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7 Places Retailers Can Benefit From RFID Without Item-Level Tagging

Overview Retail analysts say RFID is poised to revolutionize retail operations, even if merchandise is never read at the point of sale. While standards and privacy policies for item-level retail RFID systems are sorted out, savvy retailers are launching RFID initiatives to test-drive the technology in proven areas of their supply chains. Mature RFID solutions for improving back-end processes are available today and are proving their value every day in a variety of business environments. While recent demonstrations of item level tagging grabbed national attention, case, carton and pallet tagging applications are already getting results.

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Publisher	Intermec Technologies	File Format	PDF, requires Acrobat Rdr 5
Date Published	December 2003	Downloads	10
Format	White Papers
Topics	Supply Chain Management, RFID, Business Intelligence / Data Warehousing

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