Ubiquitous Is Here - Part III

"16 And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and
bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads: 17 And
that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of
the beast, or the number of his name. 18 Here is wisdom. Let him that hath
understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a
man; and his number is Six hundred threescore and six." Revelation
13:16-18

This post shows how RFID technology will be used to track every person,
animal and product on the earth to fulfil the prophecy in Revelation 13:17
which says "And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark,
or the name of the beast, or the number of his name." We will also share
information about some key supporters for this technology and how they are
bringing this technology to every product.

2. Key Supporters for RFID
The original Auto-ID Center had almost 100 global companies sponsors and
partners to finance and provide support to the development of RFID. We
will look at some key supporters for RFID to show how they are bringing
this technology to every product on the earth.

a) Wal-Mart

Another article titled "Wal-Mart To Hold ID Tag Meeting"(Note 4) says

"Wal-Mart Stores and its largest 100 merchandise suppliers plan to
meet this week to plot the implementation of a new high-tech
inventory-tracking system, a project expected to send ripples across
the retail industry. The meeting, scheduled for Tuesday near
Wal-Mart's Bentonville, Ark., headquarters, follows the megaretailer's
announcement in June about its foray into a technology known as RFID
(radio frequency identification). At the time, Wal-Mart asked its top
100 suppliers to join the effort and, starting Jan. 1, 2005, attach
RFID tracking 'tags' to the millions of cases and containers they ship
to the company. Among the companies congregating in Bentonville for a
full briefing from Wal-Mart are industry giants Kraft Foods, Procter &
Gamble, Tyson Foods and Unilever, a Wal-Mart representative said. Some
big names in information technology will also be in town, with IBM,
Intel, Microsoft, Philips Semiconductor and SAP participating in an
RFID 'tech expo' Wednesday......Procter & Gamble, which has been
deeply involved in the testing and development of retail RFID systems
for the last several years, is optimistic that RFID will be more than
just another cost of doing business with the world's largest retailer.
'We see that this technology has huge benefits, even at the case and
pallet level, in helping us to track our product and helping us
understand how long does it take to get through the supply chain,' a
P&G representative said."

An article titled "Wal-Mart Puts Big Bucks Into Tracking Tech"(Note 5) says

"Wal-Mart plans to spend $3 billion over the next several years on a
new inventory tracking technology that uses radio frequency signals to
keep tabs on merchandise, sources familiar with the project said. The
system is based on a technology known as radio frequency
identification (RFID), a new breed of computer network designed to
track the location of everyday objects such as razors and shoes by
embedding them with special microchips. Wal-Mart has enlisted its top
100 merchandise suppliers to participate in the high-profile project,
one of the first and largest of its kind in the retail
industry....Wal-Mart's multibillion budget is an unofficial estimate
that the company has discussed privately with other companies involved
in the project, said the sources, who wished to remain anonymous.
Nevertheless, the large sum bodes well for a number of information
technology companies that specialize in the fledgling RFID niche.
Among them are companies that make RFID chips and readers, including
Philips Semiconductors and start-ups Alien Technology and Matrics.
According to one source, Wal-Mart will spend about two-thirds of its
RFID budget on readers and the installation of them in more than 100
distribution centers and thousands of stores.....Wal-Mart expects a
big payoff from the technology, mainly from having fewer logistical
errors and reduced labor costs related to inventory processing. One
analyst pegged the savings at nearly $8.4 billion annually, once
Wal-Mart completes the project."

NOTES
Note 4: https://tinyurl.com/yc3cx2dx
Note 5: https://tinyurl.com/29bcthrx

In future posts I will share more about this topic.

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