Half of all enterprises surveyed report that they will have between 2 and 10 of their manufacturing sites RFID-enabled by 2008, according to a new Aberdeen Group research report.

According to Using RFID, Key findings in the research, underwritten by BEA Systems, Odin Technologies, Reva Systems, and Xterprise Inc., demonstrate the challenges of scaling up RFID implementations and also how companies overcome them are:

-RFID middleware is evolving. An increasing number of companies plan on using network appliances and smart readers to manage RFID technology and administrative processes.

-Survey participants most aggressively adopting the RFID agree that scalability and interoperability with other enterprise technologies was crucial to its expanded use.