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METRO Group Puts RFID Theory Into Practice With Real-World Results
November 15, 2007
•Case Study: METRO Group Puts RFID Theory Into Practice With Real-World Results
METRO Group, the world's third-largest retailer, attracted a lot of attention when it announced plans to use RFID throughout its supply chain and for numerous applications at its famous Future Store in Rheinberg, Germany. Since then, it has gotten something much more beneficial from its RFID efforts: results. Helped by the performance of RFID readers from Intermec Technologies Corp., METRO Group is reaping the time savings, labor reductions and inventory benefits it hoped for when it began testing RFID. Encouraged by its system performance and real-world benefits, the retailer has gone beyond pilot phase and has gone live with RFID in its own daily supply chain operations.
"We have already achieved substantial improvements in our daily routines thanks to the use of RFID. As anticipated, the goods receipt process in our warehouses and stores has accelerated markedly. Less time is lost at delivery," said METRO Group CIO Zygmunt Mierdorf. "RFID helped us identify and eliminate weak spots in the handling process. Other positive effects were achieved in the shelving of goods at the warehouses. Overall, handling is now more efficient and out-of-stock situations were avoided."
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