Gen2X upgrade cuts retail inventory time sevenfold

Keonn Technologies has upgraded its AdvanTrack-600 overhead RFID reader system with support for Impinj's Gen2X protocol and E Family reader IC optimizations, reducing the time to achieve over 90 percent back-of-store inventory accuracy from approximately 58 minutes to around 7.5 minutes and cutting missing item counts by more than 50 percent in a full-scale retail store test covering more than 9,000 tagged items across multiple AdvanTrack-600 systems.

The upgrade addresses a persistent challenge in overhead RFID deployments: achieving consistent read accuracy in back-of-store environments where items are densely packed and inventory blind spots are common. Gen2X improves reader listening range, enabling detection of smaller, next-generation RFID tags that produce weaker replies, a growing concern as manufacturers introduce smaller form factor tags to reduce production costs. In Impinj lab testing using the AdvanTrack-600 system, Gen2X significantly improved area coverage and inventory speeds across fast, medium and slow read speed configurations.

The improvements allow retailers to identify inventory issues sooner, replenish shelves faster and maintain more accurate stock positions, reducing out-of-stocks and inventory shrink while supporting omnichannel fulfillment operations.

'Gen2X capabilities are hugely impactful for inventory management efficiency and accuracy, improving scanning automation in retail stores, warehouses, and factories,' said Ramir De Porrata-Doria, co-founder and managing director of Keonn Technologies. 'Using Impinj's innovations, our overhead readers are dramatically reducing inventory times and numbers of missing tags, differentiating our AdvanTrack series from competing solutions.'

Keonn expects to have 1,600 stores online by the end of 2026, with 80,000 devices deployed across more than 20 retailers in five continents.