RFID in Consumer Packaged Goods Editor's Notes
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It's no longer the retailers that want to move faster—it's the suppliers.
Allocation of the band for RFID is likely to lead to greater adoption of UHF RFID systems in the supply chain—if China adopts international standards.
At RFID Journal LIVE! 2007, companies talked about the early wins they have achieved with EPC in the retail/CPG supply chain.
While the ratification of the standard represents a milestone for EPCglobal and EPC adoption, don't expect it to lead to mass adoption of EPC technologies overnight.
EPCglobal will soon publish a standard for the EPC Information Services, which might not sound sexy, but it is the key to leveraging RFID in the open supply chain.
The FDA, Wal-Mart, McKesson and some high-powered researchers will address key issues affecting retailers, vendors and everyone in the HLS industry.
A recent article by the Wall Street Journal portrays Wal-Mart's RFID efforts as failing. That's not the case, of course, but there is a danger that misperception could become reality.
The number and the quality of entries we received for the inaugural RFID Journal Awards indicates that end users have great stories to tell.
Retailers, CPG companies and others are turning to RFID to determine why problems in the supply chain occur, and to use that data to continually improve processes.
Maybe, but even if it doesn't, you can expect significant progress as companies prove there is a return on investment from using passive UHF tags in the supply chain.