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RFID technology is ubiquitous in our lives, and most apparel companies have already used RFID technology, such as Walmart, Decathlon, Uniqlo, Mission Hills and so on. At present, in addition to the application of inventory and supply chain management, but also in the store to achieve batch cashier, reduce consumer queuing time, enhance the experience.
RFID Garment Tag Entry Information
In the corresponding RFID clothing tags, the important attributes of a single piece of clothing are written: item number, clothing name, clothing model, clothing grade, clothing fabric, washing method, execution standard, quality inspector and other information. The RFID tags and garments are bound together by the garment manufacturer, and the RFID tag on each piece of garment is unique, providing full traceability.
Incoming and outgoing information management
Clothing encapsulated after the beginning of the supply chain, in the storage and transportation center, a box of clothing will be with the conveyor line into the read-write equipment in the channel machine, the channel machine on the box of RFID tags for scanning, scanning is complete, the channel will be the channel to obtain the scanning information, real-time uploaded to the RFID intelligent receiving and dispatching system, by the system compared to the number of goods should be received and received, if the confirmation of the correctness of the channel machine will automatically release the goods to the next link. If it is confirmed to be correct, the channel machine will automatically release the goods to the next link, if the scanned items do not match with the box regulations, the system will automatically check and prompt on the display, the conveyor belt will send the box of abnormal garments to the manual inspection area, waiting for the opening of the box for inspection.
Garment Inventory Management
Traditional inventory, time-consuming and labor-intensive, and prone to error. RFID technology to solve these problems, inventory using handheld read-write, inventory personnel only need to take the handheld machine to the warehouse clothing scanning, non-contact distance recognition (usually within a few meters), fast reading clothing goods information, but also batch reading, improve efficiency, inventory collection data is accurate, to ensure that warehouse Efficient operation. After the inventory is completed, the detailed information of the garments is automatically compared with the background data, generating discrepancy statistics displayed on the terminal in real time to provide verification for the inventory personnel.
Inventory replenishment, the system compares the actual quantity of goods and the pre-set minimum value of inventory, when a certain garment reaches the minimum value, the system will automatically issue a reminder alarm to notify the warehouse administrator of the need to replenish the goods in a timely manner, in order to maintain the balance of inventory, to avoid out-of-stock or out-of-size phenomenon of the garments, and to ensure that the guests' normal needs can be met.
Fitting room data collection
With RFID readers installed in the fitting room, customers will have statistics every time they try on the clothes, counting the frequency of trying on each piece of clothing, combining with the results of the purchase, analyzing the guest's favorite styles, collecting data, and improving the turnover rate of customer purchases.
Self-service checkout
Customers in the completion of shopping, shopping cart clothes placed in the RFID self-checkout machine, the independent checkout machine will be a one-time scanning and give the bill, when the consumer can pay by brushing the code, the whole process of self-help without artificial, shorten the checkout time, reduce the burden of staff, enhance the consumer experience.
Anti-theft Alarm
Customers leave the store with goods, through the column channel door, if the clothes are not paid, the channel door RFID reader will be self-sensing, and issued an alarm, to play the role of anti-theft.
Conclusion
RFID technology used in the apparel industry management is very important, RFID technology by improving supply chain management, reduce costs, fast and accurate data collection, improve efficiency, reduce the risk of inventory loss, thus bringing higher profits for apparel companies. the depth of the application of RFID technology in the apparel industry, empowering apparel companies to create more value.
