Wal-Mart's RFID directive
Real AudioLast year, the nation's largest retailer mandated that its top 100 suppliers begin attaching radio frequency identification tags to the products shipped to some Wal-Mart stores by January 1st, 2005.
RFID tags transmit information about the contents of a package or container to computers. RFID is supposed to make inventory tracking less laborious and more efficient.
Wal-Mart recently briefed analysts on the progress of its RFID pilot program, including Christine Overby with Forrester Research.
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