One of the most important factors encouraging the spread of RFID in industry, commerce and the public sector has been the extent to which standardisation has increased.
Standardisation helps to:
- reduce costs by creating a larger market for products & increasing competition
- simplify procurement by identifying the capabilities of products clearly
- increase interoperability, making multi-company solutions feasible
Standards in the RFID world exist to cover a number of areas and standards are developed and promoted by a number of different bodies. The most important of these are shown below.
