Notable retail giants like Walmart and Nordstrom have set a new challenge for distribution centers mandating RFID tracking for incoming products. To ensure product quality and availability while retaining current business relationships, businesses must add RFID tags on all products provided to stores by September 2022. As the holiday Peak Season approaches, RFID tracking may seem challenging at first, but extremely promising.

When implemented correctly, RFID reduces out-of-stocks while tracking customer demand patterns over time, which helps create quicker reaction times. For demanding times like the e-commerce boom between October and December, this kind of real-time visibility and actionable insight can be a gamechanger for companies seeking to stay ahead of demands.  Studies show that 80% of shoppers want same-day shipping, while 61% want their packages even faster. While speeding up warehouse workflows can be challenging because it could compromise accuracy, RFID helps improve both to maximize efficiency. Additionally, as demands continue to rise, the price of UHF RFID tags has dropped by 80%. This creates an affordable solution that boosts the order fulfillment process with better insight into stock availability, real-time inventory tracking, faster fulfillment processing, and higher data accuracy. Therefore, RFID can be significantly beneficial to help your business achieve 99.9% accuracy and without it, could be left unprepared to handle peak season and lose out on potential revenue.

Crafting a fortified solution prepared for peak season starts now.

Creating an asset tracking solution that surpasses expectations for peak season and overcomes more businesses mandating RFID can be complex because the needs of both continue to shift. That’s why Spencer Technologies specializes in empowering businesses with scalable RFID solutions that consistently optimize order fulfillment. To remain ahead of mandates and surges in demands, experts agree that it’s best to begin planning your RFID solution well in advance with these steps:

  1. Maximize data capture capability – Electronically collecting and uploading data creates smoother workflows to help businesses avoid errors, data duplication, and lost inventory. This leads to fewer stockouts and reduces the risk of overstocking while improving accuracy. Spencer’s robust RFID solutions are now designed for fast-paced environments and help you gain real-time visibility with faster data capture performance.
  2. Combine faster connections with real-time visibility – A reliable connectivity network can help your teams simplify accuracy and fulfillment. This is because utilizing RFID data capture solutions and mobile computing together provides accurate data instantly to multiple teams, which helps them respond faster. For example, updated cycle counts and asset locations can accelerate order picking for quicker curbside service and more completed orders.
  3. Create a tech support system that simplifies deployment  – Managing your devices is a challenge that can cost businesses thousands of dollars from unnecessary downtime. To simplify setup, a dependable tech support team can help expand solution visibility and device management, thus eliminating blindspots in the setup process. Spencer’s support team offers a fast and reliable way to track assets and manage your devices to help enhance fulfillment during peak season.
  4. Minimize downtime with more seamless workflows – RFID applications that can automatically track the flow of goods and upload the information to your system minimizes interruptions and errors. Therefore, they can remove the need for manual form filling and replace outdated spreadsheets that cause errors. Spencer’s RFID tracking solutions help reduce labor costs, downtime, and reverse logistics costs to make your business more accurate and efficient during peak season.

When more stores are mandating RFID and more consumers are demanding faster shipments, choosing simple asset tracking solutions can help you evolve. Prepare for peak season with Spencer Technologies and contact us today to schedule a free consultation.