02.20.19
Fashion retailer America Today, part of Coolinvestments, decided to implement Nedap’s !D Cloud RFID software at its 69 stores in the Benelux countries to structurally raise stock accuracy and, as a result, guarantee product availability.
“We realized that our stock accuracy was going to be a huge bottleneck for our omnichannel ambitions," America Today CFO Jonathan Kahn said. "That is why we started investigating, together with Nedap, whether we had a business case, and it turned out that we actually had one. We opted to follow the GS1 standards, so as to offer cooperation with all our Supply Chain partners more opportunities in the future. We are fully convinced that RFID will be a great help to us in gaining more insight into and control of our stock.”
Nedap’s !D Cloud software suite is a Software as a Service solution which was specially developed for the retail sector. The software provides insight into stock levels and the exact location of each item.
The rollout is planned for the second half of 2019.
In the autumn of 2018, America Today started a pilot together with Nedap in 3 stores, to investigate whether there was actually sufficient basis for a business case. During the course of the pilot, a weekly stock count was performed using the !D Cloud software and an RFID handheld reader, which resulted in an improvement in stock accuracy from 75% on average to 98%.
In the autumn of 2018, America Today started a pilot together with Nedap in 3 stores, to investigate whether there was actually sufficient basis for a business case. During the course of the pilot, a weekly stock count was performed using the !D Cloud software and an RFID handheld reader, which resulted in an improvement in stock accuracy from 75% on average to 98%.
“We realized that our stock accuracy was going to be a huge bottleneck for our omnichannel ambitions," America Today CFO Jonathan Kahn said. "That is why we started investigating, together with Nedap, whether we had a business case, and it turned out that we actually had one. We opted to follow the GS1 standards, so as to offer cooperation with all our Supply Chain partners more opportunities in the future. We are fully convinced that RFID will be a great help to us in gaining more insight into and control of our stock.”
Nedap’s !D Cloud software suite is a Software as a Service solution which was specially developed for the retail sector. The software provides insight into stock levels and the exact location of each item.
This also provides the basis for omnichannel concepts such as Click & Collect and Ship-from-Store.
“Our biggest driver is omnichannel, but technology like RFID really tempts you to do everything at once," Kahn said. "We opted to place our initial focus on maximizing results with the lowest possible level of complexity. The first results are very promising, and the stores are enthusiastic as well.”
