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-February 28, 2008 |
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The
Numbers Worth Knowing this Week in Supply
Chain and Logistics |
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This Week: China Zaps the Microwave Market; Amazon Scores Well with Customers; RFID-based Systems Identify Big Gains in 2008; Where's the Beef? - It's Been Recalled |
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$1.2 billion
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What research firm Gartner says will be spent worldwide on RFID-based systems in 2008, up 31% from its estimate of $917.3 million in 2007. Asset tracking applications seem to be leading the deployment initiatives.
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143 million
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Pounds of beef being recalled in the Hallmark/Westland Meat Packing Co. scandal, dating to shipments as far back as 2006, after videos were released showing employees at the plant forcing sick or injured cattle to stand up with electrical-shock devices, forklifts and high-pressure water hoses, contrary to FDA rules. The company will likely go out of business.
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