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The Cost of Wal-Mart's RFID Edict (RFID Journal)
From: Dave Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Thu, 11 Sep 2003 14:11:56 -0400
Date: Thu, 11 Sep 2003 13:47:55 -0400 From: Robert Daffin <rsd3414 () ACRretail com> Subject: The Cost of Wal-Mart's RFID Edict (RFID Journal) To: "'Dave Farber'" <dave () farber net> For IP, if you deem it worthy. Is it any wonder why Wal-Mart discontinued the trial deployment of RFID at the shelf level. It might take longer than anyone expected for RFID to reach critical mass, even if only for inventory tracking purposes, unless Wal-Mart gives some on prices with their vendors to pick up some of the RFID tab (which they are unlikely to do). <snip> AMR Research says Wal-Mart's RFID tagging mandate could cost suppliers more than $2 billion. By Jonathan Collins Sept. 10, 2003 - Wal-Mart's mandate to its top 100 suppliers to deliver RFID tagged products by 2005 is set to cost those consumer package goods (CPG) manufacturers a total of more than $2 billion. But so far, benefits to those companies are hard to find, according to a new report from AMR Research. "CPG manufacturers can't afford to eat that cost of deploying RFID to Wal-Mart's specifications. Something's got to give," says Kara Romanow, senior analyst and co-author of the AMR report "RFID in 2005: The What Is More Important Than The When With Wal-Mart Edict." That could well mean passing on costs to consumers with higher prices. <snip> http://www.rfidjournal.com/article/articleview/572/1/1/ -R
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