TAGSYS Ensures Full RFID Compliance to Improve Brand Owners' Supply Chain Agility

TAGSYS, the leading provider of item-level RFID infrastructure, announces that its FiTS (Fashion Item Tracking System) offering ensures complete compliance with new RFID guidelines backed by some of the largest retailers in the US, including Lord & Taylor, Macy's, PVH Corp (owner of Calvin Klein and Tommy Hilfiger), Jockey International and Maidenform. The latest version of guidelines, published last week by independent standards administrator GS1 US, includes support for Serial Global Trade Item Number (SGTIN)-96, enabling simultaneous inventory counts and shortening lead time. This allows suppliers to have products strategically located for effective demand response to reduce replenishment cycle times.
The support for the guidelines means any company supplying to the retailers involved in the initiative can rely on the TAGSYS system to both boost their supply chain agility and be compliant with the requirements of their retail partners, regardless of the serialization technology used - IT-based or chip-based serialization.
FITS system has been designed to boost supply chain agility by integrating fundamental logistics capability processes in an RFID-based flexible and scalable information system. The modular system provides global visibility from source to department stores, supports cross-chain collaboration, and is capable of meeting fast-changing market demands.
The TAGSYS system also supports reliable and fast encoding techniques such "Bulk Encoding" and "Read-and-Verify," both of which significantly improve the productivity and efficiency of the manufacturer at the point of manufacture- or the point of distribution.