communications Archive
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RFID and the affect on retailers
Wal-Mart’s adoption of RFID (Radio-frequency identification) technology has given them a competitive advantage over other retailers by streamlining their logistics operations and therefore transferring the money saved on to their customers. By using their bargaining power to require its suppliers to start labeling their packages with RFID tags or face penalties Wal-Mart is making RFID [...] -
Automated Communications
By embedding data in a RFID (Radio-frequency identification) tag, Wal-Mart is able to retrieve this data using a transceiver with a decoder without any human involvement. They are able to collect this raw data into useful information which then can be used to order low inventory, organize the unloading of trucks and prioritizing which [...]