In November, the German group launched the first phase of its supply chain RFID implementation. Today, the company says that it is on track to roll out RFID capabilities to additional locations starting in March.

The company's first RFID rollout phase has focused on the tracking of incoming and outgoing shipments as well as automatic reconciliation of shipping documents across three retail sales divisions. So far, 20 suppliers with a range of products are sending RFID-tagged shipments to Metro, and the retailer says it is already seeing improvements from using the technology.

By the end of 2005, Metro says it expects to have 100 companies in its supply chain sending it RFID-tagged shipments, and also extended the tag to smaller shipping cases. Next year, Metro expects to receive tagged shipments from its top 300 suppliers, which provide the retailer with merchandise that accounts for up to 80 percent of its total revenue.

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