In terms of supply chain, the RFID industry, especially in the US, was really set back after the failure of the Walmart case-level tagging program, which ultimately died in about 2009.

But RFID has been making a strong comeback of late, noticeably in item level apparel tagging for retail, but also in many areas of manufacturing and distribution.

Tom O'Boyle, director of RFID Systems for Barcoding Inc., recently had the chance to share his thoughts on the "hot" RFID appplication areas on a recent "Big Ideas" videocast from our Supply Chain Television Channel and CSCMP on the Internet of Things and RFID.

View O'Boyle's expert and concise summary of these application areas in the clip below excerpted from that Videocast.