Know every item, everywhere — from the DC to the shop floor.
Inventory accuracy is the foundation of modern retail: it makes BOPIS, ship-from-store, and a true omnichannel promise possible, and it kills the shrink and out-of-stocks that quietly drain margin. We start with the outcome, then choose the right mix of technology — fixed and mobile RFID, GPS track-and-trace, and IoT sensors — never a single vendor's product line.
You can't sell what you can't find — or count.
Average retail inventory accuracy without item-level tracking sits around 65%. That gap is the root cause of the three numbers your board watches.
Out-of-stocks lose the sale
If the system says an item is in stock but the shelf is empty, the online order cancels and the customer walks. Phantom inventory is a silent revenue leak that no promotion can fix.
Shrink erodes margin
Theft, miscounts, and supplier discrepancies blend into one untraceable number. Without item-level visibility you cannot see where loss happens, so you cannot stop it.
Omnichannel breaks on bad data
BOPIS, ship-from-store, and endless-aisle all assume the stock figure is right. At 65% accuracy, every fulfilment promise is a coin toss — and a one-star review.
The right tool for each retail job.
No single technology covers the whole journey from supplier to sale. We combine them — and tell you honestly where each one earns its place.
Always-on read points
Overhead and doorway readers that capture stock automatically as it moves — no staff action required.
- Dock doors & back-of-house: inbound/outbound reconciliation
- Sales-floor overheads: near-real-time on-shelf availability
- Fitting rooms & POS: conversion and shrink signals
- Exit readers: loss-prevention and self-checkout assurance
Cycle counts in minutes
Handheld and sled readers for fast, accurate stock-takes and on-demand item finding.
- Full-store cycle counts 2–3× faster than barcode
- Find-a-product Geiger-counter search for staff
- Replenishment and planogram compliance checks
- Lower capex than fixed — ideal first step or smaller stores
Outbound & in-transit
Track high-value shipments, returns, and roll-cages once they leave the building.
- DC-to-store transport visibility and ETA
- High-value or bonded goods chain-of-custody
- Reusable-asset (roll-cage, dolly) recovery
Condition & environment
Temperature, footfall, and zone analytics where identity alone isn't enough.
- Cold-chain & fresh-food temperature monitoring
- Footfall & dwell analytics for store layout
- Equipment and reusable-container tracking
Where retailers see the payback.
Concrete scenarios from item-level retail programmes. Numbers are representative ranges from comparable deployments.
Item-level inventory accuracy
Tag every unit at source; read at goods-in, on the floor, and at POS. Accuracy moves from ~65% to 98%+, and the stock figure finally matches reality.
BOPIS & ship-from-store
Accurate, location-aware stock turns every store into a fulfilment node. Click-and-collect and same-day delivery become reliable instead of risky.
On-shelf availability
Overhead RFID flags gaps between the backroom and the shelf, so replenishment happens before the sale is lost — typically a 2–10% uplift in availability.
Loss prevention & shrink
Exit reads and POS reconciliation expose where stock disappears. Source-tagging plus analytics turns an untraceable shrink number into a fixable one.
Faster stock-takes
Handheld RFID counts a full store in a fraction of the time of barcode scanning, freeing staff for customers and enabling weekly — not annual — counts.
Returns & reverse logistics
Item-level identity makes returns instant to validate and re-shelf, and reusable-asset GPS recovers roll-cages and totes that used to vanish.
What good looks like in retail.
Interoperable by default
GS1 EPC Tag Data Standard · RAIN RFID (EPC Gen2v2 / ISO 18000-63) · SGTIN item serialisation · GS1 Digital Link · EPCIS event sharing — so your data is portable, not locked to one reader vendor.
Into the systems you run
Order management (OMS), ERP, WMS, POS and e-commerce platforms — so item-level data drives fulfilment, replenishment, and the single stock view your channels share.