Radio Frequency Identification Technology for Logistics, Tagging and EPC

The Wine Supply Chain

Thursday, February 3, 2005

David C. Wyld is the Mayfield Professor of Management and is the Director of Strategic e-Commerce Initiative at Southeastern Louisiana University.

The E.&J. Gallo Winery is the leading winery in the United States and the second largest wine company in the world. The Gallo Winery is among the “second wave” of Wal-Mart’s major suppliers that must comply with the retailer’s mandate requiring RFID-labeled cases and pallets of goods by January 2006 to significant portions of its distribution network. Due to the consolidation that has occurred in the American wine industry, more and more of the leading wine producers (such as Constellation Brands, Diageo, and the Chalone Group) will be compelled by the bargaining power of their buyers to comply with retailer mandates.

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SML Group Ltd announced the launch of its new “ViziT” RFID item visibility solutions for the retail apparel and item tracking applications.

The ViziT solutions include a range of RFID/EAS enabled paper and woven labels, as well as tickets and sticker that can be attached to garments and stacked items. Using the SML ViziT IT cloud based data management software also provides for semi automated inventory control, as well as improved loss prevention by triggering alarms and item identification at the store exit.

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International fashion brand DAZZLE has implemented an item-level RFID project in their China retail chain using UPM RFID inlays. The fashion brand collection will carry hang tags equipped with UPM ShortDipole and UPM Belt RFID inlays to improve supply chain and sales channel management.

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Orange Business Services is working together with Auchan Group, the international food retail group, to offer a real-time tracking solution to monitor the routing of plastic creates which carry fruits and vegetables in its French supermarkets.

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Proclaiming its entrance into the RFID space, Honeywell introduced part of a new product portfolio designed to bring efficiency to the retail industry, the Optimus 5900 RFID mobile computer.

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