RETAIL | ASIA | UHF RFID + 1D Store Management for an Apparel Group

Background
 
The apparel group is a comprehensive group of two-winged international processing trade and commercial investment industry with the creativity, design and marketing of apparel brands. Fashion apparel is the main business of the development of the group with many brand stores. In order to improve the efficiency of store management, further improve the customer service and enhance the competitiveness of the enterprise, the apparel group and Chainway reached cooperation to use Chainway C76 portable UHF handheld terminal for the goods sales management of the store.
 

Challenges
 
  • There are a large number of products in the apparel store, and inventory changes are complicated. Manual inventory counting is time-consuming and labor-intensive, and error-prone.
  • Due to the variety of store products, color and code number, the traditional measure of finding goods is cumbersome, time-consuming and laborious, thus the customer response time is long, which is easy to cause customer loss or poor consumer experience.
  • The commodity inventory information cannot be updated in real time, and it is not possible to replenish or transfer the goods in time, which may easily lead to the shortage of goods or detention, and affect the proper allocation of goods in the store.
  • The data collection between the various chain stores is difficult. The headquarters cannot obtain the sales situation of each chain store quickly, which negatively impacts the timely adjustment of inventory configuration and related strategies based on the market.
 
Solution
 
Chainway empowers the apparel group by deploying C76 UHF handheld terminal in store management data collection. The intelligent batch reading management of all kinds of apparel goods has greatly liberated the labor force and made the business work of each link more precise. It not only improves the efficiency of each supply chain and stores, but also further enhances the service and brand image.
 

Effects
 
  • It is possible to quickly find goods directly with the handheld terminal, which greatly shortens the waiting time of customers and improves customer satisfaction.
  • It significantly improves the efficiency and accuracy of inventory work. It took several hours for the staff of the retail store to check the goods on the shelves before, but now it takes only 30 minutes to complete.
  • It realizes the intelligent receiving and delivery in the distribution center, thus makes the sorting process more automated and intelligent. The correct rate of sorting of goods is greatly improved, which promotes the high-speed operation of goods distribution and ensures timely replenishment of goods.
  • Managers can obtain the front-end sales status and order data of chain stores in real time, so as to facilitate timely sales decisions and adjust sales strategies.
  • It reduces the labor cost of supply chain management and increases the efficiency of enterprises.

PDA Configuration
 
P/N: C76
Function: UHF, 2D