最早把RFID应用到零售业当中的沃尔玛发现,与没有采用RFID技术的普通超市相比,用RFID的货物脱销率降低了16%;货物脱销之后,用RFID的补充速度比用条形码的快三倍。更重要的是,商店人工订货约减少了10%,库存量全面下降,这对于降低成本非常关键。今年7月末,在麦德龙北京第一家现购 Wal-Mart, one of the earliest adopters of RFID in the retail industry, found a 15% reduction in the out-of-stock rate of RFID-based products compared to non-RFID-enabled general merchandise. After out-of-stock RFID was replenished three times faster than using barcodes . More importantly, about 10% reduction in manual labor orders and overall declines in inventories are critical to reducing costs. The end of July this year, the first in Beijing Metro Cash and Carry