With RFID mandates, Sarbanes-Oxley and supply chain challenges still burning bright for most consumer goods firms, the consulting arena in 2005 was in high demand.
When compared to other verticals still struggling to define the potential returns of RFID, the business case for RFID within the healthcare and pharmaceutical markets has immediate perceivable benefits.
The ability to synchronize supply to demand is a tough nut to crack which is why SAP took home top honors in this years supply chain planning category.
Global data synchronization is a technology initiative adopted by a handful of retailers and a more substantial number of suppliers, revealed the 2005 Consumer Goods Technology "Shared Strategy Study".
After completing a pilot program earlier this year, Costco Wholesale and Information Resources Inc. (IRI) fully deploy the Costco Collaborative Retail Exchange (CRX) program across Costco's major food and non-food departments in the United States.