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Follow on Google News | Film Equipment Rental Company Uses RFID to Save MoneyBarcode News reports that Indie Rentals saves thousands on lost and misplaced equipment. The video production rental company installed a NOX Vault system with RFID from SimplyRFID.
By: SimplyRFID With the NOX system, Indie Rentals placed ThingMagic Astra RFID readers at strategic locations throughout the warehouse. Additionally, IndieRentals purchased a NOX Vault handheld reader for check in and check out inventory operations. Now, when a customer checks out equipment, the handheld reader allows Indie Rental's customer database to be immediately updated. This "unlocks" the equipment, allowing it to go through the ThingMagic readers installed above the doors without setting off alarms. Using SimplyRFID's NOX Core server software, and ThingMagic's Astra reader, IndieRentals now has a constantly correct inventory Indie_Rentals_ Eric Maciver, President of IndieRentals, says the RFID system has prevented accidental loss of a number of $10,000 plus cameras this year. "Before we installed the NOX system, it was possible for our high value equipment to accidentally be over-issued. Now, our system automatically notes what equipment is going out the door. Discrepancies set off immediate alerts, and we can fix the problem right away." As equipment is returned, the ThingMagic readers capture their presence as they walk through the door. The staff is able to see what has come back in, and make it available for the next customer. Carl Brown, President of SimplyRFID, says the Indie Rentals application is an example of the synergy added to inventory systems through RFID. "Once the high-value equipment is tagged with RFID, it is immediately traceable throughout the supply chain process. The cameras and sound equipment are both tracked and inventoried by the same mechanisms. Indie Rentals now knows not only what is on its shelves, but what has come into the warehouse through customer returns. Even if the returned equipment has not yet been placed back into inventory, the staff is aware that it is in the building. This makes it possible to rent that equipment out again, even more quickly." Read the full story on Barcode News http://www.barcode.com/ # # # About SimplyRFID: Engineering simple RFID solutions for asset tracking, surveillance, and inventory SimplyRFID provides frustration- http://www.SimplyRFID.com End
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