implementation. Many companies are taking a wait-and-see approach to RFID. According to ABI Research, only about 30% of Wal-Mart's top 100 suppliers had accomplished full-scale RFID implementation by January 2005. The remaining 70% have only been adding RFID tags at their distribution centers instead of integrating RFID technology early in the manufacturing process (Bednarz, 2004) Suppliers understand that implementing RFID is a priority continue to view the technology as a business mandate. One challenge