The frozen-seafood dealer may be a small fish in Wal-Mart’s sea of suppliers, yet it met the retailer’s RFID mandate a year ahead of schedule—and it expects to land internal benefits as well.

Wal-Mart
Wal-Mart is rolling out new applications and processes in its first seven RFI D-enabled stores, to ensure that items are on the shelves when customers want to buy them.

IBM
At its semiconductor plant in East Fishkill, N.Y., IBM has used RFID to completely automate the
manufacturing of advanced microchips from 300-millimeter silicon wafers. The high-tech facility
optimizes production, speeds up product development and improves customer service.

AIR TRAFFIC
The Transportation Security Administration conducted an end-to-end trial proving
UHF EPC tags can be read in Asian, U.S. and European regulatory environments,
and that airlines can use the EPCglobal data model to share bag tag data.