Footwear Industry Footwear Industry - empirica
Footwear Industry Footwear Industry - empirica
Footwear Industry Footwear Industry - empirica
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<strong>Footwear</strong><br />
State of the art in RFID, drivers and barriers<br />
The diffusion of RFID is still very limited at a general level and among footwear<br />
companies. Only very large companies have started introducing RFID-based system for<br />
tracking products.<br />
Exhibit 4-2: Companies using RFID<br />
0 2 4 6 8 10<br />
Total <strong>Footwear</strong> (EU-10)<br />
2<br />
Micro (1-9 empl.)<br />
1<br />
Small (10-49 empl.)<br />
2<br />
Medium (50-249 empl.)<br />
1<br />
Large (250+ empl.)<br />
9<br />
All 10 sectors (EU-10)<br />
2<br />
Food & beverages<br />
Pulp & paper<br />
3<br />
3<br />
ICT manufacturing<br />
7<br />
Consumer electronics<br />
2<br />
Shipbuilding & repair<br />
7<br />
Telecommunication<br />
6<br />
Hospitals<br />
4<br />
Base (100%): Companies using computers. N (for sector, EU-10) = 769.<br />
Weighting: Totals (for the sector and for all 10 sectors) are weighted by employment and should be read as<br />
"enterprises comprising …% of employment in the sector(s)". Figures for size-bands are in % of enterprises<br />
from the size-band. Questionnaire reference: D3<br />
Source: e-Business W@tch (Survey 2006)<br />
Several reasons explain the limited application of RFID. Beyond cost implications, there<br />
is the problem of improving and stabilizing the technology as well as of working out<br />
process and data synchronisation. The implementation of RFID by footwear manufacturers<br />
includes not only the cost of tags and chips but involves the purchasing of other<br />
equipment, middleware, infrastructure, consulting, system changes, training and<br />
technology maintenance.<br />
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