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Technology and Techniques for the Successful Implementation of RFID Apparel Tracking and Inventory

Overview The apparel industry is in a unique situation where item level RFID tagging can provide significant benefits relatively quickly without major disruptions to current operations. Apparel items are typically RFID friendly allowing a broad range of applications from automated receiving, rapid inventory, controlling on shelf out-of-stock situations and shoplifting. This paper addresses the question of whether retailers can inventory store apparel merchandise and achieve high accuracy of inventory data.

Further White Paper Details
Publisher	Paxar	File Format	PDF
Date Published	March 2007
Format	White Papers
Topics	RFID

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