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January 2004

This issue looks at how suppliers can help offset the cost of mandates by finding savings internally. Read about CHEP's major RFID pilot, how the healthcare industry is using RFID and much more.




Mandate for Change
Thanks to Wal-Mart and the U.S. Department of Defense, suppliers have to spend millions to put RFID tags on pallets and cases. A money pit? Not if companies get smart.


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  Out in Front
  Perspective
  Case Studies
  Cover Stories
  Features
  Vertical Focus
  Columns 
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