RFID Smart Exit Features
With Inventory Software and RFID systems (tags, video cameras, POS, readers and antennas) strategically placed throughout the store, a more complete and detailed view of what is going on across the store is possible.
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Shrink Visibility (EPC as EAS) requires software integration into a retailer’s ERP system. RFID as EAS does not.
Shrink Visibility retains EPC and loss event-related data (such as video, time and location) to provide analytics and insights later about what items were stolen using EPC. RFID as EAS does not use EPC values and is not able to provide EPC-level details when analyzing loss events.
With RFID as EAS, readers are typically located at customer, employee or receiving exits. With Shrink Visibility, readers are located at the customer exits (as with RFID as EAS), but may be located at other locations across the store to capture inventory management use case data as well. These other locations may include fitting rooms, receiving doors, employee exits, and transition points from a stock room to the sales floor.
RFID Hardware
When doing RFID as EAS, a retailer may choose to put antennas and readers only at the customer entrance to address shoplifting, only at employee and receiving doors to address internal theft, or at all exits, depending on the scope of the problem they are trying to solve. These decisions depend on what the retailer is trying to accomplish and the investment that makes sense for the given problem. For the customer entrance, there is a choice of pedestal vs. overhead readers, each with their own tradeoffs.
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RFID Tags
Before making any tagging decisions, retailers should evaluate
their current situation. Some of the merchandise they buy
may already be tagged with RFID, as many manufacturers are
already doing RFID source tagging. In that case, the retailer may
decide to accommodate those single-use tags and prioritize
those categories that are already being tagged. Retailers need
to consider the impact of tag format (reusable vs. single-use)
on store workflow (do tags need to be removed at POS or not)
and whether or not they already have the POS equipment to
support the tag formats they are considering.
There are many varieties of RFID tags and labels to choose
from. At the highest level is the choice between reusable vs.
single use. Reusable tags have higher initial cost per tag due to
their ruggedized construction to prevent unauthorized removal.
However, that higher initial cost will be amortized across multiple
uses, and thereby the cost per use is often lower. Conversely,
the per-use cost of a reusable tag may include in-store labor
costs that the single-use tags do not require — reusable tags
have to be removed at the POS and recirculated (sent and
attached to new to-be-sold items).
Reusable dual tags (RFID/AM-EAS) have higher security than single-use tags, since reusable tags are difficult to remove without a detacher and have the more robust AM EAS technology, along with RFID. Single-use swing tickets or labels are less expensive but are easily removed by thieves. Some retailers, in particular those selling exclusively private label products, use sewn-in RFID tags. These are made of cloth fabric, so they are well integrated into the item of clothing. Sewn-in tags are slightly harder to remove than swing tags, but can still be cut off, unless the manufacturer places them in a hard-to-get-at location, such as between the lining and outer fabric of the garment. Some ORC units sell merchandise with original swing tickets or labels for a premium on the black market due to increased authenticity, so this can be somewhat of a deterrence to removal of the label.
POS
POS systems handle the selling of your products. Once the sale is complete, it then sends a message to your RFID Smart Exit telling it that the item is safe to exit the store.
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Pricing
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User Feedback
We pride ourselves on 100% customer satisfaction. Our 20+ years experience in the RFID market allows us to think outside the box, engineer and test the latest techniques to deploy in your RFID Smart Exit project.
We needed to have a large order of counter POS readers configured for our RFID Smart Exit deployment in a very short amount of time. The team at RFID Smart Exit came through again. We can always count on professionalism and accuracy with this team.
RFID Smart Exit was able to assist us with a project that required putting many different components into boxes that were customer specific locations, along with configuring all of the RFID devices. They were able to help make this project go smooth! Thanks for all the hard work!!
The team at RFID Smart Exit is a great partner of ours. When we get in a bind, we reach out to them. They are always willing and able to help. Even if it is something they have never helped us with before, just a quick document overview and they take it and run! Awesome team. Thanks!