The application value of RFID technology in the glasses industry

In the past ten years, the frequency of myopia has been increasing year by year due to the heavy study of young people. At present, optical shops can be seen everywhere near major schools. However, there are many kinds of inventory in an optical shop, which is difficult to manage. What better way to manage it?

With the development of society, all walks of life are becoming more and more competitive and facing more and more challenges. Only when enterprises are constantly reforming and innovating and improving their own brand's competitive advantages can they attract customers' attention. With the advent of the intelligent age, it is a wise choice to use new technologies to improve efficiency. Traditional optical shops are managed by barcode scanning. When faced with a large amount of inventory, the disadvantages of barcode management are gradually revealed: barcodes need to be scanned one by one into and out of the warehouse, and it will consume extra labor and time to sort out a large amount of inventory; barcode scanning is more limited. High, must be aligned within the beam range when scanning, the barcode must not be stained, otherwise it cannot be read normally; the data cannot be updated; the security of the barcode label is low, etc., resulting in increased workload.

RFID technology helps optical Stores realize warehouse management

In 2008, RFID warehousing management has been used in glasses label management. Before the Santa Fe optical store in the United States installed RFID in its store in Austin, Texas, the annual loss due to theft was as much as 12,000 US dollars. After RFID, the loss of the store is reduced to zero, which reduces the loss of a large amount of money for the optical shop.

An RFID Access Control system has been installed in Santa Fe Optical Store in the United States, and the antenna device is connected to the alarm. After the system is installed, employees will first attach RFID tags to the temples of the glasses before they are put into storage. These labels are paper thin before application and measure 1.75x1.25 inches. The label is folded in half again when it is attached to the temple. Each label has a code printed on it, which is the same as the code on the RFID chip inside the label. Meanwhile, employees manually enter RFID tag numbers and other information such as frame manufacturer, delivery date and price into the optician's inventory database.

When selling a pair of glasses, employees would tear off the RFID tags on the temples. If the label is removed without being removed, and the customer tries to pass through the access control and the store door, the alarm will be triggered. At the same time, employees can also use handheld RFID Readers to automatically check the entire store on a daily basis.

Its working principle is: in the optical shop, the designer or manufacturer will display the glasses in groups and cabinets. Once the inventory management system is in place, employees can download the serial number of the inventory associated with a particular counter to a handheld reader, and then use the handheld reader to walk around the counter. At this time, a list of eyeglass inventory numbers will appear on the small screen of the RFID handset. After the RFID portable reader reads the RFID tag on the eyeglass frame, the numbers disappear from the screen. If any number is left on the screen, the employee can walk to another section of the store to find the corresponding frame.

RFID technology helps optical stores realize virtual try-on images

Back in 2017, eyewear company Ray-Ban used a dock with a built-in RFID reader to display eyewear at the Vision Expo interactive exhibition. Customers can use the touch screen to view Float Hybrid information on the server. They can use the floor plan Tool to view the glasses display map. When the technology was released for the first time, it attracted a large number of interested users to experience it.

Once customers enter the store, they can try on glasses. If customers need another color, they can choose another color and view the virtual try-on image on the display. When users want to learn more about the glasses they want to buy, they only need to place the glasses on the RFID-based On the table, you can learn the detailed information of the glasses through the display screen.

The smart table uses a base with a built-in low frequency RFID reader. The hang tags on the glasses on display had an RFID tag built into them. When the user places the glasses on the base, the reader will read the unique ID number on the RFID tag. The collected data is forwarded to the server, and its software captures the ID and displays its bound content on the touch screen.

And users can select videos or other specific information to view, including information such as glasses price, color, size and style. Trials of the technology in stores can increase foot traffic, and by providing a limited number of touchscreens in storefronts, stores can reduce inventory levels while enticing customers to buy online.

In addition, RFID tags can also record detailed information about purchasing customers, including (but not limited to): name, age, birthday, gender, address, membership number and other information. Optimize the experience of the customer's shopping process, improve the reputation of the store, and thus increase the revenue of the store.

Using RFID system to help Santa Fe optician reduce inventory check time by 80%. Using handheld readers, employees can complete an inventory inventory in just 40 minutes, compared with at least eight hours without RFID technology.

RFID Technology Helps Spectacle Frames Track Inventory Information

A few years after Frame Source Group released a radio frequency identification (RFID)-based solution to help optometrists manage eyeglass frames in their stores, it has released a new version of the system that allows for more efficient ordering of frames with lenses. , and at the same time ensure that the frames that will be used for display are still kept on the display wall for customers to use. It combines integrated software that changes the paradigm of delivering frames directly to eyewear labs, while incorporating in-store RFID technology to track inventory levels.

Typically, when a customer purchases a set of eyeglass frames, the frames are removed from the display wall and sent to a lab where the fitting lenses are cut. Meanwhile, the retailer or optometrist has to replenish another set of glasses in the vacant display area. Frames were selling fast and in high volumes, but the technology didn't take into account the issues involved. Such as the position of the frames during ordering, shipping and receiving as they need to be returned to their original location after being sent to the lab to configure the lenses.

Therefore, the RFID scheme is optimized later. This display sample remains on the wall when the customer selects and purchases the frame. The store uses a system to order frames from participating brands that sell through FSG, and the frames will be sent directly to the lens manufacturer, and the optometrist will also forward the prescription of the glasses to the lens manufacturer, and finally the user can check the order status in the software on the RFID handheld terminal .

The result is that frames are processed faster, displayed frames never leave the store, and order management is more efficient. In addition, the RFID handsets have reduced the number of steps for salespeople, who no longer need to hand-write order information and ship the frames to the lens manufacturing lab. Stores can prevent shrinkage by continuously reading RFID tags on display shelves.

RFID technology is used in glasses logistics to track transportation information

In order to meet more consumer demand, many mainland Chinese markets have opened online channels, and combined with the latest offline smart equipment to realize new online and offline retail scenarios. Experts in the industry said that the business model of offline experience and online purchase O2O has also become popular in China's eyewear market.

But because eyeglasses are fragile items and are often shipped in small packages, in some cases the company doesn't have a clear picture of where the glasses are delayed or lost when they don't make it to the consumer. Therefore, the logistics and distribution of glasses has become a headache for many enterprises.

Faced with this phenomenon, Extra Optical, an online glasses company in Norway, adopted an RFID distribution solution. Extra Optical is a discount optician that sells glasses made in Asia. Automatically track eyewear deliveries and notify when eyewear is about to arrive at consumers' homes or offices.

Extra Optical realizes the logistics tracking of glasses through the RFID system, attaches RFID tags to the courier, installs RFID readers in the distribution center, and uses the software provided by Consignor (shipper) to link the unique ID number of each tag and the corresponding distribution Information is bound to each other. The software also sends a message to the shipper when the glasses are delivered. At the same time, Extra Optical also used RFID printers to print and encode labels for Norwegian domestic shipments.

By binding each item's RFID tag to the waybill number, Extra Optical sends a standard Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) message to Norway Post, so the carrier knows that the shipment is about to arrive.

When the package arrives at the distribution station, the RFID tag will be identified on site using a UHF RFID reader, so that the shipping number can be bound to the tag ID on the Norway Post system. Extra Optical can view the data.