Wal*Mart continues push for RFID adoption

John3 writes "Wal*Mart is continuing to push for vendors to add RFID tags to cases of products for easier tracking through their warehouse distribution system. Most vendors have until 2006 to comply, but their top 100 suppliers must have the tags in place by 2005. Wal*Mart stopped their push for retail level tagging last summer, but by forcing tagging at the wholesale level the cost of the technology will drop as vendors comply with Wal*Mart's decree. How long before price is no longer a barrier to RFID item level tagging?"

Comments

Re:I can see why

[slobbit]

You don't appear to have read the article, it's about tagging of wholesale cases for use in the whole inventory control/distribution system, not for the end-consumer.

This only helps Wal~Mart make their warehouses and backroom more streamlined.

Re:They don't care about us

[cbl4513]

Just because walmart prices are lower doesn't mean they are making less money on each item. They are such a powerhouse that they actually dictate to there suppliers what they are willing to pay for the merchandise. Your local department store will pay more for the product so it must sell it at a higher price. Walmart's major advantage is it's supply chain. If a supplier doesn't agree with walmart on thing such as pricing, merchandising or anyother aspect of buisness walmart just pulls their product or buries it on some obscure shelf.