At least Travis caught on to William's joke. Please re-read this in the context of needing a proofreader:
"Wal-Mart is already requiring all pallets delivered to its headquarters in Bentonville, Ark., to be fitted with radio frequency identification tags, SO THAT THEY CAN BE TRACKED BY A SATELLITE." Good one, William! Mike P.S. If we have to explain it to you, then you probably need to go back and take RFID 101 again. At 09:58 AM 7/19/2005 -0500, Travis Truax wrote: >Did you miss the joke? > >-----Original Message----- >From: john r [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: Tuesday, July 19, 2005 9:02 AM >To: Dan Mehlhorn; EDI-L Listserv >Subject: RE: [EDI-L] I didn't know this. Or why Proofreaders are needed. >Or They've been lying to us.... > > >Dan may be on to something. This is asset protection. But I suspect their is >a layer deeper than that. I don't think that walmart is all that dumb. This >may be a counting the pennies to save some dollars scenario. Walmart in >general doesn't "own" much that comes through their doors. Therefore, They >have arrangements with Brambles(US I think it is called Chep) and the likes >for all of their fixtures(yes including pallets in most cases). Pallet >exchange is common in Supply Chain logistics. For many years pallet exchange >has been in existence and most companies large enough to have palletized >goods must keep track of the pallets themselves. They can find themselves in >a bit of a financial crunch to pay for all the rented pallets. The other >reason for rfid on pallets is for drone run warehousing. It is amazing how >much easier it is to schedule a drone for maintenance than wonder what your >dock workers were smoking over lunch. And drones work under horrid >conditions 24X7. > >John > >Dan Mehlhorn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >I suppose they need satellite tracking of the merchandise for inventory, >market research, and theft/shoplifting recovery. What will they think of >next? > >Dan Mehlhorn >Newly liberated, but still speaking for me, myself, and I. My cats speak >for themselves. > >-----Original Message----- >From: William J. Kammerer > >Wal-Mart is already requiring all pallets delivered to its headquarters >in Bentonville, Ark., to be fitted with radio frequency identification >tags, SO THAT THEY CAN BE TRACKED BY A SATELLITE. > > >From "Soured on stickers? Try tattooed fruit," (July 18, 2005), By >Julia Moskin, The New York Times, at >http://news.com.com/2100-1041_3-5793972.html. > >William J. Kammerer >Novannet >Columbus, OH 43221-3859 . USA >+1 (614) 487-0320 > > > >. >Please use the following Message Identifiers as your subject prefix: ><SALES>, <JOBS>, <LIST>, <TECH>, <MISC>, <EVENT>, <OFF-TOPIC> >Access the list online at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/EDI-L > > > > >--------------------------------- >YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS > > > Visit your group "EDI-L" on the web. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service. > > >--------------------------------- > > > > >--------------------------------- > Start your day with Yahoo! - make it your home page > >[Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > >. >Please use the following Message Identifiers as your subject prefix: ><SALES>, <JOBS>, <LIST>, <TECH>, <MISC>, <EVENT>, <OFF-TOPIC> >Access the list online at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/EDI-L > >Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > >. >Please use the following Message Identifiers as your subject prefix: ><SALES>, <JOBS>, <LIST>, <TECH>, <MISC>, <EVENT>, <OFF-TOPIC> >Access the list online at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/EDI-L > >Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------- Michael C. Rawlins, Rawlins EC Consulting www.rawlinsecconsulting.com Using XML with Legacy Business Applications (Addison-Wesley, 2003) www.awprofessional.com/titles/0321154940 . Please use the following Message Identifiers as your subject prefix: <SALES>, <JOBS>, <LIST>, <TECH>, <MISC>, <EVENT>, <OFF-TOPIC> Access the list online at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/EDI-L Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/EDI-L/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
