Weber spearheads RFID effort.(Initiative 2004)(Weber Marketing Systems ready for radio frequency identification )(Brief Article)

Official Board Markets, January, 2004

In the wake of Wal-Mart's mandate requiring that its top 100 suppliers place radio frequency identification (RFID) tags on all cases and pallet loads by January 2005, Weber Marking Systems, Arlington Heights, Ill., has established what it calls Initiative 2004, a program aimed at providing the systems and supplies that will help companies meet RFID compliance standards.

"Wal-Mart was the first to set a deadline for RFID compliance," says Brad Weber, president of Weber Marking Systems. "The Department of Defense was next (also for 2005), and we feel that many ...