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Radio frequency identification (RFID) for retail

Wireless solutions for small and medium businesses

Radio frequency identification (RFID) and wireless solutions can help your retail business maximize connectivity and productivity with broad access to multiple applications and locations, providing real-time access to inventory, pricing and product information. IBM and IBM Business Partners can help identify and implement the right RFID or wireless solution for your retail business.

The advantage

Radio frequency identification (RFID) technology provides an automatic way to collect product, place, time or transaction data quickly and easily without human intervention (as with bar codes). RFID applications can provide more accurate accountability in the supply chain, better management of distribution center inventory and better, more timely demand-planning information.

Other wireless devices and applications can provide retailers with dynamic real-time information on the ordering, collecting, distributing and selling of goods. Wireless technology can improve productivity at the checkout counter, put tools in the hands of store managers, and reduce the time it takes to receive goods and take inventory.

IBM works with best-of-breed wireless and RFID solution providers, offering an extensive range of skills and solutions to meet your solution needs. Based on open standards, our comprehensive portfolio of wireless and RFID solutions can help you provide integrated access to your business applications virtually anytime, anywhere.

Benefits

Wireless and RFID solutions can help retailers achieve tangible benefits, such as:

  • Increased revenue and profits through business process flexibility, improved responsiveness and superior customer care. 
  • Reduced costs through increased workforce productivity. 
  • Improved efficiency through streamlined supply chain management. 
  • Improved client experience through easy access to information on customers, orders and inventory.

Wireless and RFID solutions

  • IBM and Cisco Systems

    Delivers Internet Protocol (IP) based solutions to improve network operations and performance.

We're here to help

We'll work with you to understand your needs, determine the best options and find the IBM representative and/or IBM Business Partner that is right for you. Contact the Express Advantage Concierge, a team of specialists dedicated to mid-sized business at 1-877-IBM-ACCESS
(426-2223).