New RFID Business Processes ...

Retail Distribution Centers: How New Business Processes Impact Minority Labor Markets

... "Starting in 2005, Wal-Mart will require major suppliers to use radio-frequency identification (RFID) on cases and pallets. Unlike bar codes, RFID allows hands-free scanning without a direct line of sight. One of the biggest motivating factors for people looking at RFID is the elimination of labor, says Melling (a RFID specialist at Symbol Technologies). They want the ability to know where everything is without having to pay a warehouse guy to constantly go and scan it, which is too expensive and too time consuming. " ...