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Interesting! Thank you. Surprising to me to see RFID tags mentioned in the context of a system-wide transition -- I'll have to look into whether that was succes

Interesting! Thank you. Surprising to me to see RFID tags mentioned in the context of a system-wide transition -- I'll have to look into whether that was successfully completed.

Animats 9y ago
It wasn't.[1] 2003 was too early for this. Their RFID usage continues to increase, though. Latest WalMart edict: clear bar codes must appear on all four vertical faces of each carton.[2] They're tired of having to rotate a box to find out what's inside. "People think we got big by putting big stores in small towns. Really, we got big by replacing inventory with information." - Sam Walton [1] http://www.computerworld.com/article/2551910/mobile-wireless/some-suppliers-gain-from-failed-wal-mart-rfid-edict.html http://www.computerworld.com/article/2551910/mobile-wireless... [2] http://www.scdigest.com/assets/reps/walmart_carton_marking_letter_2016.pdf http://www.scdigest.com/assets/reps/walmart_carton_marking_l...
- mc32 9y ago
  So what is their solution to cylindrical objects? Maybe quarter rotation is good enough?
- kevin_thibedeau 9y ago
  Basically copying Aldi's multiple codes and non-standard stretched UPCs.