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RFID for stores from IBM
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| A rapidly transforming industry
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In an industry that is rapidly transforming, retailers need to enhance the consumer experience, streamline inventory processes and reduce shrinkage. The RFID solution for stores provides you with the data and tools you need to make real-time decisions. It builds on the RFID solution for the supply chain, which reduces out of stocks and provides supply chain visibility.
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| A leader in RFID technology who knows retail
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IBM is executing an end-to-end RFID solution strategy from business case to pilots, implementation and rollout. At the core of this strategy is a comprehensive, flexible solution framework designed to deliver rapid ROI, while providing a roadmap for the future. The IBM RFID solution for stores is built around our: - Long and deep experience in RFID and leadership in supply chain management.
- Ability to design and deploy a complete enterprise-wide RFID solution and connect it to multiple business applications.
- Focused practice of more than 4,000 consultants dedicated to the distribution industry, plus more than 2,000 dedicated wireless services professionals.
- Relationships with leaders in the RFID component industry and experience with their products.
- Our work with more than 7,500 retailers worldwide.
As the premier worldwide supplier of POS terminals, we have installed approximately two million systems in over one hundred thousand stores across more than one hundred countries.
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| Start today to prepare your store for the future
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Respond to change. Capitalize on sales opportunities. Link promotions to individual consumer wants and needs. The IBM RFID solution for stores can help you increase customer loyalty, enable efficient inventory, reduce shrink.
Self-service applications—accessed through kiosks, interactive shopping assistants or POS terminals—can provide an interactive, convenient shopping experience.- Enable rapid self-checkout by scanning products as the consumer shops, speeding the purchase transaction.
- Offer unattended retailing with electronic vending machines that can be accessed 24x7.
Item level RFID inventory tagging and electronic labeling can enable efficient inventory and shelf-level management, and streamline stocking processes.- Optimize pricing with on demand price-setting, based on inventory, shelf life, stock levels and customer preferences.
- Automate stock and shelf replenishment by automatically monitoring product quantity, placement and activity, and sending alerts to restock, rearrange or reorder as necessary.
RFID tags can allow you to track products from the back door to the selling floor and beyond to help you reduce shrink.- Product authentication tracks the item along the entire product sales cycle, from manufacturing to post-sale return.
- Article monitoring allows you to automate supplier receiving and billing procedures to reduce manual entry errors, and helps eliminate fraudulent returns.
- RFID tags at the item level allow you to monitor product leaving the store without being purchased.
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| RFID at work—METRO Group transforms their store
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IBM helped METRO Group transform one of its grocery stores with the RFID solution for stores. As a result, METRO can avoid lost sales due to empty shelves, while gathering valuable product movement data to drive future stocking decisions. - RFID smart tags provide real-time data from the supply chain, into the stock room and out to the selling floor.
- Tagged items reveal their location, eliminating the need to manually check stock.
- RFID shelf readers automatically notify the back-office system when stock runs low, initiating the restocking process.
- The system also traces how quickly stock is being sold, identifying more- and less-popular items.
- At checkout, a final scan of tagged articles rapidly updates the store’s inventory.
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| Efficient, cost saving ecosystem
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The value proposition is clear. The RFID solution for stores from IBM can transform retail operations into an efficient, cost saving ecosystem.- Promote customer loyalty and retention to drive sales by having the right product on the right shelf at the right price.
- Realize optimal stock levels, reduced out-of-stocks and lower warehousing costs with efficient tracking. Shrink reduction alone can add as much as 2% to the bottom line.
- Reduce labor costs by automating processes and making informed decisions on where to deploy resources.
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Questions about this solution? Contact an IBM retail specialist.
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