The uses for RFID warehouse inventory tracking management has become a trendy thing. No matter for inventory control, stock security or quality management, RFID tags can track them throughout from manufacturing to sales.
What are the benefits of RFID used for inventory control, stock security and quality management?
Save time, in this commercial society, time is money. Save time means to save more money.
In the past years, there are many problems for warehouse inventory: inefficiencies in the workflow, human error, much labor costs, asset loss and theft, and zero visibility into internal assets and data update not in time. What’s more, there is no clear definition of responsibility.
However, RFID asset tracking can decrease the need for manual checks and counts, to a large extent reduces the handling costs, claims, and deductions. At the same time, recorded the operation time and person, have a clear definition of responsibility, is the best way for anti-theft, reduce loss, and the inventory get well controlled.
How does RFID warehouse work?
An RFID tag is attached to the items either to individual boxes or an entire pallet. At the entrance of the warehouse, there is an RFID channel with many antennas. When a shipment arrives, goes through the channel, the RFID antenna can collect the signal from the RFID tag and transmits the information to a central database. The RFID warehouse management system can analyze the data.
The components of RFID warehouse inventory system management:
RFID Tags: The choose for RFID tags is according to what’s kind of items you are going to track. The material, working temperature, should be a durable or one-time use.
For metal material, have to use anti-metal material make sure tags work well. If need high-temperature resistance, PPS, silicone, ceramic or special plastic are requested. For large quantity and cost-effective RFID label is a good choice.
RFID Writer: The writer used for tag issuing, EPC rewrite, and data encoding.
RFID Reader: The RFID reader help collect the signal from the RFID tag and transmits the information to a central database.
If you are confused about how to choose what’s kind of RFID Reader more suitable for your project, you can seek advice from our team or take the following for reference:
You need a track or encode inventory at different places with short reading distance, a handheld reader would be suitable.
For manufacturing, only at the entrance or fixed production line should be tracked, a fixed reader would be preferred, as to antenna, the more tags you want to read at one time, the more antennas needed. (Maybe 4 or 6)
RFID warehouse software: Of course you need the software to help you achieve the management. You can develop by your team, we provide SDK. Or list all the functions you need, we custom for you.
What is the range of RFID?
RFID warehouse inventory tracking management, usually UHF based RFID tags are used. The range of UHF RFID is the problem people concerns.
The reading distance is influenced by many factors,
The size of tags. Big size antenna usually has a long-distance than a smaller one even the chip is the same.
The material of items. For metal and liquid material, which would influence too much of the reading distance.
The power of the reader. More matched reader and with bigger power, the long-distance could be.
Also, the working environment, if there any interference of the magnetic field or in an open outside.
In general, you need a test in your work field to get the exact range of RFID.
Let’s see the uses for RFID warehouse inventory tracking management
Retail stock management:
For branded clothes, controlling the inventory of products with hundreds or thousands of stores covered many places is a tough task. However, once launched the project via a smart tag, which has achieved positive results.
Each item attached an RFID tag with an encoded number at the company’s distribution center, every parcel pass through a reader to confirm 100 percent accuracy. When they arrive at the store, the retailer reads all of the items via a handheld read.
As before, to receipt of 2500 items need 8 persons took 1 hour, but now one person within 10 minutes. The fact is that you can service your clients better when helping them to find the right items with limited time.
Medical management:
RFID-based label for medical expires management are commonly used among multiple hospitals. Ensuring that no device or medicine expires before it can be used and that products are workable when needed.
With RFID technology, the hospital has real-time data about the medical stock, supplier, and expire data for each device.
With this RFID warehouse management system, it’s easy for the purchaser to know when should contact the supplier to make sure there is always enough medicine for patients. What’s more, reducing error for shift workers if without a clear list.
Jewelry inventory management:
Each jewelry store has to check their cherish every day to calculate the quantity. Some others may need constant tracking for all items.
Let’s see the solutions for each situation:
Just want to identify an item when you take it out from display case to show a (potential) customer (so that you can look up all details of the item). The second use would be to check at the end of the day as all items are returned to safe that all items are present (you move the items on individual trays).
RFID jewelry tags and a handheld reader make that sense.
If you are an owner of jewelry, just send them to display on others’ cabinet, and want to track them all the time, from the system you need to know how many have been sold out.
The RFID jewelry tags and fixed read with multiple antennas kit is a perfect choice.
Manufacturing:
A log factory was discovered in radio frequency identification technology the most efficient means of controlling its inventory and production line. Whenever the log transmitted by the conveyor, there stand by an RFID reader to collect the data. No need to worry about the speed, it always works well. Decreases the need for manual checks and counts and helps to create a more adaptable supply chain.
If you are a manufacturer need to purchase all kinds of material, there is the best choice to set an RFID gate, and stick an RFID tag on each item. Pallet items pass through the gate, your warehouse system collects all information. What’s more, a handheld reader is needed, help you find the right items amount hundreds and thousands of items within minutes.
RFID warehouse also means a lot for asset tracking, vehicle inventory, and logistics.
Quickly locate critical equipment and reduce inventory time.
Update real-time inventory data file.
Deliver the accurate data file for decision making.
Improve security and prevent data leakage.
What’s kind of problems of your warehouse inventory management are facing, let’s our expert help to solve it.