The 16th edition of the leading event in Logistics, Foreign Trade and Cargo: Logistics World, which brings together the community of Mexico and Central America. It is the event where the industry meets to do business, train, find suppliers and network.
MobiZcan team was present to monitor market trends and network with end customers and partners throughout Latin America
Retail’s Big Show is retail’s most important event. With three days of educational programing, an enormous Expo featuring the latest retail solutions, plus an Innovation Lab and Startup Zone featuring breakthrough technology, Retail’s Big Show will introduce you to the ideas, people and partners that will put you on the fast track to success.
MobiZcan team was present to monitor market trends and network with end customers and partners throughout Latin America
Find solutions to help accelerate your retail business and achieve your goals for 2023. Find your next transformative tech here.
Brazil in code is an in-person event for retail, industry, marketplaces, entrepreneurs and ESG and people management enthusiasts that took place at ARCA space in São Paulo on August 10, 2022.
With more than 1000 participants, involved in a whole day with the biggest experts in the market, sharing learnings, real stories, practical knowledge and cases that bring a global panorama of the market.
There were four parallel stages, food and happy hour spaces, in addition to a Sustainable Square, with digital totems with content and interactivity and a Central Square dedicated to networking during coffee breaks and spontaneous talks.
Images of the event with our end users, partners and products featured:
First global program for post cargo tracking with RAIN RFID technology, Correios project in Brazil advances to the delivery stage of the first batches of labels
As is the public knowledge of this project of Correios in Brazil, what happens together with the UPU, follow the global RFID standardization of GS1 and already has most of the systems in operation. Understand the process:
The selection of the label supplier followed all the project criteria and through a public notice the winner of the delivery of the first batches has been reached. The company Inovacode, Impinj channel, is supplying the first batches of labels for the project, in partnership with the inlay provider Beontag.
There was a need to adopt the most used standard on the market and that presented better benefits. Standardization allows customers to obtain gains in their processes, since any company will be able to use the tags used by Correios to track its supply chains. The standard adopted for this use case is the SSCC, (Serial Shipping Container Code) (GS1-128): key identifier of a logistical unit to combine commercial elements packaged together for storage and/or transport purposes, such as boxes and pallets.
These first labels that will initially be used directly by Correios for orders, with RFID technology incorporated passed the quality process of technical inlay performance standards for use in logistics or postal processes, several field trials were carried out, involving the wide range of types of cargo that are processed daily by Correios.
The installation steps of the readers of this project, at the entrance and exit gates of the main sorting units and distribution centers of Correios throughout the country is well advanced and many of them are in operation.
See the details of the production process, quality control and shipping of batches of labels:
Inovacode’s CEO , Guilherme Carrapatoso
The CEO of Inovacode, Guilherme Carrapatoso comments that the product approved for this first batch was: “Inovacode INLAY E702 70×14 – M730”.
The product was supported by strategic partners such as BEONTAG, provider of the inlay, aTag, provider of the label personalization solution, SATO with RFID printers, as well as IMPINJ, provider of the M730 CHIP.
The labels are being delivered printed and engraved in the established standard SSCC (Serial Shipping Container Code).
“In this initial batch, 7 million tags were printed in a few weeks, produced in our own facilities. To achieve this goal in record time, we worked in 3 shifts. This is just the first batch of 30 million tags planned for upcoming purchases. This project has the potential to move an entire ecosystem associated with Correios with volumes of around 500 million labels”, comments Carrapatoso.
Inovacode partners in the project:
The solution, therefore, will be integrated into the current Correios system, OTS (Object Tracking System), developed for the use of bar code technology, by means of reading – manual or in automated sorting equipment – of tracking labels that are affixed to the packages, such as Sedex labels. To this end, RAIN RFID tags will be printed and engraved in the established standard, SSCC (Serial Shipping Container Code). The system, centralized in Brasília, has information sent to the UPU cloud, in Switzerland, bringing great gains to the entire traceability process at Correios and, consequently, to the national market.
Learn a little more about Inovacode, a Brasilian company that has been working with RFID technology since 2004, with thousands of customers in the area (in Portuguese):
The traditional celebration has been part of the entity’s history since 1998, always taking place at the end of the year and has more than 700 guests.
“Reinvent yourself” is the theme of the 23rd edition of the Automação Awards, which announces the winning projects that innovated between last year and this year. On the night of December 8th, the honorees will receive the Harpy Trophy – the biggest bird of prey in Brazil – at the Tom Brasil space, in São Paulo.
In this edition, the success stories registered cover the categories Education, Sustainability, Market application and Press.
