Independent RFID consultant
An independent RFID consultant gets passive RAIN (UHF) RFID to actually read reliably in your environment — the part that decides whether a deployment hits 99%+ accuracy or quietly fails.
Where RFID projects succeed or fail
With passive RAIN RFID, 80% of success is in the unglamorous detail: choosing the right inlay for your product and packaging, surviving liquids and metal, engineering read zones at portals, and deduplicating reads before they hit your systems. Brand of reader matters far less than tag-on-material testing.
What an RFID consultant does
- Use-case validation: where item-level identity actually pays back
- Tag/inlay selection and on-material read testing before you standardise
- Portal, handheld and fixed read-point design and site survey
- Middleware and integration into WMS/ERP so data is clean and usable
- Vendor-neutral hardware selection (readers, antennas, printers, labels)
Independent, not a reseller
We don’t sell tags, readers or printers and take no vendor margin. That means we’ll tell you when cheap fixed infrastructure beats expensive kit — and when handhelds are all you need.
Frequently asked questions
RAIN RFID or RTLS — which do I need?
RFID gives item-level identity at known read points (doors, conveyors). RTLS gives continuous position. Many operations use both. See our RAIN RFID vs RTLS guide.
Why do RFID pilots fail at scale?
Usually tag selection and read-zone engineering that worked in a clean pilot corner but not in production. A site survey and tag-on-material testing before rollout prevents it.
Do you cover retail item-level RFID?
Yes — source-tagging, inventory accuracy, BOPIS and loss prevention from the DC to the shop floor.
What does it cost?
Tags are cents; the cost is in readers, antennas, install and integration. We size the full system honestly — see our RTLS/RFID cost guide.