STORES Magazine - January 2008 - (Page 84) NUTS AND BOLTS / RFID OATSystems “has enabled us to see where and when delivery errors occur and better understand how this impacts stores and, therefore, our customers.” — Chris Brocklesby, Tesco Caging Technology Tesco implements RFID to boost supply chain efficiency BY LAURI GIESEN M aking sure the right products get to the right store can be a big challenge for a large chain. Few retailers know this better than U.K.-based Tesco: With more than 2,000 stores and 30 distribution centers around the world, it had a tough task ensuring its stores were getting the correct merchandise. With its prior system of having employees manually read tags and match that information against a chart, the company often had merchandise being shipped off to the wrong location. About a year ago, however, Tesco implemented an asset-tracking and work-inprocess solution from Waltham, Mass.84 STORES / JANUARY 2008 based OATSystems that addressed concerns about asset visibility and utilization. The RFID system also was designed to increase supply efficiencies and offer error-proof deliveries. The system places RFID tags on each rolling cage of merchandise. Before a cage is loaded on a truck, a reader WWW.STORES.ORG http://WWW.STORES.ORG
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