In January 2012, the University of Arkansas’ RFID Research Center released the next phase of its supplier ROI project study. The study, involving seven of the highest-volume EPC-enabled retail apparel suppliers, specifically focused on areas of value, and offered significant findings regarding how RFID can help save money and improve efficiencies in supplier operations, particularly in the inbound-receiving, pick/pack and outbound-audit processes. RFID will have a broad long-term impact on retailer claims, shipment accuracy, ordering processes, data transfer and ASN, as well as many other fundamental aspects of the apparel supplier’s relationship with the retailer. This study contains actual data that finally shows the magnitude of these changes as they occur.
Speaker:
David Cromhout, RFID Research Center Research Director, University of Arkansas