I. Client BackgroundJD Sports, a UK sports and fashion retailer, operates both men's and women's apparel and sportswear. It owns more than 120 directly operated stores, each with over 20,000 SKUs (covering multiple sizes and colors). Its business spans physical stores, e-...

I. Case OverviewItemContentCase NameMini Smart Ahonkylä (Unmanned Convenience Store in Ahonkylä Village, Finland)Implementation Time / LocationOpened in 2022 · Ahonkylä Village, Finland (approximately 2,000 permanent residents)Business Model24/7 unattended operation, no cashi...

I. Case OverviewProjectContentCase TitleSAIC Anji Logistics Full-Vehicle Inventory "Drones + UHF RFID" Counting ProjectImplementing EntitySAIC Anji Logistics Co., Ltd. (a subsidiary of SAIC Motor Group and one of the first 5A-level logistics enterprises in China)Business scaleEve...

I. Case OverviewItemContentCase NameJinan City Library "Unattended Borrowing Closed-Loop Service" (National First)Implementing EntityJinan City Library (Prefectural-level Public Library)Business ScaleApproximately 600,000+ volumes in collection; receives over 5 million visits ann...

I. Case OverviewItemContentCase NameGrand Rapids Public Library UHF RFID SystemLocationGrand Rapids, Michigan, USAInstitution TypeMunicipal public library system with 8 branches in totalTimeline2012 (RFID Journal reported in September of that year): Main library launched borrow/r...

I. Case at a GlanceProject DimensionContentCase NameMexico–US Livestock Border Crossing Pilot (MX-US Livestock Border Crossing Pilot)ImplementerFort Supply Technologies (Oklahoma, USA; supplier of UHF livestock eartags and traceability systems)Time and LocationDecember 2021–Jan...