Australia Telecom confirmed the great interest of mobile RFID Tracking (1)

Telstra Australia Telecom completes an RFID pilot project-this project if its 130 retail stores official run, the annual saving of artificial and product loss cost $ 320 million.

During the three-month test-Australia's largest single grade test project-Telstra on 128,000 phone boxes for labeling, tracking them from Sydney distribution center to retail stores throughout the 6.

The use of RFID systems, Telstra that supply chain visibility from 65% to 99%, improve inventory accuracy.

The company receives goods are 75% reduction, inventory counting time cut by 50%, reduce time lost cargo search by 50%. Product loss and reduced labor costs, each year, the company is expected to save $ 4 million.

Telstra TelstraEnterprise & Government, under the networking solutions and services for children, developed this system, the company quickly will be officially launched at the Telstra retail system.

Telstra project manager JulienMarchand said this test-company in 2006-in October 2008 and February 2009.

Responsible for the management of Telstra distribution center in Miami, supply chain management company retailing sector Brightstar urges Telstra test RFID to improve supply chain visibility. "Their main reason is to reduce supply chain mobile phone loss and Telstra retail product loss. "Marchand said.

In 2007, Australia retail chain of loss amounted to $ 22.6, average rate of wastage or 1.39% of sales due to phone is a high-value products, the price of Telstra mobile phone sales at $ 121-805, improve supply chain visibility can reduce losses.

"So we prepare a business case, but soon released RFID can bring other benefits" Marchand, including short-term interests, such as by reducing staff spend in a warehouse receipt or look up phone time to productivity.

But we also see the long-term potential benefits, such as increased inventory levels of accuracy rates, eliminating stock-outs and minimize stock of goods.

Before carrying out tests, Marchand has developed a set of key metrics, such as in a warehouse receiving goods, inventory, find lost handset.

TelstraEnterprise & Government and NEC to develop a system that uses the package 12800 phone using passive UHF RFID smart labels, operating at 920-926MHz.

Next, staff will RFID readers installed in a distribution center and six retail stores.

Telstra experience multiple installation options, decide which package provides the best read rate, including the reader is installed on a store bin doors and entrances of the cartridge door on the ceiling and the entrance door and storage doors and cashier. "From the beautiful reading rate and the reader is installed in the library doors and entrances to the ceiling, and integrated into the cashier's it system is the best package.

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