If you didn’t think it was a Wal-Mart World and all of us just live in it, here’s
further evidence of that. Beginning in January, the company is “stressing” to their suppliers that they
must adhere to their approach of using RFID tags on shipments. According to Wal-Mart, 200 suppliers are due to begin
tagging shipments in addition to their 100 top suppliers, who began tagging earlier this year along with a number of
other smaller suppliers who have voluntarily launched RFID initiatives.
Wal-Mart has been one of the biggest proponents of RFID technology and, let’s face it, they are one of the dominant retailers in this country, so if you want to do business with them, you pretty much have to fall in line with their directives.
