2. About
Holiday
CCS
2014
ü 7 Webinars, 4 Days
ü Sessions covering Store
Ops, X-Channel, Loyalty,
Big Data & more
#HolidayCCS
ü Featuring industry
analysts and consultants
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#HolidayCCS
6. Today’s
Panelists
Richard Mader
Director Emeritus,
ARTS
#HolidayCCS
Debbie Hauss
Editor-in-Chief
Retail TouchPoints
MODERATOR
John-Pierre Kamel
Principle,
RFID Sherpas
7. What
Does
RFID
Look
Like?
#HolidayCCS
• Usually
involves
a
handheld
reader
• Rapid
cycle
counts
of
inventory
• Number
of
counts
depends
on
product
category,
Use
Cases
• Does
not
need
to
update
inventory…but
should
for
best
results
Photo
Source:
Motorola
8. RFID
SoluCon
Components
#HolidayCCS
Paper
Ticket
Adhesive
Label
Hard
Tag
Sewn-‐In
Label
RFID
Readers
RFID
Tags
9. A
Quick
Recap
Of
Item
Level
RFID
2008
-‐
2010
#HolidayCCS
in
Recent
Years
• Item
level
projects
picking
up
steam
• TesWng
new
categories,
focused
on
replenishment
• Department
Store
focus
2010
-‐
2012
• Omni-‐Channel
is
a
driver
of
RFID
adopWon
• Display
compliance
drives
fast
ROI
• Expansion
beyond
replenishment
into
jewelry
2013
-‐
2014
• Round
Rock
Patent
issues
resolved
• Companies
open
up
about
successes
• Expansion
into
Fashion
• Luxury
segment
growth
• UpWck
in
European
deployments
(e.g.
Asda,
Decathlon,
M&S)
14. #HolidayCCS
“ImplementaWon
of
this
next-‐generaWon
technology
is
one
of
the
most
significant
changes
ever
in
how
the
Group’s
stores
operate.”
Pablo
Isla
Chairman
&
CEO
July
2014
2013-‐2014
15. Latest
News
from
Macy’s
#HolidayCCS
(2014)
• RFID-‐enabled
departments
outperformed
controls
by
10%
from
09-‐2013
to
05-‐2014
• Advanced
program
beyond
Replenishment
and
into
several
Fashion
categories
• Timely
replenishment
of
the
sales
floor
is
now
an
objecWve,
in
addiWon
to
inventory
update
• The
ability
to
make
single
unit
SKUs
available
to
online
shoppers
has
been
a
big
win
in
Omni-‐channel
• Decreased
the
number
of
undisplayed
SCCs
in
the
Footwear
and
Luggage
to
under
5%,
compared
to
25-‐30%
pre-‐RFID
16. RFID’s
Appeal
To
Retailers
• Margin
#HolidayCCS
contribuWon
from
increased
Full
Price
Sell-‐Through
• Margin
contribuWon
from
higher
Unit
Sales
• Reduced
shrink
(internal
&
external)
• Labor
producWvity
improvements
• Less
working
capital
Wed
up
in
Inventory
• Repurposing
of
Loss
PrevenWon
budget
dollars
• Aligns
with
Omni-‐Channel,
Mobility
iniWaWves
17. #HolidayCCS
RFID
in
Retail
• Long
Wme
coming,
since
late
1990’s
• Cost
vs.
Benefit
– Shortage
– Out
of
stock
• Other
prioriWes
• Y2K
• E-‐commerce
19. #HolidayCCS
Omni
Channel
Serving
the
customer
as
they
desire.
• Features:
– Buy
on
line,
pickup
in
store
(44%
to
58%)
– Buy
in
one
store,
ship
from
another
(Urban
Ouji=ers)
– Buy
items
in
store
plus
items
via
on-‐line
device
in
store
and
pay
one
sale
– Fulfill
E-‐commerce
order
from
stores.
20. #HolidayCCS
Why
Omni
Channel
• John
Lewis
experienced
a
22.6%
increase
in
on-‐line
sales
during
Christmas
2013.
AccounWng
for
31.8%
of
total
Christmas
sales
as
click
and
collect
orders
were
up
by
61.8%
over
previous
year.
