Auto-ID in the Box: The Value of Auto-ID Technology in Retail Stores
Gavin Chappell, David Durdan, Greg Gilbert, Lyle Ginsburg, Jeff Smith, Joseph Tobolski · 2003
Auto-ID technology has left the lab and is out in the real world, so it’s not a matter of if, but when. Will you be ready to take advantage of the future scenario described above? Accenture has a vision for Auto-ID and broader related technologies, called Silent Commerce. Silent Commerce creates unlimited new business opportunities by making objects intelligent and interactive. It is “silent” because communication and commerce can take place between objects such as cases of paper towels, dock doors and warehouse management systems. For several years, we have been exploring the business potential of these innovative technologies at Accenture Technology Labs’ Silent Commerce Centers located in Chicago, Illinois; Palo Alto, California; Sophia Antipolis, France and the Accenture Institute for Strategic Change in Cambridge, Massachusetts.