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Jewellery retailer tracks inventory with RFID from Orizin
31 Dec '08
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In addition, interrogators in the ceiling can be set to scan all active tags at a specific interval. If a tag is not found during a scan, an alert is sent and the system defines its corresponding item as missing.
For less expensive items, the passive tags can be read intermittently with a passive RFID interrogator, by placing a tray of tagged jewelry on the desktop reader. This data is captured and loaded onto the same system via an Ethernet cable to the local area network. The information is then integrated into the store's jewelry inventory management system, Ornate, provided by D'Soft Infotech, located in Ahmedabad.
According to Agrawal, passive tags are more cost-effective than active tags. "Thus," he states, "generally, a store may decide to go for active tags only for highly expensive items, and passive tags for the remaining items. Orizin advises only active technology for foolproof security and inventory for all kinds of items."
When an item is sold, the store's personnel detach and deactivate its tag through the software. The tag can then be reused on another item.
Although the ceiling-mounted interrogators have a long read range, they have been designed so that they can not detect a tag's signal the moment a tagged item passes the exit, thereby triggering an alarm. This function provides an additional layer of security with redundancy to the exit door reader, which also sets off an alarm if an active tag passes through that door.
To enable the ceiling readers to do this, Agrawal notes, Orizin has designed special reader antennas and a patent-pending software algorithm. "We achieved this after rigorous testing," he says.
The benefits Jewelex India is seeking are 100 percent security—through tamper-proof and foolproof detection of tagged items passing through the exit—as well as real-time inventory that reduces mistakes and the amount of time the store's staff spends manually checking each item. The company would not comment for this article.
According to Agrawal, the system is commercially available worldwide and can transmit at 915 MHz in the United States.
For less expensive items, the passive tags can be read intermittently with a passive RFID interrogator, by placing a tray of tagged jewelry on the desktop reader. This data is captured and loaded onto the same system via an Ethernet cable to the local area network. The information is then integrated into the store's jewelry inventory management system, Ornate, provided by D'Soft Infotech, located in Ahmedabad.
According to Agrawal, passive tags are more cost-effective than active tags. "Thus," he states, "generally, a store may decide to go for active tags only for highly expensive items, and passive tags for the remaining items. Orizin advises only active technology for foolproof security and inventory for all kinds of items."
When an item is sold, the store's personnel detach and deactivate its tag through the software. The tag can then be reused on another item.
Although the ceiling-mounted interrogators have a long read range, they have been designed so that they can not detect a tag's signal the moment a tagged item passes the exit, thereby triggering an alarm. This function provides an additional layer of security with redundancy to the exit door reader, which also sets off an alarm if an active tag passes through that door.
To enable the ceiling readers to do this, Agrawal notes, Orizin has designed special reader antennas and a patent-pending software algorithm. "We achieved this after rigorous testing," he says.
The benefits Jewelex India is seeking are 100 percent security—through tamper-proof and foolproof detection of tagged items passing through the exit—as well as real-time inventory that reduces mistakes and the amount of time the store's staff spends manually checking each item. The company would not comment for this article.
According to Agrawal, the system is commercially available worldwide and can transmit at 915 MHz in the United States.
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