UPM Raflatac and Digilogics track Mexican retail

Tuesday, 12 January, 2010 (Age: 236 days)

El Puerto de Liverpool, a leading retailer in Mexico with more than 78 stores, has implemented a comprehensive RFID solution for its suppliers that has delivered quantifiable improvements to its inventory management processes.

The initiative, which affects more than 200 suppliers and uses 3 million RFID tags and inlays annually, is one of the largest in the country.

After testing RFID’s potential to optimize inventory management processes, Liverpool mandated carton-level RFID tagging for all of its suppliers in 2008. Liverpool decided to offer finished UHF RFID tags and inlays for sale, to provide suppliers with a single tagging solution, while improving its control of the large-scale track-and-trace program. Liverpool selected bulk volume RFID labels from Digilogics containing UPM Raflatac UHF ShortDipole RFID tags equipped with Impinj's Monza™ 3 tag chips because of both UPM Raflatac's and Digilogics' abilities to guarantee on-time deliveries of high quality, cost-efficient products that deliver exceptional performance.

In the next phase of the project, Liverpool will require additional suppliers to tag goods at the item level; equip retail employees with RFID handheld devices to process inventory; and update POS terminals with RFID readers to streamline checkout processes. The company is also testing customer-facing solutions, such as RFID-powered fitting rooms, which enhance the shopping experience and help cross-sell and up-sell retail goods. Liverpool’s goal is to work closely with its suppliers to increase merchandise availability to near-perfect levels, increasing customer satisfaction and product sales.

Category: Data Collection, RFID