RFID Technology integrated with the supply chain at Walt-Mart
Are you aware of the material handling techniques that Wal-Mart has introduced in the recent past? Introduction of RFID technology to control the overabundance and shortage of the available inventory is one of the prominent materials’ handling initiative taken up by Wal-Mart.
As reported by a news article in mhmonline, Mollis Ford, Executive Vice President, Wal-Mart emphasizes on the widespread usage of Generation 2 tags from EPCGlobal. The existing supply chain network with Generation 1 tag is expected to switch over to a network equipped with Generation 2 tags shortly. Around 1000 marketing franchisees are expected to implement this RFID initiative of Wal-Mart by this year end.
Click here to read my previous post on Wal-Mart’s five-year-plan to reduce package cost in material handling.
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