Metro Group Expands Its RFID Trial

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Evan Schuman
Evan Schuman
Published: Nov 12, 2007
Updated: Feb 2, 2021
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One of the more aggressive retail RFID backers in the world, Germanys Metro Group, announced Nov. 9 that it is moving its pilot to the second phase and adding 70 more suppliers in China and Vietnam.

The program, which Metro calls “Tag It, Easy,” is intended to better track products through Metros global supply chain. The first phase of the program, launched in May, used 30 Chinese suppliers. The second phase was launched at “a kick-off event for suppliers today in Hong Kong” and will start to ship the first tagged products by December, Metro officials said in a statement.

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As products move from Hong Kong to the companys Unna, Germany, facility, the serial shipping container code is repeatedly read, delivering to Metro “an electronic advance shipping notice detailing the contents of each shipment and the suppliers receive automatic proof-of-delivery notifications,” the Metro statement said.

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Evan Schuman

Evan Schuman is the editor of CIOInsight.com's Retail industry center. He has covered retail technology issues since 1988 for Ziff-Davis, CMP Media, IDG, Penton, Lebhar-Friedman, VNU, BusinessWeek, Business 2.0 and United Press International, among others.

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