Application of RFID technology under the COVID-19

The COVID-19 outbreak has caused many changes in our daily lives. Through RFID radio frequency identification technology, retailers can eliminate customer queues and gatherings in Stores, thereby avoiding the spread of the new coronavirus. When the new coronavirus first emerged, the number of infections increased dramatically. Therefore, we should abide by the public safety order during the epidemic to avoid further spread of the disease.

Business practices are essential in modern society, especially for supermarkets of all kinds, which require significant controls to ensure that all customers remain safe. In severe cases, we can only implement isolation management, but in some cases, contact with other people (such as customers and cashiers) cannot be avoided. Due to the development of the epidemic and shutdown and isolation management, people's demand for basic supplies has greatly increased, so it has become a very common phenomenon for people to go to supermarkets in groups to purchase essential supplies.

Crowded shopping mall

The company's survey during the epidemic showed that supermarket sales increased by 10%. RFID technology has become an excellent way to prevent people from crowding and queuing, and in many places, it has become very important. Retailers should take advantage of this technology and use it in their stores immediately. With RFID technology, customers can check out without queuing past a manual checkout counter. Currently, the most common use of RFID is that customers can check out and pay by themselves through an RFID Reader at a Library-self-service-borrowing-and-returning-machine-source-manufacturer-UHF-touch-screen-borrowing-and-returning-machine.html target='_blank'>self-service checkout terminal.

Self-service checkout terminal using RFID technology

In addition, customers can view product information directly on their mobile phones through NFC technology and then complete purchases directly on the device. After the customer completes checkout, the labels on the purchased products will automatically expire, thus confirming the purchase. With the help of RFID technology, customers can complete the entire shopping process in a completely secure manner without contact and without queues. The world after the COVID-19 outbreak will undergo significant changes, and the deployment of RFID IoT technology may become even more necessary.

NFC technology has been widely used in various smartphones

For customers, RFID technology can reduce shopping queues, leading to faster daily transactions and greater security. For retailers, in addition to protecting customers in stores, RFID can also achieve comprehensive inventory control, which is an important task for all retailers in their daily operations. RFID technology allows retailers to quickly understand in real time which products have been purchased, which products need to be restocked and which products are selling the most. Through RFID technology, retailers can easily get complete inventory reports of products on sale.

Due to the outbreak of the new crown, online sales have also increased sharply, and RFID technology is also widely used in this field. Every time a customer makes an online purchase, online retailers using this technology can adjust the corresponding products accordingly based on background data. Inventory levels, during the subsequent goods delivery process, RFID technology is also used to track various packages and provide real-time feedback on the logistics status of the packages, improving logistics visibility and bringing customers a great online shopping experience. As you can see, RFID technology is becoming a necessity for large retailers. The company has also strengthened its research on the application of RFID technology after the outbreak of the new crown crisis. In the future, there will be more practical application research and implementation of RFID technology.