RFID for the food business
The food industry is undergoing profound, seismic changes driven by the development of new technologies in both production and our daily habits. Through the Internet of Things, almost everything in our lives is becoming more and more automated as consumers evolve.
From cashierless stores to ordering via smart speakers, time-constrained consumers are gravitating toward less expensive shopping. Additionally, customers want to know what's in their food and its exact origin, all the way back to the source. Supply chains are now a topic of conversation at dinner parties, and the race to deliver convenience is underway, a race where smarter supply chains must provide transparency and accountability above all else.
RFID and digital ID are transforming the food business.
Enhancing sustainability and customer experience.
Digital ID solutions like RFID significantly improve inventory management and allow you to see exactly what you're receiving, how much product you have, and when it's shipping – with 99% accuracy. This enables you to automate processes, maintain quality and shelf life without compromise, locate lost products, redirect what needs to be redirected, and only withdraw what needs to be withdrawn.
The future of the food business:
By adding a unique identifier and online connectivity to every item in any inventory, RFID-enabled labels enable grocery stores, restaurants, convenience stores, and food suppliers to significantly improve inventory management, efficiency, traceability, sustainability, and customer satisfaction. We design our solutions to meet our customers' most pressing challenges and continuously innovate to ensure we stay one step ahead of the industry's rapidly changing needs.
- Inventory Management: By providing atomic-level visibility into your inventory and supply chain, RFID technology allows you to flexibly adapt to market changes and better meet consumer demands. In particular, RFID solutions can create more advanced patterns for implementation and replenishment. This means earlier product replenishment and reduced customer dissatisfaction and lost sales due to stockouts.
Traceability: More consumers than ever expect transparency in their food supply. At the same time, product recalls are a major business risk, with millions of dollars worth of products at stake. Our solutions allow you to verify the journey of a food item throughout the entire supply chain, from source to final destination, and identify any trouble spots along the way, minimizing risk and costs.
Frictionless Shopping: In the whirlwind of frictionless and contactless technology, RFID tagging emerges as the best choice for grocery retailers of all sizes. It not only delivers an easier, more enjoyable experience for your customers but also provides powerful advantages for your business. Sustainability
: Avoiding overproduction and reducing food waste is a growing demand from customers globally. RFID tagging can help you reduce waste by up to 20% by adjusting your inventory to changing demand across different regions. The data provided by RFID also gives you better insight into shelf life, allowing you to discount or advertise items nearing their expiration date. You can also monitor temperature-sensitive products throughout their journey in the supply chain, helping you avoid waste due to spoilage.
Our products & innovations:
Our metal coatings enable us to extend the benefits of RFID to canned goods and beverages and items in metal foil packaging. These innovative, adaptable tags extend unprecedented inventory visibility down to the last item, in stores and throughout the entire supply chain.
For items that are difficult to tag, Midas Flagtag® is designed for item-level tagging on a variety of surfaces, especially metal surfaces like foil packaging, combined with excellent performance. Midas Flagtag features an innovative small form factor: the folded part of the tag protrudes from the metal like a flag, and the included antenna uses the metal surface as part of the antenna structure to enhance the tag's performance.
And – finally – retailers can now add the great advantages of RFID to microwaveable packages. Our groundbreaking, award-winning WaveSafe™ tags eliminate the fire hazard from RFID-labeled frozen or chilled food in the microwave, while still providing high read and tracking accuracy. WaveSafe tags bring all the benefits of RFID – including improved inventory management, reduced labor costs, and reduced waste – to the world of chilled or frozen foods and ready-to-eat meals.
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