Wednesday, July 20, 2005

RFID & Wal-Mart: What Have We Learned?

"Last January, Wal-Mart launched a new era in supply chain management when 100 or so suppliers began shipping cartons and pallets tagged with radio frequency identification tags (RFID) to a few distribution centers in Texas. We have learned: within certain limitations, the technology works; it pays to define goals and expectations going into an initiative like this; this is difficult stuff; Wal-Mart is committed to RFID." Source: mmh.com