Check out the awardees by category:
Instituto Mauá – Educação inPEV
Paripassu Sustainability – Automation of processes in the food sector
Pinheiro Supermarket – Innovation – Application of the 2D Code
Urano – Innovation – Application of the 2D Code in partnership with Parla Deli and BM Informática
IDCotton – Traceability with the EPC/RFID standard in partnership with Impinj, Beontag.
Havan – EPC/RFID Standard application in partnership with iTag, Hasar, SmartX, Zebra, Impinj, Beontag.
Leroy Merlin – 2D Code application in the Brazilian construction
Marine sector – Automation in uniform processes in partnership with Kway and Slidelog
BIG – GS1-128 Standard Application in partnership with Paripassu
The Brazilian Automation Association-GS1 Brazil is a multi-sector non-profit organization that represents GS1 Global nationally. Worldwide, GS1 is responsible for the global standard for product and service identification (Barcode and EPC/RFID) and communication (EDI and GDSN) in the supply chain. In addition to establishing standards for product identification and communication, the association offers services and solutions for the areas of retail, healthcare, transport and logistics. The Brazilian organization has 58 thousand members.
SOURCE: GS1 Brazil
Havan’s visit that won this year’s RFIDJ Award 2021: Best Retail RFID Implementation for using RFID in hundreds of thousands of products to improve inventory visibility and shelf availability
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Since 2015, Faurecia has engaged in a strategic transformation of its operations, guided by Industry 4.0 principles. Part of this strategic transformation is the digital transformation of manufacturing operations that optimize Faurecia’s production lines using RAIN RFID. After Faurecia implemented the RAIN RFID solution in 12 of their plants, they found:
The automotive industry is undergoing a technology revolution and Faurecia is charting a course to transform their manufacturing and shipping operations. After evaluating other technologies, they found an easily deployable RAIN RFID solution that would optimize operations and provide real-time visibility of inventory-both key factors for improving customer satisfaction. By tagging items that enter the plant and implementing Impinj readers along the manufacturing line, they optimized their logistics process while eliminating redundant manual steps.
Faurecia worked with Impinj and partner UBI Solutions to create a RAIN RFID solution that can now be deployed within one week at each new plant. With the success of existing deployments, Faurecia plans to expand its RAIN RFID project to additional plants and warehouses worldwide.
By teaming with Impinj we were able to streamline and automate our manufacturing and shipping processes. We can deploy the RAIN RFID solution in one week at our plants around the world.
Emmanuel Schröder Digital Transformation Project Manager, Faurecia
Improved operations across multiple plants
After rolling out the RAIN RFID system across 12 of their manufacturing plants, Faurecia saw an improvement in their operations at all locations. With their new increased visibility, field workers had both a better understanding of the activities on the plant floor and the data needed to make informed decisions about future operations.
Real-time inventory monitoring leads to more efficient parts stocking
Real-time monitoring of Faurecia’s inventory allows the company to maintain accurate stock levels at all times. This contributes to an overall increase in production efficiency, ensuring that the right parts are available for the right customers when needed.
Reduced manual tasks load such as shipping, receiving, and transferring
Automating tasks such as shipping, receiving and transferring have reduced manual work. This reduction to proofing declaration on the line and in the shipping processes, ultimately optimizing the cost of operation.
Increased customer satisfaction with fewer incorrect or lost orders
By automating tracking of their shipping and receiving operations, Faurecia ensures customer satisfaction with highly accurate information on stocked items and improved parts traceability.
How can the Impinj platform transform your supply chain? This blog explores the ROI of applying RAIN RFID.
For real-time data for real-time decisions
In a global market, a supply chain can cause logistical challenges for an enterprise. In order to operate efficiently and effectively, businesses must know their inventory levels, inventory location, and intended destination. RAIN RFID helps track inventory, automates manual processes in the supply chain, and makes data on individual assets and inventory available in real-time.
Radio frequency identification (RFID) is a form of wireless communication that uses radio waves to identify and track objects.The system consists of a tag chip and a reader: an RFID tag chip can either be battery-powered and send signals back to the reader (active) or rely on the reader for power to send and receive signals (passive). RFID tags can be adhered to or embedded into anything from clothing to medical supplies to luggage to tires.
The Impinj platform uses RAIN RFID, a passive wireless technology, to empower businesses and consumers to locate and identify billions of individual items. Impinj has enabled over 40 billion items to be connected to the Internet of Things in industries such as healthcare, hospitality, air travel, and industrial manufacturing. RAIN RFID can be used in a wide variety of applications within these industries: this blog will outline why some of the most dramatic ROI is happening when RAIN RFID is used in the supply chain.
