LTC kamfani ne na kayan aiki na ɓangare na uku na Italiya wanda ya ƙware wajen cika umarni na kamfanonin tufafi. Kamfanin yanzu yana amfani da kayan karantawa na RFID a ma'ajinsa da cibiyar cikawa a Florence don bin diddigin jigilar kayayyaki daga masana'antun da yawa waɗanda cibiyar ke sarrafa su.

An fara aiki da tsarin mai karatu a ƙarshen Nuwamba 2009. Meredith Lamborn, memba na ƙungiyar binciken ayyukan LTC RFID, ya ce godiya ga tsarin, abokan ciniki biyu sun sami damar hanzarta rarraba kayan tufafi.

LTC, yana cika umarni na abubuwa miliyan 10 a kowace shekara, yana tsammanin aiwatar da samfuran 400,000 masu alamar RFID a cikin 2010 don Royal Trading srl (wanda ya mallaki manyan takalman maza da mata a ƙarƙashin alamar Serafini) da San Giuliano Ferragamo. Dukansu kamfanonin Italiya sun sanya alamun EPC Gen 2 RFID a cikin samfuran su, ko sanya alamun RFID akan samfuran yayin samarwa.

Tun daga 2007, LTC tana la'akari da amfani da wannan fasaha, kuma abokin ciniki Royal Trading kuma ya ƙarfafa LTC don gina nasa tsarin karatun RFID. A lokacin, Royal Trading yana haɓaka tsarin da ke amfani da fasahar RFID don bin diddigin abubuwan da ke cikin kayayyaki na Serafini a cikin shaguna. Kamfanin takalma na fatan yin amfani da fasahar tantancewa ta RFID don ƙarin fahimtar abubuwan da ke cikin kowane kantin sayar da kayayyaki, tare da hana haye-haɗe da aka sace.

Sashen IT na LTC sun yi amfani da masu karanta Impinj Speedway don gina mai karanta portal tare da eriya 8 da mai karanta tashoshi mai eriya 4. Masu karanta hanyar suna kewaye da shingen ƙarfe wanda, in ji Lamborn, suna kama da akwatin kwantena, wanda ke tabbatar da cewa masu karatun kawai suna karanta alamun da ke wucewa, maimakon alamun RFID da ke kusa da wasu tufafi. A lokacin gwajin, ma'aikatan sun daidaita eriya na mai karanta tashar don karanta kayan da aka tara tare, kuma LTC ta sami adadin karantawa na 99.5% ya zuwa yanzu.

"Madaidaicin adadin karatun yana da mahimmanci," in ji Lamborn. "Saboda dole ne mu rama samfuran da suka ɓace, tsarin dole ne ya cimma kusan ƙimar karatun kashi 100."

Lokacin da aka aika samfurori daga wurin samarwa zuwa ɗakin ajiyar LTC, waɗannan samfuran masu alamar RFID ana aika su zuwa wani takamaiman wurin saukewa, inda ma'aikata ke motsa pallets ta cikin masu karatun ƙofar. Ana aika samfuran da ba su da alamar RFID zuwa wasu wuraren da ake saukewa, inda ma'aikata ke amfani da na'urar daukar hotan takardu don karanta lambar lambar samfuri ɗaya.

Lokacin da alamar EPC Gen 2 na samfurin ta sami nasarar karanta ta mai karanta ƙofa, ana aika samfurin zuwa wurin da aka keɓe a cikin sito. LTC na aika rasidin lantarki zuwa ga masana'anta kuma yana adana lambar SKU na samfurin (an rubuta akan alamar RFID) a cikin bayanan sa.

Lokacin da aka karɓi oda don samfuran masu alamar RFID, LTC yana sanya samfuran daidai a cikin kwalaye bisa ga tsari kuma a tura su zuwa masu karanta hanya kusa da wurin jigilar kaya. Ta hanyar karanta alamar RFID na kowane samfur, tsarin yana gano samfuran, yana tabbatar da daidaitattun su, da buga lissafin tattarawa don sanyawa a cikin akwatin. Tsarin Bayanin LTC yana sabunta matsayin samfur don nuna cewa waɗannan samfuran an shirya su kuma a shirye suke.

Dillalin yana karɓar samfurin ba tare da karanta alamar RFID ba. Daga lokaci zuwa lokaci, duk da haka, ma'aikatan Royal Trading za su ziyarci kantin sayar da kaya don ɗaukar kaya na kayan Serafini ta amfani da masu karanta RFID na hannu.

Tare da tsarin RFID, lokacin tsara jerin abubuwan tattara samfuran yana raguwa da 30%. Dangane da karbar kaya, sarrafa adadin kayayyaki, yanzu kamfanin yana bukatar ma’aikaci daya ne kawai don kammala aikin mutum biyar; abin da a da ya kasance mintuna 120 yanzu ana iya kammala shi cikin mintuna uku.

Aikin ya ɗauki shekaru biyu kuma ya ɗauki tsawon lokaci na gwaji. A cikin wannan lokacin, LTC da masana'antun tufafi suna aiki tare don ƙayyade mafi ƙarancin adadin alamun da za a yi amfani da su, da mafi kyawun wurare don yin lakabi.

LTC ta kashe dala 71,000 akan wannan aikin, wanda ake sa ran za'a biya a cikin shekaru 3. Har ila yau, kamfanin yana shirin fadada fasahar RFID zuwa karba da sauran matakai a cikin shekaru 3-5 masu zuwa.