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Turkish Retailer Uses Hybrid EAS-RFID Tags to Stop Theft, Improve Inventory Management
In the stock room, the clothes are placed in RFID-enabled cabinets, each containing an Alien Technology ALR-8800 reader within. When staff members want to move apparel from the stock room onto the sales floor, they place the garments in an RFID-enabled bin used to transport the clothes, and the inventory is updated in real time. An employee then moves the bin to the sales floor, where the clothes are put on display shelves and racks.
When an item is purchased, an RFID interrogator positioned beneath the sales counter reads the tag's RFID inlay, and the inventory is updated once more in real time. The sales clerk then removes the EAS-RFID tag for later reuse on another garment. If a person were to attempt to take an item out of the shop with the EAS-RFID tag still attached to it, an EAS portal at the front door would detect the tag's EAS component and sound an alarm. Simultaneously, an Alien ALR-8800 RFID interrogator deployed at the door would identify the items being stolen.
Since implementing the system at the flagship store, LC Waikiki has seen tremendous improvement in its stocktaking and in-store inventory replenishment processes. In fact, the retailer reports, the time required to move stock from the back room to the sales floor has been cut by 70 percent.
In the past, the staff employed a handheld device to scan the bar-coded labels of goods moving from the back room to the front of the store, a process that took 1 minute 52 seconds for 50 items. With the RFID system, it now takes only 7 seconds, because the items are automatically identified as they are removed from the cabinet and placed into the bin.
In addition, LC Waikiki indicates, the time needed to inventory the entire store has been reduced by 60 percent. It used to take 14 employees five hours to conduct such an inventory, says Levent Yalcinkaya, a manager with STS, whereas it now takes one person 50 minutes. "And there is more reliable data for the decision makers sitting at headquarters," Yalcinkaya states.
In addition to continuing to roll out the EAS-RFID system to all of its stores, LC Waikiki may consider other applications as well. "Smart shelves will be the next attractive and valuable investment for our customer," he says.
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When an item is purchased, an RFID interrogator positioned beneath the sales counter reads the tag's RFID inlay, and the inventory is updated once more in real time. The sales clerk then removes the EAS-RFID tag for later reuse on another garment. If a person were to attempt to take an item out of the shop with the EAS-RFID tag still attached to it, an EAS portal at the front door would detect the tag's EAS component and sound an alarm. Simultaneously, an Alien ALR-8800 RFID interrogator deployed at the door would identify the items being stolen.
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| The clothing company has arleady installed the EAS-RFID system at two of its stores. |
Since implementing the system at the flagship store, LC Waikiki has seen tremendous improvement in its stocktaking and in-store inventory replenishment processes. In fact, the retailer reports, the time required to move stock from the back room to the sales floor has been cut by 70 percent.
In the past, the staff employed a handheld device to scan the bar-coded labels of goods moving from the back room to the front of the store, a process that took 1 minute 52 seconds for 50 items. With the RFID system, it now takes only 7 seconds, because the items are automatically identified as they are removed from the cabinet and placed into the bin.
In addition to continuing to roll out the EAS-RFID system to all of its stores, LC Waikiki may consider other applications as well. "Smart shelves will be the next attractive and valuable investment for our customer," he says.
