April 29, 2004
Wal-Mart Begins RFID Tracking Today
RFID Journal reports:
"Wal-Mart today begins receiving cases and pallets of product with RFID tags carrying Electronic Product Codes (EPCs) at a distribution center in the Dallas/Fortworth area as part of a test being conducted with eight suppliers. The tagged goods will be tracked to the back of seven Wal-Mart stores in Texas.
"Wal-Mart is billing this as a trial, but Simon Langford, Wal-Mart's manager of RFID strategies, told RFID Journal that this is the beginning of the company's planned roll-out of EPC technology." Read more
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