Wal-Mart bullish on EPCs.(Retail briefs)(electronic product codes)(Brief Article)

Home Textiles Today, May, 2004

After 18 days, Wal-Mart claimed success in its initial roll-out of electronic product codes (EPCs). "To date, no glitches--only positive glimpses of what's to come," said Linda Dillman, executive vice president and chief information officer for Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. "During this test phase, we're experimenting with various tag types and tag placements to see how they impact readability on various products in a non-laboratory environment.

"We want to make this information available to our suppliers early on, so that they can incorporate it into their efforts to meet the readability goals we've established," she continued. "From the start, we will be targeting 100 percent readability of pallets at dock doors and 100 percent readability of cases on our...

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