Karstadt Warenhaus GmbH / DHL
www.karstadt.com / www.dhl.com
Business Situation
- KARSTADT is one of the largest retailers in Germany with approximately 130 sports and department stores
- The sales volume is approximately 350 million products per year
- Efficient logistics processes are defined as KARSTADT’s and DHL’s key for business success
- Manual counting and searching of items oblige valuable resources to unproductive activities
- Accurate stock and inventory data can help to put active measures to improve sales capabilities
Solution Approach
- Two distribution centers of DHL and one department store of KARSTADT are equipped with RFID printers, RFID gates, handheld devices, smart shelf and tablet readers – devices are controlled via the leading RFID Middleware You-R® OPEN from RF-iT Solutions
- The scalable solution components support a variety of identification points and business processes
- Implementation is done completely according to the EPCIS Standards
Deployed solution components
- Goods Out
- Goods In
- Goods Transfer
- Price Off
- Mobile Inventory
- Tagging Station
- Item Search
- Checkout
- Standard Reports
- Replenishment Support
- Data Store
Results
- Improving speed and accuracy of logistics processes
- Real-time availability of items on the shelf leverages sales
- Efficient inventory with mobile handhelds and smart shelf allow near real-time inventory information
- Online connection of the hardware devices with the master database allows target/ actual comparison in real time
- High consistency between real inventory and system data enables efficient process control
- RFID helps to speed up unproductive work processes
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