▶ A digital VMI provides suppliers eyes on their inventory 24 / 7 with accurate , granular consumption data in real time . It allows companies to work with several independent suppliers , which provides a better supply base than working with a single distributor of multiple products
▼ With RFID technology , the user can collect a bag of 500 pieces along with 100 other various pieces in a tub . When placed on the scanning table , one RFID swipe calculates the entire inventory of all the pieces in the tub in seconds and with extremely accurate data
▶ RFID technology uses radio waves to transmit information from RFID tags to an RFID reader . The tags contain a sensor that enables the data transmission . Each sensor typically contains unique identifiers , and a reader can simultaneously scan more than 100 tags instantly without requiring line-of-sight visibility . That makes it easy to automate some processes that might otherwise require additional time and resources and are prone to human error
▶ Swiping RFID tags is made simple with a small scanning table that records inventory consumption data in seconds scw-mag . com 25