Marc Cain enlists Detego and KNAPP for new automated DC

Detego has installed its cloud-hosted RFID SaaS platform in fashion retailer Marc Cain’s new distribution centre. 

It delivered the solution alongside KNAPP, who led the overall development of the new centralised operation. The facility, based in Germany, uses RFID tunnels to verify inbound and outbound shipments without needing to open any boxes.

The implementation of RFID allows for over 35,000 articles to be processed on a daily basis, with 100% accuracy and significant improvement to efficiency and visibility of the supply chain, those involved claim.  

Marc Cain previously adopted RFID-driven processes in stores. With the new solution, staff place cartons on a conveyor and the boxes are taken through an RFID tunnel which counts and validates every individual garment inside the box, without needing a line of sight. 

All information is stored in the Detego platform providing complete visibility over items entering and leaving the DC. Any cartons with discrepancies are automatically diverted to exception handling lanes where they are double-checked with high-density read chambers and subsequently corrected.

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