This article delves into the application of RFID-based eyewear inventory management solutions within the eyewear retail industry. Through the practical case study of Optik Melawai, it demonstrates how an RFID system for warehouse and inventory control enables precise management, providing a comprehensive optimization plan for eyewear retail inventory management and significantly improving inventory counting efficiency.

Customer Background

Optik Melawai is one of Indonesia's largest eyewear retail chains, established in the 1970s. The company offers customers a wide range of eyewear products and professional fitting services. Its stores are spread across major Indonesian cities, including Jakarta, Bandung, and Surabaya, operating hundreds of branches.

Challenges

With the continuous expansion of its business scale, traditional methods of eyewear inventory management faced severe challenges. Due to the characteristics of eyewear products, such as a high number of SKUs, diverse styles, and relatively high value, traditional manual inventory counting methods could no longer meet the rapid development needs of the enterprise.

l Low Counting Efficiency: Traditional inventory counting relied on manual item-by-item checks, resulting in long counting times that severely impacted normal store operations.

l Data Accuracy Issues: Manual records were prone to errors, leading to inaccurate inventory data which affected procurement decisions and sales analysis.

l Low Inventory Turnover: The inability to grasp real-time inventory status led to some goods accumulating as overstock, while best-selling items frequently faced shortages.

l High Labor Costs: Quarterly inventories required significant manpower investment, increasing the company's operating costs.

l Businesses can accomplish quick and precise inventory counts, increase the frequency and promptness of inventory updates overall, and reduce labor expenses and error rates associated with manual counting.

l Data accuracy and reliability are greatly increased by the AUTOID UTouch RFID reader, which guarantees zero omissions and zero misinterpretations.

After extensive evaluation, Optik Melawai ultimately selected an RFID-based eyewear inventory management solution：

l Due to its integrated high-frequency RFID scanning capability, AUTOID UTouch considerably accelerates stocktaking, minimizing the time needed for manual stocktaking and reducing expenses associated with human error and redundant work.

l Real-time updates to inventory data are highly accurate thanks to RFID technology, which also makes data collection accurate and error-free.