Introduction.Part I: Now That You Can Spell RFID, Here's the Rest of the Story.Chapter 1: Taking the Mystery out of RFID.Chapter 2: Auto-ID Technologies: Why RFID Is King of the Hill.Chapter 3: Making Basic Decisions about Your RFID System.Part II: Ride the Electromagnetic Wave: The Physics of RFID.Chapter 4: What Makes Up an RFID Network.Chapter 5: Understanding How Technology Becomes a Working System.Chapter 6: Seeing Different RFID Systems at Work.Part III: Fitting an RFID Application into Your World.Chapter 7: Seeing the Invisible: The Site Assessment.Chapter 8: Testing One, Two, Three: Developing Your Own Lab.Chapter 9: Tag, You're It: Testing for Best Tag Design and Placement.Chapter 10: Hooked on Phonics: Reader Testing, Selection, and Installation.Chapter 11: Middle Where? It's Not Just about the Readers.Part IV: Raising the Beams for Your Network.Chapter 12: From Pilot to Admiral: Deploying RFID Successfully.Chapter 13: Getting Set to Administer and Maintain Your System.Chapter 14: Ping-pong, the Tags Are Gone: How to Monitor Your RFID Network.Part V: How to Speak Bean Counter.Chapter 15: Making the Business Case.Chapter 16: Fitting RFID into Strategic Plans.Chapter 17: What to Look for When Considering Outsourcing.Part VI: The Part of Tens.Chapter 18: Ten (Or So) Equipment Vendors.Chapter 19: Ten Web Sites for Information on RFID.Chapter 20: Ten Tips from the Experts.Chapter 21: Ten (Or So) RFID Standards and Protocols.Appendix: Glossary of Electrical, Magnetic, and Other Scientific Terms.Index.