January 07, 2006

What RFID did for Wal-Mart

Wal-Mart identified the specific process improvements brought about by RFID which helped it in achieving cost savings. A major part of the savings was brought about by the automatic generation of pick lists of items which were needed to restock the shelves. The white paper released on Wal-Mart does not talk about the amount of savings but it points out that RFID also brought about considerable savings in form of labor and time. Certainly the results of the pilot project carried out by Wal-Mart are encouraging and RFID has a bright future.

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