Sometimes, with all the RFID attention placed on huge retailers like Wal-Mart, the benefits to other players in the retail chain can get lost. Operations and Fulfillment magazine reminds us of those benefits for fulfillment centers, listing RFID as the #1 trend to monitor in 2004:

"This has been billed as the Next Big Thing in logistics, and while that may or may not be true, it's certainly something your distribution facility should be equipped to handle. With item-level tags likely to slash warehouse and fulfillment center operating costs by 15% to 50%, the technology is too important to ignore."

Operations and Fulfillment is a publication targeted specifically for professionals in the direct-to-customer and fulfillment operations.