(ComputerWorld.com)
• Macy
CEO
Terry
Lundgren
said
at
Goldman
Sachs
conference
this
month
that
they
can
ship
direct
to
customers
from
all
stores,
and
that
pick-‐up
in
store
results
in
125%
of
intended
order.
(MarkeWng
Daily)
21. #HolidayCCS
Omni
Channel
CriWcal
Success
factor
• Nearly
100%
accurate
item
level
inventory
• Cannot
disappoint
the
Customer
– Drive
to
store
purchased
item
not
available
– Buy
on
line
never
receive
at
home
• It
can
happen
(THD
example)
• Cost
of
buffer
stock
offsets
sales
gains
What
level
of
risk
are
you
willing
to
accept?
22. SKU
Inventory
Accuracy
• Industry
#HolidayCCS
average
approximately
70%
– Thanks
to
Bar
codes
for
sales
recording.
• RFID
can
improve
to
95+%
– 98%
per
Checkpoint
– 27%
improvement
per
RFID
Research
Center
Assume
100
customer
store
pick
ups,
RFID
changes
25
of
these
to
these
23. SKU
Inventory
Retain
Accuracy
• Physical
#HolidayCCS
Inventory
– Auburn
University
20,000
items
per
hours
using
RFID
vs.
500
via
barcodes.
• Staff
Discipline
– Train
processes
– Monitor
to
enforce
24. #HolidayCCS
Key
RFID
Use
Cases
Within
The
Four
Walls
• On-‐Floor
Availability
– Display
Compliance
– Reduce
Out-‐of-‐Shelf
• Asset
ProtecWon
Outside
of
the
Four
Walls
• Out-‐of-‐Stocks
• Eliminate
Frozen
Inventory
• Planning
and
AllocaWon
• Omni-‐Channel
Support
• InteracWve
Retail
• Inventory
Accuracy
• ReducWon/EliminaWon
of
Manual
Stock
Counts
• AnW-‐CounterfeiWng
• AnW-‐Diversion
• Supply
Chain
Visibility
25. Enhances
Omni-‐Channel
• Increase
#HolidayCCS
the
“universe
of
product”
you
can
make
available
across
all
channels
– Reduce
buffer
stock
as
low
as
possible
for
In-‐Store
Pick-‐up
and
Store-‐to-‐Store
transacWons
– Significantly
decrease
decline
rates
of
Fulfill-‐from-‐Store
transacWons,
thereby
decreasing
split
ships
and
extra
labor
of
searching
in
mulWple
stores
26. Enhances
Omni-‐Channel
– Increase
#HolidayCCS
Store-‐to-‐Store
orders
by
ensuring
all
available
SKUs/SCC
are
displayed
for
sale,
even
if
it
is
a
onesie
– Can
significantly
compress
the
window
between
purchase
and
pickup
– Accuracy
enhances
mobility
capabiliWes
and
allows
for
more
efficient
locaWon
based
selling
and
alerWng
28. #HolidayCCS
IoT
Value
to
Retail
• 1.76
Trillion
less
than
50%
realized
(Cisco)
• OpportuniWes
– Omni
order
and
pay
anywhere
– Intelligent
pricing
(Shelf
labels)
– Product
movement
– Equipment
monitor
and
control
– Tailored
promoWons
– Customer
service
(Wi-‐Fi
in
store)
29. #HolidayCCS
Concerns
• Privacy
• Mobile
and
RFID,
NFC
one
standard?
• AcWve
Tags,
$2
vs.
$.05
• Self
driving
cars
30. #HolidayCCS
Things
I’d
Like
(TiL)
• Find
my
“stuff”
(Tile)
• Clean
out
the
“Frig”
• InstrucWons
for
use
33. Today’s
Panelists
Richard Mader
Director Emeritus,
ARTS
#HolidayCCS
Debbie Hauss
Editor-in-Chief
Retail TouchPoints
MODERATOR
John-Pierre Kamel
Principle,
RFID Sherpas
34. Thank
You
For
Joining
Us
#HolidayCCS
The next session in this series…
10
Ways
To
Personalize
The
Holidays
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