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The Carlton & United Beverages (CUB) division of Fosters Group is implementing a $170 million project-- including a warehouse management system (WMS) from MARC Global-- to significantly improve its supply chain operations and reduce costs across the business.

Yak Pak relieves growing pains with a business solution fitting for SMBs

Adidas-Salomon Canada consolidates IT to boost customer service

Late last year, clothing manufacturer VF Corp. signed a three-year agreement to purchase RFID tags and readers from Alien Technology to identify products in cases and pallets headed to Wal-Mart and other retailers that use RFID.

When I recently tried to reminisce about favorite "Love Boat" episodes with a co-worker who is about 10 years younger than me, I received a look of bewilderment.

No question about it: Wal-Mart's RFID initiative is one of the biggest technology news stories of recent years.

In the May 2004 issue of Consumer Goods Technology, we reported on a developing story about the Pharmaceutical Industry RFID Group.

In April 2004, IT giant Hewlett-Packard (HP) was one of just eight consumer goods giants that began shipping Electronic Product Code (EPC)-products to Wal-Mart's Dallas/Fort Worth distribution center.