The survey instrument that was sent to WERC member organizations was filled out by
people rangingfromstaff specialists to presidents of the organization.Asfar as respondent
position with their present organization is concerend, as Figure 1 shows, 18 percent of
respondents (21 out of 120) hold an operational level position (staff specialist/other),
9 percent of respondents (ten out of 120) hold a managerial or similar position and
73 percent of respondents (89 out of 120) hold very senior positions (VP/Director/General
Manager/Owner/President) within their organization. Hence a majority of survey
respondents belonged to a group that is themost likely to have information (and influence)
regarding companies’ RFID projects and implementation plans.