The Home Office launched the Chipping of Goods Initiative in March 2000 to show how property crime can be reduced throughout the retail supply chain using Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) based information management systems. This case study outlines a project in which Woolworths and Integrated Product Intelligence worked together to demonstrate the effectiveness of RFID technologies in combating crime within the retail supply chain.
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