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RFID Sherpas

In the Retail sector, RFID tags are primarily attached to:

Pallets of merchandise, but not cartons of merchandise or individual pieces of merchandise

Pallets and cartons of merchandise, but not individual pieces of merchandise

Cartons of merchandise, but not individual pieces of merchandise

Individual pieces of merchandise

In the Retail sector, RFID is primarily used to:

Speed the movement of goods from Factory to Store

Maintain an accurate continuous view of each store's Inventory

Detect instances of theft from stores

Which of the following Athletic brands is NOT currently applying RFID tags to the majority of items they produce?

Nike

Adidas

Under Armour

None. Each of these brands is currently tagging the majority of items they produce.

Embedding RFID inside an ordinary Price Ticket or Label typically increases the cost of that Ticket or Label by how many cents?

1-3 cents USD

4-6 cents USD

7-9 cents USD

10-12 cents USD

13-15 cents USD

RFID tags are usually applied to goods in the factory where the item is produced/assembled. True or False?

True

False

Special RFID stickers have been developed for placement on canned goods like soda cans. True or False?

True

False

Which of the following sectors within Retail has seen the greatest use of RFID over the past decade?

Consumer Electronics

Watches & Jewelry

Toys & Games

Apparel

If a clothing retailer does not use RFID, then the percentage of time that the retailer's Inventory Management System correctly predicts the number of units of a SKU that are present in a store is typically:

Under 70%

Between 71-80%

Between 81-90%

Depending on the type of product, and depending on how densely the carton is packed, it is often possible to read all of the RFID tags inside that carton without opening the carton?

Yes

No

In 2018 a British professor from the University of Leicester released the results of a study of 10 different retailers using RFID (including Adidas, Lululemon, Tesco and Decathlon). Of the 10 companies studied, how many did not report a positive Return On Investment?

0

1

2

3

4

Placing RFID stickers on the exterior packaging of frozen foods sold in supermarkets is not feasible because the very cold temperatures render the microchips useless. True or false?

True

False

Time is Up!

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