Lebanese menswear companies have benefited a lot from using RFID technology
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Lebanese menswear brand and retailer Pellini launchesRFIDSystem to better manage the growing inventory of stores throughout the Middle East and Europe. The UHF RFID solution is called Smart RFID, which is provided by the Swiss and Polish startup Smart Technology, and is installed and integrated by BIT Security.
The clothing company’s system uses a handheld RFID reader provided by Smart Technology (the reader can be connected to a tablet that manages data), and a ZD500R printer provided by Zebra for encoding Smartrac tags. Smart Technology has also developed RFID software that can be integrated with Pellini database software. The software became effective in October 2015 in the company’s 10 stores in Lebanon and Belgium.
(Pellini store clerk is using the Neo 01 reader connected to the tablet to take inventory)
Beginning in 1975, Pellini began selling men’s formal wear (mainly used for weddings) in some stores in Lebanon. Dany Boutros, the owner of the Pellini brand, explained that recently, the company started opening stores in other countries. Currently, the company has 7 stores in Lebanon and 5 stores in Belgium. All products are produced in Lebanon.
According to Karolina Kozlowska, President and CEO of Smart Technology, the company is headquartered in Krakow, Poland and Zurich, Switzerland, and mainly develops solutions based on RFID, BLE technology, WiFi, ZigBee and GPRS technology. The company produces RFID readers with Bluetooth, GPRS and WiFi functions. The company’s solutions are widely used in access control management, parking lot management, inventory tracking, sports, tourism, airport and EAS anti-theft.
At the beginning of this year, as the company opened stores in other countries, Pellini began to cooperate with Smart Technology.
By opening new stores in Europe, the company expects that the volume of purchases of goods will increase. The company hopes to know the inventory location at any time, avoid shortages and help the delivery of online orders.
Boutros said: “We have adopted a strategy of expanding the market. However, in order to ensure that everything goes according to plan, we must improve the supply chain process, reduce losses, increase the efficiency of resource use and start an omni-channel plan.”
The primary purpose of the company’s deployment of the RFID system is to carry out inventory counting in each store. By knowing the product information in the shelves and warehouses, the store can replenish the goods to ensure that the goods are constantly in stock. In addition, when consumers buy online, the technology can help to know the location information of the product, thereby ensuring that the product is shipped from a nearby store.
(Neo 01 reader can be set to Geiger counter mode to find misplaced products)
BIT designed the system for Pellini to use the most appropriate label, printer and reader. In the first phase of the RFID system deployment, stores can carry out daily inventory counts. Pellini factory employees also use ZD500R printers to encode Smarttrac RFID tags and attach them to clothing tag tags. The tag unique ID number is bound to the clothing SKU data, size, model and color data and stored in the Pellini management software. The factory will then ship these goods directly to the store.
After the goods arrive at 10 RFID stores, store employees will use Neo 01 readers (size 267mm*165mm*43mm) to read the tag ID. The reader will connect to a PC or tablet via Bluetooth within 8 meters.
After reading the tag, the Smart software on the reader will transfer the data to the Pellini software. In this way, the store can know the number of each SKU in the current store and when it needs to be restocked.
Boutros said: “Smart RFID technology can facilitate employees’ daily inventory.” In the past, employees had to scan product QR code labels for inventory. This process was very time-consuming, so it could not be done frequently. He said: “Now, our shop assistants only need to spend a few minutes to complete the inventory work, the accuracy rate can reach 100%.”
The RFID reader can be set to Geiger counter mode to find the location of items that may be misplaced. This allows the clerk to find the merchandise that the customer needs more quickly.
Boutros said that daily inventory ensures that goods are not out of stock, thereby increasing sales.
Boutros said that he also found another benefit of the RFID system: it reduces the cost of stockpiling to prevent outages. This is because stores trust the inventory results so much that they don’t need to stock up in the storeroom.
Boutros said: “We are very satisfied with Smart RFID, and we plan to use the system on a larger scale.” He predicts that in the future, consumers will check label-related data in the fitting room and improve the payment process.
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