Case Detail

RFID E-Commerce Traceability Project for a Leather Footwear Brand

The unique digital identity of each shoe is established through the RFID electronic label, which provides a record of the associated goods, orders, quality checks, warehousing, exits, logistics and return of goods, and provides for the full process tracking, forgery-proofing, serial identification and return of goods.

Access Program
A quality inspector using an RFID handheld terminal to verify goods in a footwear e-commerce warehouse
Client typeReal-skin shoe brand and electrician company.
Managed AssetsFemale shoe products, order goods and refunded goods
Core applicationsSingle-product traceability, quality tracking, inventory management, security-proofing, return verification
System IntegrationElectrician platforms, orders, inventories and logistics systems

Client Background

Clients sell real-skin shoes mainly through electrician platforms, with different trade numbers, colours, sizes and batches.

As orders and returns are increasing, traditional bar codes and manual registrations make it difficult to distinguish between the same-segregated goods and to keep a complete record of the quality, warehousing, sales, and return of each commodity. The customer wants to establish a whole-process traceability system through RFID “One size at one size”.

Project Challenges

Commodity stocks are prone to confusion.

Women ' s shoes are more in combination with colours and sizes, and are prone to misdirections, miscodes, break codes and unclear locations.

It's hard to trace the responsibility for the examination.

It is difficult to determine the production batch, the quality examiner and the timing of the quality check when the sub-qualified commodity is in the market.

Refunds are a real mystery.

Traditional orders can only identify the model of the commodity and it is difficult to judge whether the returned commodity is the original order.

Serial and unusual circulation control difficulties

There is a lack of single-grade verification between different agents, distribution channels and destinations and it is difficult to detect cross-regional shipments in a timely manner.

Solutions

The project uses the overall program RFID electronic label + RFID handheld reader + tag printing equipment + generator traceability management system, and uses the e-commerce platform and order system.

The examiner uses the RFID handheld reader to read the label in bulk, record the examiner, time and results, and automatically lock and block the inventory of the disqualified goods.

In the commodity entry, exit and return chain, the system automatically compares the order, batch, destination and historical record, identifying miscalculation, non-ordered, serial and suspected counterfeit goods.

RFID Tag Generation and binding

RFID Tag Generation and binding

Production quality check records retrospectively

Production quality check records retrospectively

Orders associated with sales and sales out of the library

Orders associated with sales and sales out of the library

Refund against fraudulent sources of traceability verification

Refund against fraudulent sources of traceability verification

Workflow

Synchronization of Commodity Orders

Generate a unique EPC

Label Printing Bind

Plant quality check records

Finals in the Library

Orders associated with library

Logistics channel tracking

Refunds against forgery

Re-entry or processing

Key Functions

Synchronization of goods with orders

Synchronize information on goods, customers, orders and logistics to the electrical power provider platform, order and warehousing systems.

RFID tag management

The only RFID code is generated for each commodity, which supports printing, writing, binding, checking, retorting and scrapping.

Production quality check trace

Records the quality examiners, time, project and results, and supports the search by commodity, person, batch.

Product entry bank management

Check the quality of the goods and record the time, personnel and position of the warehouse to facilitate subsequent follow-up.

Sales out of the library tracking

Associated order numbers, RFID codes and logistics information form a single commodity inventory.

Refund traceability

Checks original sales orders, identification of goods and flow records, registration of reasons for return and results of the re-examination.

Counterfeiting and chaining.

Identification of serials and suspected counterfeits compared to RFID identity, order destination and historical flow.

Inventory of RFID

The inventory is carried out in bulk by hand-held machines, which generate a breakdown of the excess, deficit and unusual goods.

Deployment

A. Software systems

  • RFID Electrician Retrace Management System
  • Synchronization of goods and orders
  • RFID tag management
  • Production quality control
  • Product entry bank management
  • Sales from Treasury Management
  • Return and post-sale management
  • Counterfeiting and stow-and-sniffing verification
  • Inventory of RFID
  • Commodity life cycle queries
  • Statistics and traceable reports
RFID Electrician traceability management system interface

B. Hardware equipment

  • RFID Label PrinterRFID Label Printer
  • RFID Handheld TerminalRFID Handheld Terminal
  • RFID Desktop Reading and Writing DeviceRFID Desktop Reading and Writing Device
  • RFID fixed RFID Reader and antennaRFID fixed RFID Reader and antenna
  • Commodity RFID electronic labelCommodity RFID electronic label

Results

Each shoe has a separate RFID code, and it's uniquely identified.
The entire process of labelling, quality check, entering and out of the vault to return is traceable
Inventory accuracy rate increased from 82 per cent to 99 per cent
Automatically reconcile commodities, orders and quantities to improve the efficiency of access to the warehouse
Quick check batches, examiners, time and results
Reconcile original orders with commodity identification to reduce the risk of return of counterfeit goods
Remittance processing time reduced by approximately 40 per cent
Counterfeiting, chain protection and data retention to improve brand management

How can single-grade management be established, given the untraceable nature of the commodity, the real and false nature of the return?

The verification of security, serial identification and the tracking of the entire life cycle are achieved through the creation of a single digital identity for each commodity through RFID, which provides a flow-of-quality control, inventory, order, logistics and return records.