Archived Has anyone implented the new RFID rollout or is about to?

[Backroomkeycarrier]

Curious if there has been a pilot or if my region is the pilot for this.

 

[Bosch]

Radio silence at my store.

 

[BoxCutter]

Plenty of cartons with the yellow RFID labels on them at my store but not a single word when or how it will be implemented

 

[Hardlinesmaster]

I had mentioned it to my stl. They got big points with the dtl, for knowing about it. Thanks again, the Break room.
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[brizzy93]

Same as @BoxCutter, there are plenty but no one has said anything.

 

[signingminion]

They are too busy stealing my trailer to worry about finding hours to spend implementing this...I feel like it's coming up though. Need to read that one again.

 

[Redzee]

Tin foil hat.

 

[Firefox]

Most casepacks/assortments are coming in with the yellow RFID stickers now, but as far as I'm aware they haven't been implemented into our operations yet.

 

[Joejoe12]

My STL mentioned something about a roll out for us starting on May

 

[PogDog]

Years ago, when this idea was originally developed, it was shopped around to major retailers for product tracking. But the retailers didn't want to implement it because it was to expensive (and the tags were big and didn't hold a lot of data). Walmart was the first to push for it, but they wanted their foreign exporters to implement it and pay for that. China refused. So it never happened.

Now, I'm assuming the cost has dropped significantly and the tags are smaller and hold more data. I don't know what information is going to be available. I don't know how the tags are going to be used (I don't see them on products, so they're probably only in the cases, which would mean DC loading, DC to Store tracking, and maybe backroom usage only).

I'm curious if the tags are in these cases. I'll gut one today and look. For my own curiosity. But if I find one, I'll snap a pic.


Edit: I was wrong. The ID is on the adhesive label behind the barcode. Here's a snap. You can faintly make out the antenna. It's sorta shaped like a square tootsie roll.

 

[masterofalltrades]

Years ago, when this idea was originally developed, it was shopped around to major retailers for product tracking. But the retailers didn't want to implement it because it was to expensive (and the tags were big and didn't hold a lot of data). Walmart was the first to push for it, but they wanted their foreign exporters to implement it and pay for that. China refused. So it never happened.

Now, I'm assuming the cost has dropped significantly and the tags are smaller and hold more data. I don't know what information is going to be available. I don't know how the tags are going to be used (I don't see them on products, so they're probably only in the cases, which would mean DC loading, DC to Store tracking, and maybe backroom usage only).

I'm curious if the tags are in these cases. I'll gut one today and look. For my own curiosity. But if I find one, I'll snap a pic.

They actually are on individual items. It is the small white bcode sticker on a lot of the towels and clothing.

 

[BoxCutter]

Instocks will be involved in some way, and I think they will be using a special scanner or receiver.

 

[semantics]

It's going to be part of an instocks process and my ETL said there are a ton of stuff they have to eventually read so i got nothing... Pretty sure it's only boys/girls/ G9 and pillow like things at my store so far.

 

[Joejoe12]

So spoke to our instocks tl today. Certain items in home and domestics and Softlines will have the tags on them when shipped to the store. The instocks team will use s new scanner and walk down the aisle waving it and it will pull the on hands of those items. They will no longer need to be researched

 

[BoxCutter]

The instocks team will use s new scanner and walk down the aisle waving it and it will pull the on hands of those items.

Well, if these new scanners work as well as the myDevices, we will be standing in the aisles waving our arms like we're dancing to music no one else can hear.

 

[Rarejem]

Will items that do not use these still be researched and with the same device?

 

[Joejoe12]

Will items that do not use these still be researched and with the same device?

Not they will need a mydevice

 

[Joejoe12]

From what he was told this will be the process for now. Spot eventually wants all products to have this and the process will be done during the unload. Any item with this tag will not be counted during the annual inventory process

 

[signingminion]

Checked the documents, April/May for most stores to start this, rolling start date by store. Eventual inclusion of everyone by June I think it said. The attachment gives your start date, etc by store number.

 

[instockout]

As an instocks team member, I like the idea in theory... But we know how well the equipment works. It'll be nice to be able to scan softlines a lot easier and more frequently.

 

[instockout]

But I'd imagine the rigs for softlines will skyrocket the first few weeks.

 

[squirrely]

I was told eventually all our products will have this. It will help with on hand counts. Eventually, we will be able to ring up an entire cart just by waving this device around and it will also help AP with theft.

 

[instockout]

I was told eventually all our products will have this. It will help with on hand counts. Eventually, we will be able to ring up an entire cart just by waving this device around and it will also help AP with theft.

I don't see how it'd help ap with theft, when you can just rip the tag off

 

[Yetive]

Well, if these new scanners work as well as the myDevices, we will be standing in the aisles waving our arms like we're dancing to music no one else can hear.

Had an image of my instocks doing the YMCA in the towel aisles. Made me laugh!

 

[FiestyPlano]

Had an image of my instocks doing the YMCA in the towel aisles. Made me laugh!

I had a similar image in my head we have an older lady on our instocks team that spends 99% of her time complaining about everything and I just couldn't stop imagining her in an aisle having a "wacky waveable arms man" moment trying to get the equipment to work. I also had a great laugh.