Accenture Starts Pharmaceutical RFID Group
Accenture Helps Form RFID Industry Group To Evaluate Technology’s Value In Pharmaceutical Industry
“Accenture (NYSE: ACN – News) today announced the formation of a group of industry leaders that will work together to evaluate the potential of new radio frequency identification (RFID) technology to enhance pharmaceutical product manufacturing, distribution and retail operations within the United States.”
RFID News editors view pharmaceutical RFID systems as the next wave of RFID deployments. Widely regarded by industry, government and activists groups as RFID’s most noble cause, industry analysts have done little to define an actual value of the market. Accenture, a consistant if stumbling leader in warehouse and item-level research has formed a research group to do just this. The goals outlined:
- “Enhancing the safety and security of the pharmaceutical supply chain”
- “Improving the process of pharmaceutical returns management”
- “Increasing the efficiency of distribution operations”