Checkpoint Systems streamlines source tagging with new RFID labels

RFID uniquely identifies each product and attribute, providing retailers with greater inventory control and visibility, enabling them to reduce out-of-stock incidences, increase shelf availability and drive more sales.

Additionally, using RFID tags can help retailers better manage shrink by identifying items that may have been stolen so they can be replenished, further improving inventory accuracy and shelf availability.

Source tagging shifts the tag application process from a manual labor-intensive process at the store to an automated process at the point of manufacture, increasing accuracy and allowing store associates to focus on servicing shoppers rather than applying tags. 

Zephyr 3, offered with a label size of 50 x 30mm, has been optimized for use with all of Checkpoint Systems’ RFID products, including RFID EAS Overhead, the Evolve Exclusive E10 pedestal and other merchandise visibility options.

Zephyr 3 has received certification from the Auburn University RFID Lab’s ARC program for the newly created M category in North America, which includes denim, polybagged apparel, hanging apparel and footwear. This allows retailers to use the same tag across much of their merchandise, streamlining their source tagging operations.

Checkpoint Systems’ Breeze label offers the same capabilities, and is offered in an extremely small form factor of 42 x 16mm to meet special requirements.

The new RFID labels have integrated UCODE 7 chips from NXP Semiconductors, and come with optimal read/write sensitivity for accurate counting and quicker encoding. 

Checkpoint Systems said that with a wide range of apparel applications, they are ideal for retailers deploying large-scale implementations.

Uwe Sydon, Checkpoint Systems senior vice-president of innovation, said: ‘Several major apparel retailers have expressed an interest in our new labels, particularly those with broad product lines that include footwear and have large-scale deployment needs.

‘With retailers devoting more inventory space to footwear, inventory management becomes even more critical, and our new labels answer their challenges.’

Justin Patton, RFID Lab director at Auburn University, added: ‘Checkpoint’s latest RFID labels meet ARC’s newest performance specification. Checkpoint has been very proactive in designing and validating inlays to meet retailers' and brand owners' requirements.’