Walmart RFID Technology: Small chip, big changes

From Fort Worth Star Telegram, TX ... gone as far as they can go," said WalMart executive Simon Langford, overseer of the retailer's shift toward radio frequency identification, or RFID, technology ...

" ... WalMart wants to be an early adopter. Its RFID testing has helped push development of the technology. Chains including Albertsons, Target and Germany's Metro AG are also preparing RFID-enabled systems. With RFID, a retailer can tell when an order is received and whether it was filled correctly. It can determine if it must replenish merchandise or if extra stock is sitting in the back of a store. RFID can also trace specific batches of a good to the factory it came from, which is expected to make it easier to handle product recalls and quality-control problems ... "