Brett Wilkerson, Author at MSM Solutions

What Suppliers Need to Know When Meeting RFID Requirements

While RFID tagging in the retail industry has been around since the mid-2000s, we’ve recently seen a shift in tagging not only apparel items but hard and home goods as well. We’ve also seen other retailers begin mandating that RFID tags be placed on certain merchandise. A report from McKinsey & Company highlighted a couple of reasons for the spike in use: Individual RFID tags have dropped to approximately $0.04. RFID readers have dropped by 50% compared to a...

By Brett WilkersonApparel Solutions

How Retailers’ RFID Tag Mandates Will Impact Suppliers

In January, Walmart issued a new mandate requiring suppliers in certain departments to begin providing RFID tags on specific home and hard goods inventory. The mandate, which goes into effect September 2, was established so Walmart can ensure on-time replenishment and maintain the proper stock levels at each store. While Walmart’s mandate made headlines in the retail industry, they aren’t the only company to utilize RFID technology for inventory tracking. In the past two decades, other retail companies - Target,...

By Brett WilkersonApparel Solutions

23MarMarch 23, 2022

How Barcode and RFID Technology Create Solutions for Today’s Logistics Challenges

The eCommerce logistics industry is constantly growing. By 2025, it’s expected to be worth $524.1 billion. That’s a lot of money dedicated to moving products from point A to point B. Of course, what most people don’t realize is how much happens between the two points. It’s not just a straight line. That’s why barcode and RFID solutions for logistics are so important in today’s industry. Each company has its own process to fulfill orders from their customers, but generally, it...

By Brett WilkersonDistribution and Logistics

How RFID Can Improve Laboratory Operations

In the United States alone, there are almost 200,000 diagnostic and medical laboratories in operation. That means there are a lot of samples being tested at any given time. In fact, experts put the number of clinical lab tests at more than 7 billion each year. To accurately and effectively track such a large number of samples, you need a robust tracking system that has the flexibility to follow each sample from the moment it enters your lab and throughout...

By Brett WilkersonHealthcare Solutions, RFID

Four Steps for a Successful RFID Deployment

Originally published on rfidjournal.com Partnering with an expert that understands how radio frequency identification and other technologies work can help you get the most out of your investment. Radio frequency identification (RFID) systems are powerful tools for optimizing supply chain and inventory management, but there are times when deployments don't come to fruition. When we dig into those cases, we often find a few common factors at the source of the problem. Some may feel RFID isn't right for their business...

By Brett WilkersonRFID

How IoT Helps Your Supply Chain

The supply chain is an important part of our global economy and as you can see from our current state of affairs, if there are any disruptions along the way, it can cause major delays in the delivery of your goods to your consumers. The key to survival in these unprecedented times is to find new innovative ways to use technology like AI and the Internet of Things (IoT) to help you operate more efficiently and accurately. But first, let’s...

By Brett WilkersonDistribution and Logistics, IoT

What to Expect in 2022 – The State of the Global Supply Chain

It’s no secret that the current supply chain is broken, and we already know what’s to blame. The COVID-19 pandemic created disruptions in the global supply chain beginning in early 2021 that continue to linger despite multiple vaccines and fewer daily cases. To understand where we are and what we can do to cope with this enormous problem, we need to understand how we got here and the challenges we continue to face. Manufacturing Delays In the world’s biggest manufacturing hubs like...

By Brett WilkersonApparel Solutions, Automotive Solutions, Distribution and Logistics, Healthcare Solutions, IoT, Manufacturing, PortalTrack

Logistic Challenges in the Medical Supply Industry

While COVID-19 had a major impact on global logistics, challenges in the medical product supply chain were already present before the pandemic made things worse. Now with fuel costs rising, overseas shipping delays and labor shortages throughout every industry, managing your medical product supply chain has become more difficult than ever, especially in the face of these major challenges: Patient-Centric Supply Chains Resilience Requirement for Medical Supplies Decentralized Medical Equipment Vaccination Campaign Logistics To understand these challenges and the best...

By Brett WilkersonDistribution and Logistics, Healthcare Solutions, RFID

Three Challenges Plaguing Today’s Retail Industry

The U.S. retail industry has seen unprecedented growth in the last two years, fueled by a pandemic that forced consumers to embrace online shopping and then return to brick-and-mortar stores once a vaccine was available. According to the U.S. Department of Commerce, 2020 saw a huge increase in sales versus the previous two years: 2018 - $3.635 trillion in total sales ($520 billion in eCommerce)2019 - $3.780 trillion in total sales ($598 billion in eCommerce)2020 - $4.040 trillion in total sales...

By Brett WilkersonApparel Solutions, Blog Posts, PortalTrack, Retail, RFID

Facing the Top Challenges in Manufacturing with MSM Solutions

Like most industries, manufacturing in the U.S. experienced an unprecedented downturn in 2020. Years of sluggish growth hit the pandemic head-on resulting in a perfect storm that dropped the industry’s market size to $5.3T - its lowest in more than a decade. However, despite the letdown, U.S. manufacturing has shown its resilience, bouncing back with an expected market growth rate of 10.8% in 2021. To ensure this expectation becomes reality, organizations in the manufacturing industry need to address the most...

By Brett WilkersonAutomotive Solutions, Distribution and Logistics, Manufacturing