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Victory Land Group, together with partners such as Zebra and R4 Global Solutions, actively introduced the RFID technology system and started its own RFID “gold mining” journey. Here, RFID RF Express reports on Victory Land Group RFID application cases for readers.
Region: Schaumburg, USA
Frequency: UHF
User: VLG
Implementing company: Zebra Corporation and R4 Global SolutionsCompany etc.
Label type: active, passive
Case source: AIM Global/RFID RF Express
Zebra and R4 Global Solutions are creating fast and easy EPC RFID tags for Victory Land Group.
challenge:
For Victory Land Group (VLG) in Illinois, the future demand changes are obvious, but it is not clear what approach will be adopted. As a supplier of Wal-Mart, Schaumburg (a household appliance company in Illinois) is very clear that in the next one to two years, the use of EPC RFID tags is an inevitable development trend. VLG also plans to adopt RFID technology, but because it does not have enough RFID application experience and the assurance of successful operation of RFID technology, VLG is wavering on its way to becoming an EPC RFID agreement partner.
Because VLG is not Wal-Mart’s top 100 suppliers using EPC RFID technology, VLG plans to use RFID tag technology again in 2006 or 2007. At the same time, the company plans to build a brand new distribution center. Because they do not have relevant experience in RFID, VLG believes that the construction of RFID facilities is a big challenge, but this allows them to better meet the “rigorous” requirements of retail giants such as Wal-Mart.
However, the actual development situation exceeds VLG’s previous plan. This year, through cooperation with Zebra and R4 Global Solutions, VLG has implemented a relatively advanced RFID reader system in advance, which gives them confidence and After understanding this technology in general, there is no longer any fear of difficulty when building a new project facility.
At the beginning, I misunderstood the new technology of RFID. I heard that in order to get a better and faster reception speed, there will be a lot of difficulties and obstacles, which will completely change our work process to a large extent, and the investment is also considerable. big. But this concept is gradually changed with the projects we are doing; when you start to implement RFID, it will become much simpler than imagined.
——Hudson Margolio
Victory Land Group
VLG’s plan to use RFID has entered the operational stage ahead of schedule and is progressing very quickly. In August 2004, the group reached an agreement to provide Wal-Mart with RFID-tagged products when the retailer label project began in 2005, making itself one of the 37 suppliers of the project. Sen. McNun of R4 Global Solutions (the company that provides RFID labeling systems to VLG) said, “VLG has always been very serious about doing things in accordance with Wal-Mart’s needs, and has taken the path of personalized supply and can provide customers with the best good service.”
plan:
It can be said that VLG adopts the RFID labeling system in one step. The label they started to adopt is a single mode. This method can minimize the impact on the management of the warehouse, and can also reduce the cost to the greatest extent, and can adopt other RFID-related technologies in the future. Gain experience.
Marco Leo said, “We want to learn from the advantages of RFID technology. I think we can accumulate valuable experience in RFID applications by providing tag products to Wal-Mart, and we can also have a more competitive advantage than suppliers that do not have RFID tags. “
VLG relies on R4 Solutions to provide professional system design, label installation, software, technology selection and more. However, VLG did not make any special requirements in terms of instruments. R4’s Sen. McNun said, “VLG told us that they want to use Zebra’s printers because they already use this company’s barcode printers and they are quite satisfied with Zebra’s products. VLG wants Zebra’s products. It can meet the requirements of the new RFID technology, and Zebra is also working hard in this regard.”
In order to provide Wal-Mart with products that meet the requirements, VLG introduced Zebra’s UHF RFID label printing/coding EPC Class1 products. The printer uses Zebra’s RFID tag built-in technology. In order to design their own labels, VLG accepted Zebra’s partner: Seagull Scientific Systems’ BarTender software, which is a new software version specially prepared for Wal-Mart.
Because the printer and software are brand new, Zebra, Seagull, and R4 worked together to ensure that printing and input functions meet the requirements. A standard feature of Zebra’s printer is that its built-in device can automatically operate, which can prevent the label from being missed, thus ensuring the quality of accurate label reading. In the initial experiment, the VLG report showed that it has good performance and readability.
Mike Nunn said, “VLG wants to print labels in their office instead of in the warehouse, so office managers are fully responsible for label management. This can make mistakes happen in the office, so the warehouse staff The management requirements of VLG are correspondingly less.” Macola software company of VLG is responsible for managing the printing of orders and labels. Office workers produce tags and deliver the tags to the warehouse personnel according to the order quantity. The warehouse personnel manually affix the tags to the products according to the tags and detailed lists they get. Once the tags are affixed to the goods, the RFID tag reading system starts to operate Up.
Marco Leo said, “For our warehouse staff, there is nothing new to learn. We originally thought it would make a big change in our workflow, but in fact there is basically nothing in our warehouse management. Change.” Because most of VLG’s products are wooden boxes and will not affect the radio frequency signal, the labels are easy to stick. Labels must be tested with an entrance card reader (professionally designed by R4) before transportation. This ensures that the labels are readable and the label data is stored.
result:
VLG’s RFID system has been in use since 2004. A few weeks before Wal-Mart’s deadline, this was only four months after the initial negotiation between VLG and R4.
VLG can now track label products through Wal-Mart’s retail link network, and they have also begun to use this information to make work plans. The company’s senior executives have also begun to consider the full use of RFID technology within the company, hoping to build an RFID technology system in the new distribution center. VLG also intends to let their own suppliers use RFID technology, for example, using RFID automatic receiving systems in transportation and inventory management. etc.
Marco Leo said, “The construction of some parts of the project took longer than we expected, but once the label printer was installed and started working, we would say, “Wow, it’s easier than we thought! We changed the software. Level, not the warehouse operation process. After many things use RFID technology, you don’t need detailed inspection.”
The next possible thing to do is to start attaching RFID tags to additional products. Marco Leo said, “When 100% of our products use tags, there will be no technical problems for us. RFID is new knowledge for us, and we still have a lot of things that we don’t know; however, there are One thing is very clear, we hope to continue to cooperate with Zebra company. We have adopted their bar code label system. We are familiar with Zebra company and cooperate more happily. They will give me better and stronger support, so for the RFID project. Say, we have nothing to worry about.”
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