RFID Strategy -- Santa's Little Radio-Frequency Helpers

"How might my Christmas shopping scenario play out in 2006? At the outset, the initial out-of-stock situation might be avoided by smarter demand planning aided by the use of RFID in the stockroom, as is currently being done at Wal-Mart. If an out-of-stock situation occurs anyway, the progress of the item's shipment could be tracked through each step of the inbound process. The real-time information captured from the RFID tag and shared via the EPCIS system would lead to more accurate projected delivery dates. An accurate in-stock date, in turn, would result in improved consumer confidence that an order placed in anticipation of item delivery would in fact result in an on-time arrival." Source: industryweek.com