RFID: it is not about whether you IN or OUT, but WHEN

Wal-Mart Gets Tough On RFID

Sam's Club suppliers required to use tags or face $2 fee.

By Mary Hayes Weier InformationWeek
January 19, 2008 12:00 AM (From the January 21, 2008 issue)

Wal-Mart has apparently tired of its investments in radio frequency identification turning into a prolonged pilot study and is stepping up pressure on suppliers to comply with its 3-year-old inventory-technology mandate. The retailer says that beginning Jan. 30, it will charge suppliers a $2 fee for each pallet they ship to its Sam's Club distribution center in Texas that doesn't have an RFID tag. The charge is to cover Sam's Club's cost to affix tags on each pallet, says a Wal-Mart spokesman. "It's really designed as a short-term solution for those suppliers that may need a little more time to implement their own tagging solution," he says.

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Well... it's been three years with Wal-Mart, so how long will it take with the rest... Other ten years...