Despite Wal-Mart's Edict, Radio Tags Will Take Time
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Although Wal-Mart was expecting its top suppliers to use radio tagging technology to ship goods by Jan. 1, 2005, the technology is not yet ready.
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A controversial new law that could signal trouble ahead for independent programmers is delayed again.
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Itâs never too soon to worry. And when it comes to RFID and its related technologies, you might want to start now. Between private sector and government mandates, both large and midtier companies can count on being required to have what some call âedge-to-edge visibilityâ for any shipped product in the near future.
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Although Wal-Mart prefers to handle labor negotiations directly with individual employees, the world&#39;s largest retailer does not have a global anti-union policy, a company spokeswoman said Friday.
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The game segment is still a drag for the electronics giant.
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This isn't South Korea or Germany. Wal-Mart goes all in, facing new challenges.
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Powerhouses such as Wal-Mart will be in Baltimore this week to influence the development of radio frequency identification.
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Getting information from the government under the Freedom of Information Act can take longer than waiting for ketchup to flow from a new bottle. Much longer.
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Many online merchants this year will still sell goods with standard shipping terms through Monday, Dec. 18, or Tuesday, Dec. 19, a boon for late holiday shoppers.
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Ziff Davis - HP is working with specialists BearingPoint and OATSystems on RFID for Wal-Mart compliance and other retail implementation. Meanwhile, the major IBM competitor is building "domain knowledge" about RFID in manufacturing.
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While Wal-Mart acknowledges that RFID implementations in its distribution centers are behind schedule, it says the overall effort is on track and it has hastened efforts to add the technology to its stores.
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(InfoWorld) - On Wednesday, presenters at RFID World in Boston focused on using second-generation active and passive RFID tags to provide advanced security and authentication, as well as ways to broaden the reach of the technology. Among the buzz from attendees was how the average wireless device could soon become an RFID reader, or perhaps a related radio-capable device for Near Field Communication, a short-distance radio technology to give a mobile user easy access to all kinds of data. One attendee, Russ Lamer, said he was just starting early investigation into ways that fleet truck drivers could equip their standard cell phones to act as a kind of "speed pass" to quickly pay for fuel at a truck stop, similar to the Speedpass used at Mobil gas stations. Lamer, manager of emerging technologies at Wright Express in South Portland, Maine, said drivers might also have fuel discount coupons delivered wirelessly to their phones that could be used during fuel purchases. With some of the mobile payment technologies he is investigating, Lamer said the modern trucker may eventually be able to pay by authorizing a credit card via the cell phone. "It makes the most sense" for the cell phone to work as the RFID reader, Lamer said, adding that he is interested in finding which chips could be used to provide the functions and at what cost. Other attendees said they were dazzled by an MIT presentation last night that showed emerging technologies similar to RFID that would allow someone with diabetes to read his or her blood sugar level easily several times a day with a cell phone receiving data from a patch on the arm. Steven Georgevitch, senior manager of supply chain technology at Boeing's Integrated Defense Systems, said in an address that all the emerging wireless technologies are exciting, but warned IT managers to plan ways to prevent RF interference, especially in large companies with many wireless applications. At Boeing, there are 150,000 employees in 70 countries, and a variety of wireless technologies are used, including active and passive RFID, GPS, and two variations of wireless location services. Badges worn by employees also use proximity radio technology, in which an employee is identified by passing close to an RFID reader at entrances to buildings, Georgevitch said. With so much variety in unlicensed spectrum, Boeing has tried to manage possible RF interference with an internal organization called the Frequency Management Organization. The group studies a proposed wireless use from an employee group, conducts technical tests on it, and then approves or rejects the project, Georgevitch said. Boeing's chief technology officer also has veto rights over which projects can move forward. "RF should be treated as a scarce resource," Georgevitch advised IT managers in other organizations. "Everybody wants to use RF or plug into Bluetooth or 802.11. Collisions are inevitable."
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Wal-Mart Stores Inc  said it  faced glitches with its gift-card verification system on the  day after Christmas, when a large number of its customers came  to its stores for post-Christmas shopping, but resolved them on  the same day.
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Ray Hagedorn, an IT manager at Sara Lee Foods, said in an interview that the company is taking a 'slap and ship' approach to its use of RFID tags while it learns more about the technology and looks for ways the tags can provide business benefits.
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Nov. 16, 2004âStarting this week, US pharmaceutical company Purdue Pharma will begin adding an RFID label to every 100-tablet bottle of the company&#39;s popular OxyContin pain reliever tablets to be shipped to Wal-Mart and drug wholesaler HD Smith.
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Using the Freedom of Information Act to get information from the government is like waiting for ketchup to flow from a new bottle. Both often take longer than they are supposed to.
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Wal-Mart says 500 new stores and clubs will roll out RFID for case- and pallet-level tracking before the end of the fiscal year.