RAMP RFID readers technology allows businesses to track the whereabouts of assets. This saves time and money while increasing asset safety and security.
RAMP is Australia’s leading RFID Software Developer and Systems Integrator. We specialise in asset tracking and vehicle tracking applications.
Real-time Inventory Management
Real-time inventory management helps businesses control and manage stock. It’s a process of sourcing, storing, and selling products to meet current and anticipated demand.
Using RAMP RFID readers, businesses can track their inventory from source to sale. This is vital to business operations and provides more control over shrinkage, inventory loss and replenishment decisions.
The RFID tag, or chip, is affixed to the product before it’s shipped and is used to record critical data about that item. This information is updated when the RFID reader detects the thing’s movement. It’s a great way to improve store inventory accuracy and increase revenue. For example, Lululemon has experimented with using RFID to improve the guest experience and provide accurate product locator functionality in their stores.
This technology can be a massive asset for retailers who offer buy-online, pick-up in-store (BOPIS) services to their customers. It can also help retailers reduce labour costs and improve cash flow.
Asset Tracking
RFID-based asset tracking solutions provide a range of benefits, including reduced costs, improved efficiency, and increased productivity. They allow fleet managers to track the location and status of fixed and mobile assets, ensuring they are not lost or stolen and are used as efficiently as possible.
Asset tracking labels assets such as vehicles, tools, equipment and inventory with tags or sensors. The tags then connect to systems that collect, monitor, and analyse the data collected by the tags. When assets are tagged, employees can monitor them at any time. This can improve accountability by allowing managers to see who last used an item and hold them accountable if it is lost or stolen.
Assets can be tagged with unique IDs or labels that RAMP RFID readers can read. This can help improve efficiency and security and increase customer service.
Enhanced Security
RFID has become vital for enhancing security across several industries, from retail and hospitality to mining and transportation. Yet, despite the benefits, it also presents some security concerns, especially when considering data privacy laws. RAMP RFID readers use various technologies to mitigate these risks to ensure your data is secure. Some features include locking and perma-locking of tag memory, a kill command, and encryption to decrypt data when it’s read.
Moreover, encryption can help prevent data from being skimmed or eavesdropped on. For example, if a drug thief scans an RFID tag of a pharmaceutical company, they’ll only get the ciphertext and key share used to identify the drug, not the actual value.
Improved Customer Service
RAMP RFID readers can help omnichannel retailers deliver faster, more accurate customer service. They also cut costs and redeploy staff from mundane and repetitive tasks to more revenue-generating activities, such as inventory management.
In a recent project with Thread Together, an Australian national charity that takes excess brand-new clothing donations and repurposes them for the people who need them most, RAMP RFID helped improve the quality of service provided to shoppers by reducing stock loss and improving accuracy in product identification.
Using a combination of radio frequency identification and barcode scanning, RAMP RFID tags can be placed on products throughout the retail chain, from the warehouse to the store and beyond. This allows customers to identify their products quickly, efficiently, and accurately – improving the speed of checkout and boosting customer satisfaction.
RFID Readers and Middleware
RAMP RFID readers are a convenient way to capture and store data from tags attached to objects automatically. Therefore, they are ideal for monitoring inventory in retail stores, warehouses, and distribution centres.
They’re also an excellent tool for inventory tracking at factories, hospitals, and offices. They eliminate the time-consuming and error-prone task of scanning barcodes, which can result in faulty counts or inventory depletion.
Readers are available in many forms, ranging from handheld to vehicle-mount. These wireless devices combine the power of mobile technology with multi-protocol RFID capabilities to perform various reading and writing functions. Handheld readers are a common choice for asset tracking in the field and can be used to scan ID badges and electronic keys to verify access authorisation. They also offer the ability to alter tag information in real time.
Fixed readers are mounted to various applications’ warehouse floors, archways, and other fixed structures. They typically have external antenna ports connecting to up to eight antennas.