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Wal-Mart's Faltering RFID Initiative

Posted by Zonk on from the under-chipped dept.

itphobe writes "Baseline magazine has up an in-depth look at Wal-Mart's years-old RFID initiative. Things apparently haven't gone so well for the retail giant. 'The lack of any obvious concrete gains has raised questions as to whether Wal-Mart should delay or freeze its RFID plans. For now, however, Wal-Mart says it will stay the course ... By January 2006 the company hoped to have as many as 12 of its roughly 130 distribution centers fully outfitted with RFID. That effort stalled at just five distribution centers. Instead, the company is now focusing on implementing RFID in stores fed by those five distribution centers so it can gain a bigger window into its supply chain.' Overall the article focuses on the original intentions of the RFID project vs. their implementation. It also discusses several of the technical elements required to adapt RFID for the US juggernaut."

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  1. Fuck Walmart by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Who gives a shit about those evil bastards?

    They can take their RFID and stick it up their employee raping asses.

    1. Re:Fuck Walmart by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

      This is modded flamebait because moderators are fucking morons. For every person that knows what to do with their mod points we have 5 petulent cock-gobblers would be better off dead.

      This is why we waste their mod points.

      Go on, mod this down, you worthless sack of shit. One less mod point for you to misuse.

  2. I LOVE WAL-MART SOO MUUUCH!!!! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    I love the Wal-Mart Greeters! They usually look like recovering crack addicts, but they ALWAYS give me a Wal-Mart Smiley sticker! :D

    And Wal-Mart gives me the highest quality and the lowest price! :D

    I buy all my computers at Wal-Mart!

    My Wal-Mart Acer laptop is awesome! I set it down on my desk a little hard and it only broke the hinge! Other than that, it runs LINUX PERFECTLY!!! (except that it kernel panics a lot and both the wireless and network don't work.)

    I LOVE WAL-MART SO MUCH!!!