In the last week of April, Kimberly-Clark wrapped, sealed, and tagged several pallets of Scott paper towels and shipped them to a Wal-Mart distribution center in Sanger, Texas. Small electronic tags affixed to the side of each case of paper towels allowed Wal-Mart to track their every move. The significance? The experiment marked the first step in a mad dash to implement radio-frequency identification (RFID) technology.
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