RFID is now a centerpiece in their strategic thinking. forcast by Mr. Alastair McArthur, CTO (Intellectual Properties), TAGSYS RFID, in a talk with fibre2fashion team.

Fashion Apparel & Textile Industry is a very competitive market where companies are underway in terms of streamlining their supply chain and optimising sales forecasts and distribution. They are turning to RFID solutions to optimize their process, enhance revenues and market share. RFID is now a centerpiece in their strategic thinking.

TAGSYS is one of only a few companies to deliver an end-to-end item-level RFID infrastructure to both manufacturers and retailers that follow products through the entire supply chain to point of sale. It provides Fashion Retailers with the ability to accurately track and safeguard goods throughout the entire supply chain while reducing operating costs.

• Increase of the processing capacity – acceleration of the reception, shipping and picking processes. Stores are delivered more rapidly for better product availability and more sales, more space available in the warehouse.

• Improvement and optimization of the existing control points, elimination of shipping mistakes,

• Stock accurate and reliability

• Real time inventory leads to ideal availability which brings to sales increase

• Reception process and the store inventory are realized in a few minutes and can be done very regularly. This gives an accurate and reliable stock counts and an optimized restocking to avoid “lost sales”.

• Better customer satisfaction and loyalty: better product availability, time gaining at check-out new services at the fitting room.

• Improved direct relationship and communication with the shoppers – try-to-buy ratios and averages sales-per-transaction increased.

• TAGSYS RapidTrak RFID Labels: to accurately track and safeguard goods throughout the entire supply chain, it aligns with the dimensions of commonly-used industry labels, and they are easily integrated into standard retail hang tags.

• UHF RFID Tunnel: TAGSYS RFID tunnels deliver fast, efficient and highly reliable detection rates equating to superior accuracy in item counting at distribution centers. Upon entering the tunnel, shipping case contents are instantaneously identified and recorded.

• Wi-Fi RFID Inventory Reader: TAGSYS inventory readers streamline receipt of inbound shipments and facilitate inventory management of RFID-tagged items on store shelves and racks. Up to 7,000 items can be scanned in less than 20 minutes providing accurate, daily updates on current stock levels. Stock level data can be integrated with the store’s management information system to create a seamless automatic order and replenishment process that improves sales and strengthens customer loyalty.

• Point of Sale RFID Station: Designed to integrate into a store’s checkout counter, the RFID station instantly identifies items for purchase thereby speeding up the check-out process