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The software records all the details related to the items sold and the number of cases
brought to the sales floor. Thus, it helps in generating information about the items
that exhaust in the shorter period from the shelves. A list of items is generated
automatically, which need to be taken away from the backroom to restock the store
shelves. Walmart has developed a handheld RFID reader to reduce the amount of
time spent at the backroom.
A retail link extranet has also been established with all the suppliers of Walmart to
share data from all RFID read points, so that within 30 minutes, suppliers come to
know about the movement and the location of their goods.
Walmart relies on this technology for managing inventory more effectively, reducing
errors at the time of data entry and lowering human labour cost at the distribution
centre.
RFID helps Walmart in the following ways:
In spite of all the benefits of RFID, the customers of Walmart fear the possibility of
violating their privacy; however, Walmart tries that RFID tags do not collect any
additional data about customers.
Sanford C. Bernstein & co., a New York investment research house, estimates that
Walmart could save nearly $8.4 billion per year when RFID is fully deployed
throughout its supply chain and in stores. Thus, it is understandable why Walmart
focuses so aggressively on pursuing RFID technology.
Questions:
1. with the help of the case study, explain why technology management is
important for an organisation.
2. What are the advantages and disadvantages of RFID? Relate to the
context of Walmart.
Answer. 1. The goods, which are shipped to the stores with RFID tags, are recorded
once at their arrival. Without opening the packaging, they come to know what is
inside it, just by waving the scanner at the boxes. It is even possible to know the
whereabouts of the goods, which reduces loss during shipment. When goods are
brought to the sales floor, the tags are read again, and they are read finally in a box
Spring-2016
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