Inventory Management
Adoption trends
- Manufacturer's interest is driven by a desire to leverage RFID investments made for compliance to generate business value. This is especially true for consumer-electronics, where due to the complexity of RFID tagging, greater attention and investment is needed for compliance
- Raw material, WIP and finished goods tracking and visibility can be addressed by extending RFID compliance programs back into the value-chain
- Infosys recommends that suppliers assess the long-term potential of RFID in their operations and ensure that their compliance investments can be leveraged in the future for gaining competitive advantage
- Infosys' Solution Integration Platform that enables device, application and data integration, combined with our global systems integration capabilities enables rapid deployment across geographies
Our experience
For a global consumer electronics manufacturer, Infosys assessed US Retailer RFID/EPC requirements to develop
- A common strategic vision to leverage RFID potential across the enterprise, including client's manufacturing and logistics partners
- A blueprint for evolving existing inventory management policies and practices to leverage RFID for reducing channel inventory buffers with no negative impact on fill rates
- An implementation roadmap including assessment of integration platform options
- Client response to a critical retailer customer to demonstrate a commitment to them and their RFID objectives