Veröffentlichung im RFID Journal: Gruninger Uses RFID Sprinter to Meet Metro's Mandate
The German sausage maker is deploying a packaged solution put together by a 10-company consortium of vendors, and expects an ROI within two years. (By Rhea Wessel)
June 18, 2007—Last month, at a meeting in Düsseldorf, Metro assembled about 600 of its suppliers to discuss RFID compliance issues, to explain requirement that those suppliers tag pallets shipped to 180 locations as of Oct. 1 (see Metro Pushes Pallet Tagging).
Gruninger, a sausage maker based in the Black Forest city of Freiburg im Breisgau, wants to be among the first to comply with Metro's mandate. To attain its goal, the sausage maker is using a packaged solution called RFID Sprinter, from RFID Konsortium.
Founded by 10 companies that banded together to help suppliers comply with retailers' RFID requirements, the consortium is composed of hardware and software vendors, process experts, systems integrators and consultants active in the RFID market. The group has focused its offering on producers of meat, sausage, fish, baked goods, fruit, vegetables, dairy products and other fresh foods...