Cutting food waste and staffing costs with RFID

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Cutting food waste and staffing costs with RFID

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It was a move that could be implemented using traditional labels, but could be enhanced by the use of radio frequency identification (RFID) tags, a technology that originated in World War II but has become a key part of modern inventory management.
Five major convenience store chains—7-11, FamilyMart, Lawson, NewDays, and Ministop, which is owned by retail giant Aeon Co., Ltd.—have agreed to introduce RFID tags on all their products by 2025.
The packaging and technology company has developed a range of RFID-based solutions aimed at the food industry under the Freshmarx solutions name.
Avery Dennison estimates that, by reducing the number of items that are thrown away because they are past date, RFID could cut food loss at stores by as much as 20 percent.
With Japan’s focus on convenience stores, and foods that many consumers grab to eat on the run or during lunch breaks, the RFID tags must withstand heating in a microwave oven.
Called RFIQ, the technology makes use of the electromagnetic waves generated when an RFID tag powers up to capture data about the product to which the tag is attached.
In its 2017 “Declaration of Plan to Introduce 100 Billion Electronic Tags for Products in Convenience Stores Formulated,” METI said: “The retail industry in Japan has been facing a labor shortage and an increase in labor costs affected by the impact of the declining birthrate.
Combining RFID for inventory control with the Internet of Things (IoT) and cloud-based technologies can help stores provide a consistent customer experience with fewer staff.
In the Lawson tests, Panasonic showed its Regi-Robo auto­mated system, which uses a smart basket that can read the RFID tags attached to products.
The system, which features Trial’s RFID tagging technology, functions in a similar way to the Regi-Robo, in that customers can walk through carrying a basket filled with RFID-tagged items

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