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Print ArticleGlobeRanger announced that Daisy Brand, a sour cream manufacturer, has implemented GlobeRanger's iMotion Edgeware platform for developing RFID solutions for its warehouse operations.
With the latest round of retail mandates for RFID, Daisy Brand wanted to deploy RFID technology not just to satisfy upcoming compliance mandates but also to gain efficiencies to offset the cost of deployment. One improvement area that Daisy Brand identified where RFID would make a significant impact was tracking finished goods inventory to the staging area, and then to a truck for delivery. With the project, the company looks to improve the accuracy of fulfilling orders, and increase efficiency in tracking finished goods, while bolstering the productivity of forklift drivers.
GlobeRanger's iMotion platform provides the foundation for developing the manufacturer's solution. It involves the tagging of finished goods, tracking finished goods movement via RFID readers installed on a forklift, and real-time integration of tracking information with Daisy Brand's warehouse management system.
Types of devices controlled and managed by the iMotion platform include RFID forklift and portal readers, RFID printers, in-line barcode scanners, and a pallet tag applicator. Additionally, iMotion's event workflow and process management capabilities enable the Daisy Brand team to establish multiple data integration points with existing systems and execute business rules.
"Daisy Brand runs an efficient warehouse operation and we are always looking for ways to provide continuous improvement without increasing manufacturing cost," said Kevin Brown, director of information systems at Daisy Brand. "For this project, we wanted to take advantage of what we learned from our compliance experience and extend it to other areas of operations. GlobeRanger's iMotion platform gave us the flexible foundation that we needed to evolve our solutions."
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