RFID in Retail Editor's Notes
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Businesses can't expect a handful of companies to do all of the work to develop industry standards for RFID.
Some leading adopters of EPC RFID say they wish they were further along, but are comfortable with the progress they've made to date.
Many Sam's Club suppliers still don't understand how Electronic Product Code systems and standards enable companies to improve the way they do business.
As they did with Wal-Mart, many suppliers are assuming Sam's Club will back off its EPC tagging requirements.
Sam's Club has spelled out an aggressive timetable for item-level tracking. Help is at hand, so suppliers can successfully tag a wide variety of products and achieve internal benefits.
Greater regulation might be required to protect the food supply, and if the government takes the initiative to encourage the use of RFID technology, it would ease the pain of compliance.
The U.S. Department of Defense has been fairly quiet regarding its RFID rollout over the past two years, but it soon plans to showcase some of what it has been up to.
Do Impinj's purchase of Intel's RFID reader chip business, and Checkpoint's acquisition of OATSystems, indicate we're about to see a wave of consolidation within the RFID industry?
More apparel, footwear and accessory companies are getting serious about deploying RFID because early adopters have proven the business benefits, and because product improvements have made the technology easier to deploy.
As the price of raw crude soars, companies must find ways to reduce transportation and other costs. RFID could help.