The RFID/GDSN StarterKit provides organisations a quick and easy solution for enhancing the efficiency of their buy-side and sell-side programs. By enabling the synchronisation of trading partner information and the integration of EPC data with existing EDI document flows, the key causes of supply chain inefficiency can be removed.
Reduce time/cost of RFID implementation.
Create immediate bottom-line ROI by use of RFID/data synchronisation
Eliminate need for additional technical and support staff
Integrate EPC data with existing internal and trading community information flows
Overview
The RFID/GDSN StarterKit kick-starts your RFID and data synchronisation project in many ways:
Eliminates inefficiencies caused by inaccurate item data— CONTENT from Larry Rushing MISSING
Meets major customer RFID initiatives—Retailers like Wal-Mart, Metro, Tesco and Best Buy, along with organisations like the US DoD are setting RFID specifications and guidelines. Suppliers are asked to meet these specs as initiatives are rolled out across the US and internationally.
Improved control of stock and other assets—At any given time, a typical retail store has 6-8% out-of-stock resulting in sales losses of about 4%. A recent study of Wal-Mart by the University of Arkansas showed that RFID-tagged merchandise reduced out-of-stocks of by 16%, with RFID-tagged product space replenished three times faster than space inhabited by products tracked with barcodes.
Improved efficiencies in the supply chain—Enterprises gain through faster, more accurate and automated exchanges of information among collaborating enterprises. Collaborative business environments are enhanced through the integration of data and documents to create business context.
Increased accuracy and visibility
Real-time decision making
Greater throughput
More data-usage flexibility
Greater collection flexibility
Tracking of shipments—RFID allows tracking throughout the supply chain, with suppliers, retailers and even end-users tracking the location of goods on order. Many organisations must comply with strict regulations regarding the manufacture and sale of restricted goods. RFID improves the traceability of goods in the manufacturing process and can assist in conducting product recalls as a result of safety concerns (Smart Recalls).
Reduced shrinkage/theft—Tags can be attached to high value items to validate authenticity, or guard against theft within the supply chain of the organisation or at retail outlets.
Features
The RFID StarterKit is the first, wizard-driven RFID software. The StarterKit provides an easy way for organisations to take advantage of efficiencies gained from data synchronisation throughout trading community and meet the requirement for compliant RFID solutions that meet mandates from organisations such as DoD, Wal-Mart, Target and Best Buy.
Features
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SensorOS: SensorOS is an operating system for RFID. Basic functions include hearing, recognising, filtering and optimizing input from the reader-antenna-tag interface; connecting to and monitoring all peripheral sensor/RFID hardware devices; housing the EPCIS; and enabling security.
DESIGN:
Configure RFID Hardware—Enables the population of all of the fields necessary for configuring the RFID Hardware for your solution. The assigned IP addresses, location and role for each RFID device are entered as the network is set up and developed.
Create your RFID label—Take advantage of the epcSolutions label library, or use your own BarTenderTM label format. Seagull's BarTender labels can be seamlessly integrated into the RFIDTagManager solution.
CREATE:Label printing and tag encoding—Allows configuration of compliant RFID labels for Wal-Mart, DoD, Best Buy and other organisations.
VALIDATE:Tag validation/verification—Once tags are created and applied, verification ensures they are working and/or correct throughout the supply chain.
INTEGRATE:Integration with your back-end systems—Allows for an end-to-end solution that links to an ERP or WMS, effectively communicating your RFID data within your enterprise. RFIDTagManager is highly customizable and can connect to any systems database applications, such as Oracle and SAP.
Network device monitoring & management—Allows for monitoring of all devices that were configured as part of your network through the Design-Time wizard. Green lights clearly indicate a functioning device, red lights mean that there is a problem.
Reporting functions—Compile tag reports of all RFID-enabled labels created by a printer within a user-defined time period. Reports can be saved as a CSV file that can be exported to other applications and read in Excel.
