Although there are clear advantages to using both barcode and RAIN RFID technologies, determining which technology is right for your business can be challenging. While most warehouse and distribution facilities are currently using barcoding, RAIN RFID can either complement those efforts or fill gaps not covered by optical barcodes (1D or 2D).
When comes the time to choose a technology for improving the accuracy and speed of an inventory, some basic questions need to be asked. How many items do you need to inventory? How much time and human resources are devoted to this task? What is the required accuracy of the inventory? Do you need a real-time vision of the stock or of the process? Are you able to read or scan each item within a line of sight? The answers to these basic questions often help in having a clear view of the potential benefits of RAIN RFID.
Larger warehouses often benefit from a RAIN RFID system because it can significantly increase the productivity of their processes. To read a barcode, a user must operate and position the scanner within sight of the item. If you have a large warehouse with a large inventory, then this process will require a large number of hours and employees.
To read a RAIN RFID tag, the reader simply must be in the range of the tagged item. Also, RAIN RFID tags can read data for items on a pallet so that each item does not have to be read individually.
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