Wal-Mart says it’ll charge suppliers to its warehouse stores a fee of $2 for every pallet not tagged with RFID starting Jan. 30, InformationWeek reports.
Yowzers!
According to the story, the timeline (outlined in a letter earlier this month to Sam’s Club) is as follows:
The timeline is as follows:
Jan 30, 2008: pallet-level tagging for DeSoto, Tex., distribution center.
Oct. 31, 2008: pallet-level tagging for an additional four distribution centers, case- and mixed-pallet level tagging for Texas distribution center.
Jan. 30, 2009: pallet-level tagging for remaining 17 distribution centers, case- and mixed-pallet level tagging for an additional four distribution centers.
Oct. 31, 2009: case- and mixed-pallet level tagging for the remaining 17 distribution centers; selling-unit -level tagging for Texas distribution center.
Jan. 30, 2010: selling-unit-tagging for an additional four distribution centers.
Oct. 31, 2010: selling-unit-tagging for remaining 17 distribution centers.
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