How Walmart Uses RFID Recently announced, Walmart's RFID mandate is a requirement for all suppliers to apply RFID labels to all incoming products. This new RFID initiative will give the retail
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Work in Process, also called Work in Progress and WIP, is the term for partially completed goods that are being made or finished within a facility. Most of the time, work in progress goods are located
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A lot of big named retailers are either announcing new RFID tag mandates like Nordstrom, or ramping up their requirement like Walmart and Macys, which may leave suppliers with a conside
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SGTIN-96 is an encoding scheme that stands for Serialized Global Trade Identification Number and is sometimes called a serialized GTIN. The 96 in the name refers to the number of bits in the final EPC
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RFID is making another push into the retail market as Nordstrom implements RFID and Macys expands their RFID requirements. Nordstrom is joining other top retailers like Walmart, Target, H&M, Vict
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In 2003, Walmart took a chance on Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technology and has been very successfully using RFID to manage apparel inventory ever since. Walmart has measured the benefit
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GS1 is a non-profit, global organization that creates and maintains global standards for business-to-business and supply chain communication. In essence, a standard is created so that when a barcode i
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Introduction Even though we are moving from a paper-filled workplace to a digital, mostly paper-free future, some businesses and organizations are still required to keep original documents on hand.
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This is a two-part article that touches on the many ways that RFID is used to identify and manage wine, beer, and spirits. Part one discusses specifically using UHF RFID to track and manage alcohol
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Introduction RFID plays an important role in all types of healthcare facilities, including hospitals, outpatient centers, doctor’s offices, long-term care facilities, urgent care offices, labs, test
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Logistics vs. Logistics Management Logistics is defined as the flow or movement of supplies, goods, services, and/or information within a  supply chain. When most people hear the word “logist
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RFID technology has been widely used in retail following  Walmart’s 2003 announcement of initial testing and adoption. Companies like Lululemon, H&M, and Nike are successfully using
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