A view about RFID technology in Brazil

In times of big business competition, technology can be a very important tool for companies to get an advantage over their competitors. One example is a Radio-Frequency Identification (RFID) technology is getting more investments from companies around world. In Brazil, this technology is getting more investments from companies, universities and the government. This paper will present the real situation about RFID technology in Brazil and some case studies of RFID deployment in Brazilian companies from some sectors, such as aircraft industry, military and auto based industry. The main objective of this paper is to map RFID technology in Brazil, showing our advances and our difficulties. As a result, research on RFID deployments can be used in other research projects. Another result is that companies can analyze these case studies to get a better idea about their own RFID deployment projects.