If you’re using omnichannel fulfillment processes, stock accuracy can make or break a sale. The last thing you need is to lose a sale because your inventory count mistakenly listed an item of clothing as out of stock, or to sell an item based on stock counts only to discover that it’s nowhere to be found.

When you put our RFID tags on your clothing, it will tell you with 99% + accuracy how many of each item you have and give you their specific location, resulting in faster, hassle-free order fulfillment. Eventually, you will be able to start fulfilling orders from your closest store and not only from your warehouse inventory.

When done right, omnichannel fulfillment is faster and cheaper for both you and your clients.

Many businesses that don’t use RFID tags only do inventory once or twice a year, and when they do take the time to do it, the counts are inexact. This makes it difficult to sell items through multiple channels, since it’s never entirely clear if an inventory listed as in-stock is actually where it says it is.

The key to a successful order fulfillment process is excellent stockout management and knowing quickly when you’re out of stock.

RFID tags allow you to count stock so quickly that you can do it everyday if you’d like. Plus, they offer electronic article surveillance that allows you to track every item individually no matter where it is.

Getting started with RFID can be very expensive, with equipment like RFID tunnels costing upwards of $50,000 for each tunnel. With these kinds of figures, it can be difficult to work out what your ROI will actually be so you can determine whether it’s worth it for your business.

kcode can reduce the cost of shielding your sales floor and back stock room. We do this in a couple of ways:

• Providing a cost-effective RFID tunnel alternative
• Virtually splitting your store into two sections (sales floor and stockroom) and analyzing what’s missing from either section – no need to install shields separating the areas thanks to kbeacons

Our ROI calculator can help you get a better idea of the savings we can provide compared to other solutions, so you have a clear picture of what different solutions out there will cost.

If your employees are receiving stock using manual SKU entry – or worse, an outdated clipboard method – they’re spending more time than they should. With today’s modern RFID technology that can scan hundreds of apparel items in seconds, there’s no longer any reason for receiving processes to take hours.

Additionally, businesses that don’t use RFID technology are often fraught with errors in their inventory numbers, so no matter how careful your employees are, there’s a good chance your inventory problems are starting as soon as shipments are received. kcode RFID tags have a 99% accuracy rate, so you can be sure that every item is accounted for as soon as it hits your stockroom.

Every business owner in the apparel industry knows the pain of inventory shrinkage – your stock counts say one thing, but your bare shelves say another.

The item-level visibility provided by RFID tags lets you keep an eye on each item individually, giving you the ability to locate misshelved items. Plus, electronic article surveillance compatibility means clothes won’t disappear and be unaccounted for.

Battling theft is an unfortunate part of running a retail establishment, and RFID-enabled electronic article surveillance can reduce your losses drastically.

It’s also worth noting that theft is more likely to happen in your stockroom than on the sales floor, so it’s a good idea to utilize RFID technology in there as well.

Poor apparel inventory management affects every aspect of your business, from the receiving bay all the way to the customer level.

Overworked employees dealing with mismanaged stockrooms are more likely to suffer from low morale, which often leads to poor customer service. Employees spending too much time dealing with the stockroom also have less time to dedicate to keeping your sales floor in top shape, potentially leaving customers with a less-than-stellar impression of your business.

Additionally, customers who shop online might be left unimpressed with a business that gives inaccurate information about stock availability and expected shipping dates.