Operators of retail stores, factories, and warehouses all know that it is often very difficult for employees to accurately complete their assigned tasks, but RFID is now expected to change this situation.
At present, the vast majority of companies do not consider adopting RFID in this respect. They have always considered RFID as a tool for tracking goods or assets. However, Australian tomato grower d'Vineripe uses RFID to increase worker productivity. The company uses RFID technology to ensure that workers perform multiple tasks on a daily basis, including pruning, pollination, leaf removal, pest control and disease control and picking tomatoes.
Workers receive assignments assigned on the day each day. Warmroom managers use a handheld reader to read a label assigned to the task and read another row or rows of tomatoes assigned to the worker’s work. Labels, associate workers with tasks and tomato plots. When the worker finishes the task or changes his shift, the work label is scanned again, indicating that the work has been completed. Data is downloaded to the company's back-end system, as opposed to the best practices for each job. This allows managers to solve specific problems, such as training employees on a certain task or related issues with other workers who are inefficient.
Retailers can use a similar system for replenishment management. At present, many retailers rely on shop assistants to actively scan bar codes that require replenishment shelves, and some retailers build a replenishment list based on cash register data. However, both of these methods ultimately depend on the clerk's autonomy. If a clerk says that a class of merchandise has been replenished, but it is not, the store manager cannot detect the problem until the merchandise is out of stock for a few days, or someone finds an empty shelf, but then it has caused sales losses.
RFID can change this way, when a class of goods is out of stock or is about to be out of stock, the system can notify the relevant personnel to replenish them in time. The RFID inventory system sends information to a store assistant's handheld (POS data is inaccurate because when an item is stolen or misplaced, the system considers it to be on the shelf). The worker can then be timed to replenish the merchandise. When he takes the item from the back-end warehouse to the store, the label is read, confirming that the item has been replenished. If the tag is not read within a certain period of time, the store manager will receive an announcement. Workers who quickly replenish goods receive rewards, while workers who have been unable to replenish goods in time are punished or dismissed.
In the factory, similar systems can also be used to inform workers to complete a series of tasks. For example, some parts need to be sent to a workshop for pickling. Software can be set to inform workers to bring parts to the shop. After the treatment is completed, the worker may dry the parts on the shelf. At this point the tag is read, confirming that this process is complete. The system notifies other workers to take the parts to another workshop for other processing.
If the worker does not complete a process within a certain period of time, the software system can also send an alert to a manager. Managers can investigate and interfere if necessary.
Some people may think that such applications are monitoring workers' every move, but in fact, this technology only ensures the timely completion of work. In fact, many workers like clear guidelines, such as what to do, feedback when they are done, and when they are wrong, so that they can make corrections in a timely manner.
At present, the vast majority of companies do not consider adopting RFID in this respect. They have always considered RFID as a tool for tracking goods or assets. However, Australian tomato grower d'Vineripe uses RFID to increase worker productivity. The company uses RFID technology to ensure that workers perform multiple tasks on a daily basis, including pruning, pollination, leaf removal, pest control and disease control and picking tomatoes.
Workers receive assignments assigned on the day each day. Warmroom managers use a handheld reader to read a label assigned to the task and read another row or rows of tomatoes assigned to the worker’s work. Labels, associate workers with tasks and tomato plots. When the worker finishes the task or changes his shift, the work label is scanned again, indicating that the work has been completed. Data is downloaded to the company's back-end system, as opposed to the best practices for each job. This allows managers to solve specific problems, such as training employees on a certain task or related issues with other workers who are inefficient.
Retailers can use a similar system for replenishment management. At present, many retailers rely on shop assistants to actively scan bar codes that require replenishment shelves, and some retailers build a replenishment list based on cash register data. However, both of these methods ultimately depend on the clerk's autonomy. If a clerk says that a class of merchandise has been replenished, but it is not, the store manager cannot detect the problem until the merchandise is out of stock for a few days, or someone finds an empty shelf, but then it has caused sales losses.
RFID can change this way, when a class of goods is out of stock or is about to be out of stock, the system can notify the relevant personnel to replenish them in time. The RFID inventory system sends information to a store assistant's handheld (POS data is inaccurate because when an item is stolen or misplaced, the system considers it to be on the shelf). The worker can then be timed to replenish the merchandise. When he takes the item from the back-end warehouse to the store, the label is read, confirming that the item has been replenished. If the tag is not read within a certain period of time, the store manager will receive an announcement. Workers who quickly replenish goods receive rewards, while workers who have been unable to replenish goods in time are punished or dismissed.
In the factory, similar systems can also be used to inform workers to complete a series of tasks. For example, some parts need to be sent to a workshop for pickling. Software can be set to inform workers to bring parts to the shop. After the treatment is completed, the worker may dry the parts on the shelf. At this point the tag is read, confirming that this process is complete. The system notifies other workers to take the parts to another workshop for other processing.
If the worker does not complete a process within a certain period of time, the software system can also send an alert to a manager. Managers can investigate and interfere if necessary.
Some people may think that such applications are monitoring workers' every move, but in fact, this technology only ensures the timely completion of work. In fact, many workers like clear guidelines, such as what to do, feedback when they are done, and when they are wrong, so that they can make corrections in a timely manner.