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Title: Wal-Mart Rethinks RFID - Mary Hayes Weier, InformationWeek Post by: Alex on April 06, 2007, 12:00:53 PM Since its first RFID pilot three years ago, Wal-Mart has learned a valuable lesson: RFID's ability to improve the supply chain is limited by business partners' willingness to participate. The giant retailer is now focusing its radio-frequency identification technology efforts primarily on in-store applications, while moving much more slowly with its distribution centers. "We initially thought we'd install [RFID] into distribution centers as we installed it in stores," acknowledged Simon Langford, Wal-Mart's manager of global RFID strategy. "Quickly we learned, along with our suppliers, that a lot of the initial benefits was at the store level."
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