TEXAS TAGGED AS START POINT FOR RFID ROLLOUT

摘要

Wal-mart stores inc. executives last week met with about 125 suppliers to provide further details on its radio-frequency identification mandate, which calls for its top suppliers to use RFID tags on pallets and cases by January 2005. At meetings in Bentonville, Ark., the retailer laid out a plan for a phased implementation starting in Texas. Three Wal-Mart distribution centers and 150 stores in the Lone Star State will be the initial focus of the rollout. The nation's largest retailer then wants to rapidly bring on line about 100 additional distribution centers and 3,000 stores by the end of 2005.