Building Inventory And Operations Solutions For A Fortune 500 Leader

The Background

A leader in materials science and digital identification solutions was looking to optimize their inventory management systems; they were specifically seeking robust software support. Our end-to-end operations management solutions, developed under one of our spinoffs, caught their interest so they approached us to explore the possibility of adapting these solutions to their technology.

What We Did

In a matter of months, we adapted and integrated RFID technology, along with the preexisting barcode scanning capability, into our inventory and operations management applications. Subsequently, the client decided to acquire our solution suite, which today plays an essential role in their operations and business performance. The suite consists of:

Inventory app
Powered by smart algorithms, the inventory app supports the whole supply management workflow and creates a fully paperless experience, from ordering and inventory taking to waste tracking. Thanks to its advanced inventory management capabilities, the app enables inventory operations to be performed in a matter of minutes, thus more frequently.

Operations app
With a specific focus on the food industry, the operations app streamlines day-to-day processes and workflows for restaurants. It handles a wide range of tasks: from designing and automatically generating custom labels and nutritional facts to providing easy access to training material, a daily activities checklist, and kitchen prepping instructions. The app is notably compatible with proprietary and third-party printers and supports RFID encoding.

Food safety app
Using AI algorithms and a phone’s camera, this app ensures that food is stored safely. It optimizes temperature checks and automatic ingredient recognition, all while logging in meaningful data. The app then walks users step-by-step through corrective actions to achieve compliance with procedures. Additional compatible sensors support continuous temperature tracking backed up by an advanced automatic notification system, in case an unusual pattern is detected.

Dashboards
Both the operations and food safety apps feature comprehensive dashboards detailing daily activities, standards, and regulatory requirements for the entire organization to monitor and adhere to.

Hardware
All three apps are accompanied by the following in-house developed hardware devices:
– RFID scanning and encoding smart device (Inventory and operations app)
– Label printer (Operations app)
– Infrared thermometer (Food safety app)

The Results

The suite is a global success! It is implemented across more than 32,000 locations in 25 countries and supports 15 languages.