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Trivilita Installs RFID to Better Manage Bedroom FurnishingsThe Lithuanian company, an IKEA supplier, has improved efficiency and reduced shipping errors by using passive EPC tags to track goods.
Trivilita moves pallets of products through a 5,600-square-meter (60,300-square-foot) facility—with the exception of beds, which are not placed onto pallets. The company plans its production of goods in such a way that it can maintain the inventory levels required by its customers—large retailers that need to ensure that when they place a large order, the appropriate products will be immediately available for shipment.
As the forklift passes through the dock door, RFID reader antennas installed alongside the loading ramp capture the pallet's tag ID number.
While the bar-code system made it possible to know how much of a particular product was on hand at any given time, the bar-code scanning process proved disruptive for workers. "The forklift driver must step off [his vehicle] in order to scan pallets," says Andrius Vilciauskas, the company's deputy director. What's more, the process provided the company with a 98 percent shipping accuracy rate (approximately 2 percent of shipped orders were missing goods or contained incorrect items), but management wanted to get that accuracy rate even higher. To increase accuracy and reduce time, Vilciauskas says, "an RFID solution using fixed readers in shipping area seemed very attractive and more productive." Trivilita was already aware of RFID, he notes. Its sister company, Artilux NMF, was already using RFID technology from UAB Autepra (see RFID Illuminates Lithuanian Lamp Manufacturer). Trivilita met with UAB Autepra to purchase the necessary hardware, including all tags and readers, says Tomas Girdzevicius, UAB Autepra's director. However, he notes, what was unique about this project was the involvement of Trivilita's IT department, which created its own software and middleware to receive, store and manage RFID read data. Trivilita also installed the hardware itself, with Autepra offering consultation services as necessary. Login and post your comment!Not a member? Signup for an account now to access all of the features of RFIDJournal.com! |
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