To know where everything is, in real-time
IoT technology, particularly RAIN RFID, is gaining popularity as an inventory management tool. It’s a logical transition: RAIN RFID takes some of the doubt and a lot of the work out of counting and monitoring inventory. By attaching or embedding tags into products and using RAIN RFID readers instead of barcode scanners, taking inventory becomes much faster and nearly 100% accurate. RAIN RFID can identify and locate up to 1,000 individual items per second. Taking inventory with a RAIN RFID handheld reader is 25X faster than with a barcode reader.
RAIN RFID saves time, money, and labor hours by automating and streamlining different parts of the supply chain process:
Automate verification of shipments
A RAIN RFID shipment verification solution can deliver real-time visibility, create confirmation or exception alerts, and initiate shipping and receiving workflows. RAIN RFID, provides visibility into a warehouse so goods can be tracked as they move in and out of a facility. When connected with internal systems that run shipping and receiving, businesses gain information that can automate even more aspects of the job.
Automate verification of pallet contents
A pallet contents verification solution that uses RAIN RFID can verify that the correct cartons have been loaded onto a pallet. Packers can receive alerts when items are missing. Further, the contents of a pallet can be automatically matched to the order documentation, so there’s no more wasted time hand-scanning barcodes.
Atomate managing assets
Keeping a supply chain humming along requires more than just managing inventory. Expensive assets like returnable transit items (RTIs) need to be tracked and maintained. Automate the management of warehouse assets to lower costs, improve utilization, and reduce loss and logistics down-time.
Impinj RAIN RFID tags provide real-time data on the location of pallets, packages, or individual items, such as parts or assets. The Impinj platform then connects that data to existing enterprise software systems, providing businesses with a flexible solution to automate and streamline different processes within their supply chain.
Companies around the world rely on Impinj to connect objects to applications, applying RAIN RFID to solve challenges in their supply chain with successful results:
In addition to saving time and labor, there are some unexpected benefits of adding RAIN RFID to your supply chain. Accurate real-time inventory frees companies from having to buy safety stock, which ties up US $24.2 billion per year for North American companies. Once China Outfitters no longer had to open and reopen boxes to verify contents, they were able to save time and money on everyday consumables like packing tape—which really adds up when you’re supplying 850 retail outlets.
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03/09/2020
In an unprecedented action for a technology company, CCRR RFID, the main RFID (radio frequency identification) tag industry in South America and one of the top 10 in the world, participated in the São Paulo Carnival ‘sambando’ on Avenida. As part of the Carnaval 4.0 project and the Tempos Modernos plot of the Rosas de Ouro Samba School, CCRR RFID technology monitored the time and movement of the School’s members and floats during the parade.
As Marcio Muniz, Executive Director of CCRR RFID, explains, the idea is to demystify and democratize technology, bringing it closer to people. “A lot is said today about IoT (internet of things), but people do not always realize that these technologies are accessible and are closer to their daily lives than they imagine.”
The Rosas de Ouro parade – ‘Modern Times’ – was designed to offer a set of physical and digital experiences at the Sambódromo. The CCRR RFID tags were in the costumes of the more than 2,000 members, in the 05 floats and in the clothes of the entire operational team of the School. All data were collected during the parade by 8 RFID UHF Impinj readers, who form 4 check points, and were projected, in real time, on panels arranged in the Sambadrome; they were also stored to assist in further analysis of Rosas’ performance in the 2020 parade.
The digital project of the Rosas de Ouro 2020 parade had the technical support of GS1-Brasil, USP, FEI, Mauá de Tecnologia Institute and Technological Research Institute (IPT). Companies like CCRR RFID joined the project as technological partners to spread the message: it is possible to use disruptive technologies to eliminate boundaries between worlds, but it is necessary to demystify and democratize these technologies and show that this digital revolution is for EVERYONE.
Who is CCRR RFID
Considered the main RFID (radio frequency identification) tags industry in South America and one of the 10 most important in the world, CCRR RFID is part of the CCRR Group, one of the Brazilian leaders in the production of self-adhesive films and papers, tags and labels. The Group currently has three plants, located in São Paulo (SP), Campo Mourão (PR) and Montevideo (Uruguay), in addition to offices in Argentina and the United States.
Recently, an investment of more than R $ 100 million was made in the expansion and modernization of factories. Part of this investment was directed to the business unit focused on RFID technology and allowed to increase the productive capacity by 20 times. Annually, the company has a production capacity of 1 billion inlays and 2 billion RFID tags.
This increase in capacity aims to expand the supply to the international market and meets important projects based on the application of RFID technology in Brazil, such as the toll system and in the clothing segments (clothing tags); sports (street races and marathons) and real estate (access to residential and business condominiums).
(Source: CCRR, March 6, 2020)
