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Industry: Email Alert RSS FeedWal-Mart shows flexibility with RFID mandate.(Manufacturing News)(Radio Frequency Identification Equipment)(Wal-Mart Stores Inc.)(Brief Article)
Food Engineering, December, 2004
The public discussion of the status of the Wal-Mart RFID project has been misleading, concludes New England-based ARC Advisory Group after surveying 24 companies that were actively investing in the EPC RFID (Electronic Product Code Radio Frequency Identification) project.
According to Steve Banker, service director for supply chain management at ARC, "The impression conveyed to the public by many pundits is that all Wal-Mart SKUs bound for three of the retailer's Texas distribution centers from the top 100 suppliers will be RFID tagged starting January 1. This is incorrect" In fact, Banker states, in negotiations with its top 100 suppliers, "Wal-Mart has shown more flexibility than many anticipated."
Wal-Mart has mandated that by January 2005 its top...
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