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Small to medium-sized businesses (SMBs) are rapidly exploring ways to adopt RFID for customer applications, according to the Information Technology Solution Providers Alliance (ITSPA).



"SMBs in a variety of industries ranging from retail and manufacturing to defense consulting and logistics are becoming increasingly aware of RFID's acceptance and success at the medical and retail enterprise level," said ITSPA President Russell Morgan. "This trend is encouraging SMBs to turn their focus to RFID technology and how it can potentially reduce and even eliminate inefficiencies in the supply chain that cost millions of dollars each year."



RFID deployments have become a top priority in many major hospitals and among retail stores both nationally and worldwide, ITSPA claims. RFID solutions, implemented quickly and easily using a healthcare institution's or retail chain's LAN infrastructure, provide fast and effective deployment and servicing of critical assets such as equipment and key personnel.



"RFID solutions adopted by medical and retail enterprises integrate seamlessly with workflow and business process automation software," Morgan said. "This capability provides real-time location information and asset tracking to optimize equipment investments and improve operating efficiency.



"The bottom line is that if major medical and retail enterprises can use RFID to improve response times and improve customer services, so can SMBs that are focused on improving workflow, reducing time-consuming processes and reigning in costs."



According to a Gartner Dataquest study last year, 40 percent of "inventory-intensive" SMBs in the United States will have a wireless tracking solution such as RFID by the end of 2005. The study also revealed that RFID can reduce SMB location errors by 90 percent, increase productivity by 12-15 percent and decrease inventory-counting time by 40 percent.