Hoping to hook manufacturers and shippers beholden to modest radio frequency identification (RFID) implementation requirements from companies like Wal-Mart, IBM has announced new service and software offerings to help roll out the wireless tag-tracking technology. Wal-Mart is putting manufacturers under the gun to implement RFID for cases and pallets by sticking to its deadline of January 2005, AMR senior analyst Kara Romanow told TechNewsWorld.
IBM To Help RFID Rollout with Service and Software
Posted by: Jay Lyman September 15, 2003 09:52 AMHoping to hook manufacturers and shippers beholden to modest radio frequency identification (RFID) implementation requirements from companies like Wal-Mart, IBM has announced new service and software offerings to help roll out the wireless tag-tracking technology. Wal-Mart is putting manufacturers under the gun to implement RFID for cases and pallets by sticking to its deadline of January 2005, AMR senior analyst Kara Romanow told TechNewsWorld.