Executives from Wal-Mart are expected to aggressively push for the adoption of RFID technology during a presentation at an upcoming event for retailers, suppliers and distributors, sources said. Wal-Mart's endorsement of RFID gives an important...
P&G is already piloting product tracking programs with customers such as retail giant Wal-Mart Stores, which has demanded that its suppliers have some level of RFID technology in place by 2005 so the company can better manage its own massive...
shows that just one quarter of Wal-Mart's suppliers - who were ordered by the retail giant to be RFID-enabled by 1 January next year - will actually be using the technology. It's not surprising that suppliers may as yet be reluctant to fork out to...
One such benefit is that RFID means better supply chain visibility and that means less out of stock items - which Wal-Mart estimate as comprising about 8.3 per cent of items worldwide. Speaking today at a conference organised by not-for-profit RFID...
However, while Wal-Mart, rival retailer Target and even the US Department of Defense have unveiled plans to gradually introduce RFID, Metro fancies itself as the only company currently planning to use the technology throughout its entire supply...
High-profile retail supply chain RFID projects currently underway - such as Wal-Mart in the US, Tesco in the UK and Metro in Germany - have brought plenty of attention to the technology. There are many reasons to use RFID in the retail sector...