E ai ki te RFID Magazine, kua whakamōhiotia e Walmart USA āna kaiwhakarato me whakawhānui ake ngā tohu RFID ki roto i ētahi kāwai hua hou ka whakahaua kia whakauruhia ngā tohu atamai RFID ki roto i a rātou mai i te marama o Hepetema o tēnei tau. Kei te wātea i ngā toa Walmart. E ai ki ngā pūrongo ko ngā wāhanga hou o te whakawhānui ko: ngā hikohiko kaihoko (pēnei i te pouaka whakaata, te xbox), ngā taputapu ahokore (pēnei i ngā waea pūkoro, ngā papa, ngā taputapu), te kīhini me te wharekai, te whakapaipai kāinga, te kaukau me te ua, te rokiroki me te whakaritenga, te pākahiko motuka e whitu momo.

E mārama ana kua whakamahia kētia e Walmart ngā tohu hiko RFID i roto i ngā hu me ngā hua kakahu, ā, i muri i te whakawhānui ake i te whānuitanga o te tono i tēnei tau, ka eke te kai ā-tau o ngā tohu hiko RFID ki te taumata 10 piriona, he mea nui ki te umanga.

Hei te hūpermakete angitu rawa atu o te ao ki te whakamahi i te hangarau RFID, ka taea te whai i te pūtake o Wal-Mart me te RFID ki te "Whakaaturanga Pūnaha Ahumahi Hokohoko" i tū ki Chicago, USA i te tau 2003. I te huihuinga, i panuitia e Walmart mō te wā tuatahi ka whakamahia e ia he hangarau e kiia nei ko te RFID hei whakakapi i te waehere pae e whakamahia whānuitia ana i tēnei wā, ā, koia te kamupene tuatahi ki te panui i tētahi wātaka mana mō te whakamahi i te hangarau.

I roto i ngā tau, kua whakamahia e Wal-Mart te RFID i roto i te ao o ngā hū me ngā kākahu, ā, kua kawea mai e tēnei hononga putunga i roto i te whakahaere ratonga ki te ao mōhiohio, kia taea ai te whai i te rere o te mākete me te whanonga o ia taonga. I taua wā anō, ka taea hoki te tiki i ngā mōhiohio raraunga kua kohia i roto i te pūnaha whakahaere taonga i te wā tūturu, e whakangawari ana i te tukatuka raraunga, e whakamāori ana i te tukanga ratonga katoa, e whakapai ake ana i te whai huatanga o te whakahaere ratonga, ā, e whakaiti ana i ngā hiahia o ngā kaimahi. Ehara i te mea koinā anake, ka whakaitihia hoki e te hangarau RFID te utu mahi o te whakahaere mekameka tuku, e whakawhāiti ana, e whai hua ana hoki te rere o ngā mōhiohio, te ratonga ratonga, me te rere o ngā pūtea, e whakanui ana i ngā painga. I runga i te angitu i roto i te ao o ngā hū me ngā kākahu, e tumanako ana a Walmart ki te whakawhānui ake i te kaupapa RFID ki ētahi atu tari me ngā kāwai i roto i ngā wā tata nei, kia kaha ake ai.
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