No more disappearing garments: the solution of RFID chips
Do you know the feeling? You have just replenished your garment stock and in no time all your garments seem to have disappeared. This is a well-known phenomenon and has several causes. In this article, we discuss how to solve this problem using RFID chips and LCT garment distribution systems.
How does the problem of disappearing garments arise?
The problem of disappearing garments has several causes. Garments and linen, for example, are hoarded or thrown away because of a loose seam or stain. The ‘maybe-I-will-miss-out-syndrome’ also plays a role: people take garments from the garment pool because they fear they will run out otherwise. This leads to a constant change of garments and loss of overview.
How can you solve this problem?
A solution to this problem is the use of RFID chips in garments and linen. By using a HF chip, garments can be tracked. You can see whether it is present within the laundry, whether it has been given to an employee or is no longer in rotation. Various details can also be recorded per garment.
With a UHF RFID chip, there are even more advantages. The laundry service can scan garments and linen in and out in bulk and sort them automatically. And as an institution or company, if you want to know what is in stock in the meantime, you can use a handheld scanner to read your dormant stock yourself very easily (bulk scan). You can even scan garments or linen as it leaves a distribution point!
Advantages of LCT garment distribution systems
Automated garment and linen distribution with LCT’s systems offers you other benefits besides management information, such as:
- Prevention of loss and destruction;
- Reducing the garment pool and reducing annual operating costs;
- Increasing the quality of internal services;
- The ability to enter into SLAs with external service providers;
- Managing wardrobes and linen stock.
In short, deploying RFID chips and LCT garment distribution systems offers you a solution to the problem of disappearing garments and linen. Would you like more information? Then contact us or check our website for more information on the possibilities.