Apparel industry in the increasingly fierce competition during the market environment, has been continuously optimized control link. It needs to improve the production efficiency constantly, to shorten the cycle time of funds. The garment industry has become an advanced management means and mode of information and intelligence. As one of the core technology in Internet of things, the application of RFID technology in logistics supply chain management is the most widely using. RFID technology brought about by the change of clothing trade, has showed a trend of intelligent information. It is a sign of modern clothing warehouse management and level, RFID reliable storage principle to achieve comprehensive information management.
RFID technology in the case of non-contact and non-visual can also identify the characteristics of current label has become a big advantage in the core competitiveness. It can identity information of binding through the RFID tag. All the logistics data can be read accurately through RFID reader at one time, which greatly improves the inventory counting efficiency. By using of RFID technology in warehouse management can realize the visual management of all management units, which can greatly reduce the packaging, handling, inventory, statistical time, and greatly improve the efficiency of warehouse management. Product processing quality inspection, warehousing, logistics, transportation and distribution of product sales are optimized in information.
1, Improve inventory accuracy. Inventory management is one of the most common functions of RFID tags. With the help of RFID technology, inventory creation, update and control become faster, more accurate and more efficient. In addition to triggering related events and instant events related to product exits or entrances, the RFID system also avoids manual data input errors.
2, Replenish products faster, increase sales and control purchases. Real-time inventory updates can avoid inventory damage. This control of inventory increases sales and therefore increases revenue, because it prevents the lack of customers’ favorite products on the shelves, and also prevents excessive accumulation of products, thereby reducing expenditure.
3, Avoid counterfeiting, product loss and Anti-theft. RFID Clothing tags attached to clothes and accessories allow them to be traced from the factory to the final consumer. In addition, since the App allows customers to scan RFID labels and obtain the information stored in the brand, customers can verify the authenticity of the purchased products. Due to the advantages of RFID, the chain of custody of the product is more secure and effective because it can prevent theft and loss. When a product has an RFID tag, the system will follow it and trigger an event, warning that it may exit from the controlled area. The continuous update of the item route makes the system know the location of the item.
4, Provide customers with personalized services. By analyzing the information of the RFID tags of the products purchased by customers, it is possible to better understand their customers’ tastes and needs (colors, sizes, product types, sku, and accessories, etc.). Therefore, we can provide more suitable customized quotations according to customers’ preferences and needs.
More and more branded clothing companies have adopted RFID technology and have achieved significant benefits. Such as Zara, H&M, Decathlon, Burberry, Inditex, JC Penny, Marks & Spencer, Height Group and so on. Let’s take H&M and Decathlon as examples to see the application of RFID technology in clothing industry.
H&M
H&M is a fast-fashion retail industry giant, but when it first entered the market, due to fierce competition among clothing brands and lack of market control, its unsold inventory had grown to 7% by 2017, valued at more than 4 billion US dollars. H&M’s senior managers changed their direction in time and began to focus many of their technologies on the mechanization of distribution centers, information analysis and RFID clothing labels. The purpose is to enable employees to constantly find the problem and how to solve the problem faster, including insufficient inventory. Or oversupply. RFID can help provide critical data, and data can help improve sales and better attract customers.
Decathlon
Decathlon is one of the most important retailers in the world, specializing in sportswear, shoes and other goods. This French organization consistently sells more than 600 million personal items worldwide. They have thousands of stores in Europe, Africa, South America and Asia. The main goal of Decathlon is to ensure that the product is available in the store if the customer is willing to buy it. Decathlon does not want to disappoint any customers. In short, they don’t want to lose sales. Therefore, they used RFID technology. The use of RFID technology can also promote a quick checkout experience, coupled with improved item accessibility, making them choose the strategic choice of communicating RFID solutions. Therefore, Decathlon has integrated RFID solutions in its supply chain and has never disappointed their customers.
These apparel retailers have incorporated innovative traceability practices into their operations with the help of RFID, using advanced RFID solutions to enable them to integrate technology to enhance the value of their supply chain and enable them to adapt to growing product consumption channels such as the Internet and retail stores.
HUAYUAN is a professional RFID tag manufacturer, and is the key partner of AVERY DENNISON in Asia. It has a monthly production capacity of millions of RFID tags. The main market is in Europe (centered in Germany), covering America, Asia and Europe, etc. area. We are a supplier of clothing RFID tags for many internationally renowned brands, and have won the trust of customers with high-quality tags and perfect services. We had provided RFID apparel tag for “Uniqio”, “NIKE ” and several apparel brand for years by billions of tags produced in our serious quality control and management system.
HUAYUAN RFID apparel tag in retail stores can provide apparel inventory, fast settlement, protection and anti-theft applications. Some brand companies directly stick the RFID label on the hang tag, some is generally stick UHF label directly on the shoe box. HUAYUAN RFID UHF garment tag can make customized variable data processing, like QR code or Barcode printing as customers’ request. We also provide blank RFID clothing tag which customers will do the printing post processing. HUAYUAN supplies UHF RFID apparel tag from well-known shoe companies, providing complete apparel RFID paper tag with printing and coding to customers.
HUAYUAN also develops a new generation RFID tag, which is eco friendly. The Eco RFID tag is made of an innovative RFID antenna with solvent-free, plastic-free, which is widely used in apparel inventory management. Every process in production is healthier and more safe for environment. At present, HUAYUAN is ready for mass production of eco RFID Tag will be upgrading RFID tag industry in coming years. It is a totally degradable and environmental friendly for extensive and high-volume producing and applying.
If you are interested in apparel RFID tags, please email the sales team of HUAYUAN for more help.