Tesco’s F&F department deploys RFID technology to improve inventory accuracy
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SML Group, a provider of fashion brand RFID tags and software, announced that it has helped Tesco’s F&F department adopt Ultra High Frequency (UHF) EPC Gen 2 RFIDTechnology improves inventory accuracy.
According to SML, F&F’s RFID project started in 2013, and SML was selected to provide the company with most of the RFID tags. The label company has set up a network of production bases, and in the first year of the project, it has provided more than 100 million RFID tags to key clothing procurement areas, including China and Turkey. In the UK, SML also won the F&F complete solution test center project (including RFID tags, RFID hardware and software).
F&F’s Tesco-SML RFID tag
“This allows brand companies to effectively evaluate a series of products and simulate in-store testing.” Terry Kemp, senior director of SML’s RFID project in Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA), said, “This allows systematic testing in advance to avoid The enterprise has an impact.”
SML’s project involves many areas of F&F, such as helping retailers develop an online ordering platform that can meet the specific requirements of F&F clothing suppliers. In addition, SML reports that it has developed an RFID label solution for online printing and encoding at F&F’s distribution center. At present, F&F has used RFID tags on all products in its 525 chain stores in the UK.
According to SML, the RFID system will help stores carry out daily replenishment of shelves and improve customer service by providing more product and size options. The RFID solution will also help F&F track inventory levels throughout the supply chain, improve the efficiency of new orders, and allow customers to place orders online. Tesco store is the first choice.
In June 2015, Tesco announced that it was piloting an indoor location and analysis RFID robot system in five stores in the UK to track its F&F brand clothing to determine whether the technology could improve efficiency and inventory visibility.
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