Asia Pacific Vertical Market Forecasts
5.1 Asia Pacific RFID Market: Vertical Markets Defined
5.2 Asia Pacific RFID Market: Vertical Market Analysis
5.3 Security, Asset Tracking, and Access Control
5.4 Transportation
5.5 Healthcare
5.6 Livestock
5.7 Supply Chain Management
5.8 Others

6. Asia Pacific RFID Standards and Regulations
6.1 RFID Standards
6.2 ISO Standards
6.3 UHF Regulatory Status

7. Asia Pacific RFID Price Analysis
7.1 RFID Tags
7.2 RFID Readers
7.3 RFID Middleware

8. Asia Pacific RFID Market and Technology Trends
8.1 RFID Tag Trends
8.2 RFID Reader Trends
8.3 RFID Middleware Trends

9. Competitive Structure
9.1 Value Chain
9.2 Key Competitive Factors
9.3 RFID Tags
9.4 RFID Readers
9.5 RFID Middleware

10. Conclusion

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