Greek logistics company Diakinisis uses RFID system to manage warehousing and distribution
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The Greek third-party logistics provider Diakinisis uses EPC Gen 2 RFID tags and RFID readers to track 1,300 pallets at its distribution center in Athens. Diakinisis began experimenting with RFID applications in 2006 and completed the installation of the system in November 2007, but currently only provides RFID technology applications to an international beverage and food company (name not disclosed).
It is understood that Alien Technology Co., Ltd. provided RFID hardware equipment for Diakinisis. Diakinisis chose Alien’s EPC Gen 2 Squiggle and M UHF RFID tags and ALR-8800 RFID readers. At the same time, Business Effectiveness, a Greek RFID system integrator, provided consulting and installation services for this project.
Diakinisis believes that RFID technology is an effective way to provide customers with better services. After using the RFID system, it is no longer necessary to manually scan the bar code to confirm the pallet, thus saving labor and time; it also provides customers with more and more accurate product transportation transparency.
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Alien’s Squiggle tags
With the help of RFID system, Diakinisis has greatly improved the efficiency of cargo tracking management and warehouse management, and reduced manual errors and related costs. Especially for foods that are sensitive to the expiration date of the product, delivery errors will bring a lot of losses. At the same time, this is a good customer service, because customers receive what they need and can track the delivery of these products.
When the goods are delivered to the Diakinisis distribution center (with an area of 1.2 million square feet), the original barcode labels on the packaging of the goods are scanned and linked to the RFID tags on the pallets. When a smart forklift equipped with an on-board computer and an RFID reader transports a pallet, the RFID reader of the forklift will read the pallet tag ID and tell the forklift driver the instructions of the pallet delivery location through the on-board computer. Compared with the original barcode management system, the forklift driver does not need to get off the truck to scan the barcode. The on-board computer is connected to the company’s warehouse management system (WMS), and the driver can transport the pallet to the correct location according to the computer’s instructions. Alien’s M labels are pasted on the concrete floors of the various storage areas of the Diakinisis distribution center, and Squiggle labels are pasted on the storage shelves. The forklift reader/writer captures the floor or shelf label data, and the computer verifies the location and informs the WMS that the pallet has been delivered to this location. If the employee puts the pallet in the wrong position, the on-board computer screen will display an error message until the forklift driver parks the goods correctly. In addition, the on-board computer of the forklift can also receive instructions to find the pallet at the specified location and verify it with the reader, so that the correct pallet can be selected. This reduces a lot of errors related to product placement, so the product can be positioned very quickly.
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Alien’s M label
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ALR-8800 RFID Reader
Diakinisis has also applied Alien EPC Gen 2 RFID tags on transport trucks, which load pallets at loading bays and send them to other distribution centers or stores. At each loading parking place, the RFID terminal reads the tag of each pallet loaded on the vehicle and records the RFID tag data. This information is automatically compared to the data of the warehouse management system, and if there is an abnormality, there will be light and sound warnings.
At present, with the help of Business Effectiveness, Diakinisis is further applying RFID technology to integrate business processes, such as eliminating the waiting step-it turned out that the transport vehicle had to place pallets after arriving at the destination and wait for another forklift to transport the pallets to the shelf. Now, The staff can send the pallet directly to the shelf after it arrives, avoiding time waste and repeated operations.
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