# Proud Tek 2026 RFID Industry Adoption Index — N=200 buyer survey across 20 industries

URL: https://proudtek.com/research/2026-rfid-industry-adoption-index/
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Publisher: Proud Tek Co., Limited
Author: Proud Tek Co., Limited
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Image Alt: Mockup of the 2026 RFID Industry Adoption Index report cover — industry-segment color blocks for retail, healthcare, hospitality, pharmaceutical, logistics, plus a respondent-count infographic

## Description
The Proud Tek 2026 RFID Industry Adoption Index is a vendor-neutral, primary-data survey of 200 RFID and NFC buyers, integrators and operators (10...

## FAQ
- Q: When can I cite this study?
  A: The pre-registration (research questions, hypotheses, methodology, instrument) is citable from 2026-05-11 onward — for example, a journalist or analyst can cite 'Proud Tek 2026 RFID Industry Adoption Index, pre-registered 2026-05-11' when describing methodology. Findings become citable in three waves: the first data brief on 2026-09-15 (top-line N=200 numbers), the full report on 2026-10-30 (per-industry findings), and the open dataset on 2027-01-28 (any custom cross-tab a third party derives). Preview chapters published during fieldwork are timestamped and citable but explicitly superseded by the full report.
- Q: How is the sample weighted?
  A: Each respondent is weighted to match the 2026 RFID industry-revenue distribution from IDC Worldwide RFID Forecast (or the latest available year if IDC has not yet released the 2026 update; the substitute year is disclosed in the methodology appendix). Weights are calibrated to industry × organization-size cells; if a cell has fewer than 3 respondents, it is collapsed into the next-larger cell to avoid extreme weights. All weights are published per respondent in the open dataset so any analyst can re-weight.
- Q: Can I license the report under a commercial license instead of CC-BY-4.0?
  A: No. The published report and the open dataset are CC-BY-4.0 only. Commercial reuse with attribution is permitted under the license. We do not offer exclusive or paid-tier access; the 90-day exclusivity window before the dataset release is a methodological control (so the first publication captures attention), not a commercial gate.
- Q: How are conflicts of interest handled?
  A: Three controls. (1) Proud Tek pays for the study from internal marketing R&D budget; no third-party hardware vendor, integrator or client co-funds. (2) The instrument contains zero questions evaluating Proud Tek or any specific RFID vendor — every question is product- and brand-agnostic. (3) Respondents recruited through existing Proud Tek client lists are capped at 10% of the sample, flagged in the dataset, and exclusion-tested in the analysis appendix (results compared with and without that subsample). The funding statement and conflict register are published in section 8 of the methodology appendix.
- Q: How do I get notified when the report publishes?
  A: Three options. (1) Submit your email at /research/participate/ — this also signals interest in being a respondent. (2) Follow the Proud Tek LinkedIn company page — release announcement and the social card go live on 2026-10-30 at 09:00 UTC. (3) Journalists covering the RFID / IoT / supply-chain beat can request embargoed access 72 hours before publication by emailing research@proudtek.com with publication and beat.

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