However, with the development of the metering center business and the urgent need to improve management efficiency, the limitations of barcode technology are increasing, and the following major pain points have emerged:
Pain point 1: The use conditions are strict and the accuracy is not high.
When scanning barcodes, the beam of the barcode gun must be aimed at the surface of the barcode of the meter label, and the surface of the barcode must be kept clean and tidy, so it takes a long time to scan.
Pain point 2: Inconvenient operation and low efficiency.
Barcode scanning requires warehouse staff to scan the meter one by one for each meter that only needs to enter and exit, and at the same time, because the meter is generally placed in the meter turnover box in four layers, so when scanning the meter barcode, the staff needs to turn out the bottom meter for scanning operation, so that it brings great inconvenience to the staff, and greatly reduces the work efficiency of the warehouse management personnel.
Pain point 3: Real-time networking is required
Warehouse managers need to upload the data to the data center in real time for data verification every time they scan an electricity meter barcode, and the work will not be able to go on normally or the work progress is very slow in the case of poor network status.
Advantages of the corresponding solutions provided by RFID solution providers
1. UHF RFID works through electromagnetic coupling, even if there are stains on the surface of the RFID tag, it can be used normally, so compared with the traditional barcode technology, RFID does not have strict requirements for the surface cleanliness of the identified items;
2. At the same time, UHF RFID can read up to dozens of asset electronic tags per second, and wireless radio frequency can penetrate the plastic box to read the data information of the underlying asset electronic tags, which greatly reduces the workload, improves work efficiency and reduces operating costs. To put it simply, it may take 10 minutes to scan the barcodes one by one for a meter turnover box containing 40 meters, while it may take less than 10 seconds to take inventory with UHF RFID;
3. By pasting RFID electronic tags for each meter, a unique identification has been established for each meter, which has laid a solid data foundation for the improvement of warehouse management and marketing business and the use of related information management methods in the future;
