Working together to further improve supply chain efficiencies and customer loyalty, Carrefour, Intel Corporation, METRO Group and Tesco have formed a European working group to accelerate the adoption of Electronic Product Code (EPC) technology, which will help improve inventory control, leading to reduced operating costs and increased profit margins. The supply chain is becoming increasingly […]

Opening of Texas-Based RFID Test Center Kicks Off 12 Month Countdown to Meet Wal-Mart Compliance Requirements NEW YORK, NATIONAL RETAIL FEDERATION CONFERENCE, Jan. 12 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ – For the top 100 suppliers to Wal-Mart, the first item on their list of new year’s resolutions likely reads “become RFID compliant.” To help quell their fears and quickly […]

New York, NY. January 13, 2004. SMARTCODE™ Corp., the world leading developer of low cost RFID tags and readers, announced today the world’s smallest RFID Integrated Circuit (IC). The announcement took place at the The National Retail Federation (NRF) 93rd Annual Convention, at the Jacob. K. Javits Convention Center in New York City. The new […]

RFID Journal – Henkel Sticks by Wal-Mart “As one of Wal-Mart’s top 100 suppliers, Henkel falls under the retailer’s mandate to put RFID tags carrying Electronic Product Codes (EPCs) on pallets and cases delivered to Wal-Mart starting in 2005. However, according to Henkel, that deadline wasn’t the impetus for its RFID deployment.” RFID Journal highlights […]

New European regulations that mandate the ability to trace the origins of food have now been put in place to control the food chain, solve food scares quickly, and prevent bioterrorism. In Europe, the ‘Health and Consumer Protection’ directorate will come into law on January 1st, 2005, while the ‘Bioterrorism Act’ in the USA came […]

Pioneer in Development of RFID Technology, Sanjay Sarma, Visits Infosys; Promotes Benefits of RFID BANGALORE, India–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Dec. 29, 2003–Infosys Technologies Ltd. (Nasdaq:INFY) today announced its solution for RFID adoption, enabling customers to harness the supply chain optimization that this technology provides, including advanced product tracking and greater inventory control. Sanjay Sarma, a professor of Mechanical […]

This month the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) selected ERG Transit Systems and Northrop Grumman IT to install and operate a new Regional Customer Service Center for its smart card-based fare collection system, known as SmarTrip. The project involves the establishment and operation of a smart card customer service center, card management, and the […]

The UK supermarket chain, Tesco, has unveiled its plans for end-to-end supply chain RFID (radio frequency identification) tagging, to be fully implemented by all suppliers by 2007. The plans follow successful early trials of the technology on a range of non-food items in some of its stores and distribution centres. Starting immediately, Tesco is planning […]

With increasing attention focused on RFID (radio frequency identification) technology, the US-based barcode printing firm, SATO America, Inc., has announced its support for the UCC’s EPC (electronic product code) initiative. Many of Wal-Mart’s top 100 suppliers also happen to be long-standing SATO customers. Following Wal-Mart’s mandate that its top 100 suppliers must provide RFID tagging […]

A ComputerWorld article from November 10, notes that a supplier to Wal-Mart will have difficulty justifying the cost of RFID implementation, while Wal-Mart reaps the benefit. The article then fluffs the issue of how the Wal-Mart 100, Wal-Mart’s top suppliers, will have consider their internal EPC implementation architecture, irrespective of Wal-Mart’s decisions. According to the […]