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Accelerating Checkouts
Ringing Up Instant Savings
Plenty Of Widescreens For Everyone
New Strategies Have Shoppers Doing Doubletakes
Using RFID to Zoom Through Checkout in 30 Seconds or Less
Are RFID's proponents dreaming? Maybe not. But what's technically feasible may not make economic sense.
RFID Price Tags Stay High, Holding Back Adoption
RFID tags and readers have become less expensive, but the magic 5 cent per tag level has been elusive.
Retailer Uses RFID to Help the Sartorially Challenged Sex
Red tie with that white shirt? Men buying clothes get automatic suggestions.
Cover Story: Wal-Mart's Faltering RFID Initiative
In 2003, Wal-Mart became the great hope of a new technology. But things haven't worked out exactly as planned.
How to Leave Iraq
Digital Supply Chain: Warner Bros.' Next Big Release
The entertainment industry is rushing to replace an outdated film production and distribution system with a nimble digital supply chain.
Just-in-Time: Has Its Time Passed?
Has this concept for supply management outlived its usefulness? Experts weigh in.
P G's End-to-End RFID Plan
Consumer products giant tests benefits of radio tags by tracking shaving products from its manufacturing plants to retailers' back rooms and beyond.
Wal-Mart's New CIO Says He'll Back RFID
Rollin Ford's predecessor, Linda Dillman, is largely credited with galvanizing the RFID industry and launching Wal-Mart to rock star status in the RFID community.
The Limited Designs Supply Chain to Begin and End With the Customer
Bottlenecked distribution center convinces Limited Brands to rebuild it supply chain systems from the bottom up, making it transparent to staffers, and responsive to customers.
Hyatt Corp: Serving It
The Grand Hyatt New York juggles manufacturers from Chile to New Zealand to bring food, beverages and serving items to the dinner table each night.
Air Products: In the Pipeline
Midway through a $350 million plan to improve forecasts and lower inventories, Air Products found it needed more an additional system to improve forecasts and lower inventories.
UPS Loses Financial Records, But Has a Bigger Problem
UPS spends more than $1 billion a year on technology to make it more efficient. But when it lost a package containing millions of Citigroup financial records, it couldn't even tell if the shipment left the building.
Danaher Corp.: Leaner Machine
The manufacturer's motto: maximum efficiency with minimum technology. Tom Mathis' response: a parts-tracking system to make workers more productive.
HIV Data Leak Spurs Security Restructuring at Drugmaker
The distributor wanted to make sure flu vaccines reached only the pharmacies and clinics that ordered them. So it raised the security on drugs it distributed.