IoT for laundries: Clean visibility on all textiles
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See every piece of textile anywhere, at any time.

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An industrial laundry provides large-scale laundry services to industries, businesses, and institutions. It involves washing, drying, ironing, and folding of textiles and garments, typically on a large scale. This market primarily serves organisations that require frequent laundering of large quantities of textiles, such as uniforms, linens, and other fabric-based items.

RFID can be implemented to achieve optimal linen care as it provides real-time visibility and full asset transparency throughout the entire laundry process. Brady offers a high-quality range of RFID devices powered by Nordic ID Technology that deliver an unmatched reliability and exceptional performance thanks to decades of RFID expertise and innovation.

On this page, we will deep dive into how RFID is helping industrial laundries to ensure smooth operations and long-term success.

HOW RFID IS RESHAPING LAUNDRY MANAGEMENT?

How can industrial laundry services manage their large inventories, track their assets and keep their linen in top condition? Without any big surprises, the secret is RFID laundry management systems.

RFID technology uses intelligent tracking and automation to improve laundry services. By tagging each item with an RFID label, you can track and trace garments, reduce loss or theft, and simplify inventory management from storing to storage. RFID can significantly optimise linen management, allowing both the laundry operator and customers to benefit from.

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SEE HOW RFID TRACKING REVOLUTIONISED TEXTILE PRODUCTION AT MEDANTA




"We received a customised RFID solution that perfectly aligns with our service-based business needs."
 
Anu Kivelä, CEO of Medanta


UNDERSTANDING RFID IN INDUSTRIAL LAUNDRIES 

In the laundry industry, all pieces of laundry are fitted with UHF RFID labels: sheets, towels, clothes, etc. These labels carry a unique number that is read by fixed RFID readers installed in laundries. The readers send this information to the laundry management software, which tracks the products and their condition in real time. The software can also determine the type of garment and send it to the appropriate area or washing machine. Staff can consult the automatically generated data to perform inventory checks and ensure garments arrive at the correct destination. For smaller organisations or mobile tracking, UHF handheld readers can also be used.

By using our RFID solutions, industrial laundries can:

  • Precise workload planning
  • Automate time-consuming tasks
  • Minimise human error
  • Optimise asset utilisation rates
  • Improve laundry lead times

 

KEY BENEFITS OF RFID IN LAUNDRY OPERATIONS

RFID in the laundry offers many benefits to industrial laundries, including the ability to save money and operate more efficiently. You can use RFID technology to reduce labour costs, improve inventory accuracy, make operations more efficient, get real-time linen usage information and reduce linen loss and misplacement.


Solutions for Industrial Laundry

MORE PRODUCTIVITY

How much time do you spend getting an accurate inventory of workwear, linen and other washable items? All that counting can be automated fully, at any location with an UHF RFID reader, and for any textile equipped with a small, unobtrusive UHF RFID label. Our dedicated UHF RFID solution for industrial laundries will automatically generate data that enable precise workload planning, automate time-consuming tasks, minimise human error, and increase asset utilisation rates, all while improving laundry lead times.

Tactically place an RFID reader gate at product exits and entries to see which items have been processed after delivery, and which have been sold, or were isolated. Our RFID labels will provide your items with unique digital identities.

Automated inventory tracking significantly reduces time spent on searching for items. Even without complete warehouse coverage, an item's last known location can immediately be found. From there, users are able to home in on lost items with sounds and visuals on a portable RFID reader.

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MORE BUSINESS

Once unleashed, a dedicated RFID Internet of Things (IoT) solution will start to increase fundamentally any industrial laundry’s bottom line.

On-demand availability

Create new services

New business models become possible, such as laundry as a service, workwear as a service, or pricing per user.

Productivity

Drive when necessary

You will know how many items are ready for washing at your customer, and when a pick-up makes sense to deliver on customer requirements.

Assess operational readiness

Increase customer value

Offer textile lending stations at your customers’ premises to offer the right items at the right time, at the right place.

Items

Know when & where items are lost

You will be able to pinpoint item location more precisely for in-house retrieval, or you will have the visibility data to bill customers for lost items.

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Offer enhanced textile compliance

Your RFID labels can alert customer employees to switch gear before entering any area with very specific textile requirements.

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Optimise item utilisation rate

Wash cycles and histories per item can become visible automatically, reducing the need for manual quality checks and unnecessary disposal of items at predetermined intervals.

Profitability

Reduce stock per customer

You will know where all of your items are and have full active and passive stock visibility per customer, which will enable you to reduce redundant stocks.

Personalised

Track personalised items

Personalised textiles become traceable at the click of a button because RFID technology can give any item a unique, digital identity.

MORE SUSTAINABILITY

Automated data, generated by RFID technology, also helps to improve industrial laundry sustainability.

For every unique item, triggers can be set that initiate quality checks after a predetermined number of washing cycles. The resulting waste reduction will enable savings, both on money and on emissions.

Laundries can reduce emissions and cost even more by picking up textiles at customers when needed, instead of relying on frequent, pre-scheduled pick-ups.

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REDUCED LOSS AND THEFT

Loss or theft is a major problem in industrial laundries. Because RFID laundry labels allow you to improve your inventory management by tracking each piece of textile, you can reduce lost or misplaced laundry. You can track items and quickly find those that are missing. This saves money and improves customer service by resolving problems quickly.

 

A DEDICATED RFID SOLUTION FOR INDUSTRIAL LAUNDRIES

Laundry IoT without a wrinkle

We have poured all of our experience with industrial laundries into a single, dedicated and highly efficient UHF RFID solution that, without a wrinkle, offers clean visibility on every textile.

Our solution allows laundries to increase productivity and generate more business, all while becoming more sustainable.

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A TRUE PARTNER

Via genuine curiosity and an unwavering willingness to offer impactful solutions, we have been able to perfect our UHF RFID solution for industrial laundries. We understand the business, its added value and potential pain points, and we are confident our RFID solution offers a solid and future-proof response to both emerging and existing challenges.

PERFECTED HARDWARE

For decades, we have been perfecting its UHF RFID readers and technology in close collaboration with our customers. As a result, our hardware is dependable in real world conditions, perfectly suited to accommodate our customers’ changing needs, and 100% true to our mission: to bring a unique, digital identity to every item.

INTEGRATION AT YOUR PREMISES

To get the most out of an RFID laundry management system, you need to integrate it with your current management software. You'll be able to update inventory, run reports, and send alerts when needed. By combining RFID data with your software, you can make your laundry work better and learn more about your textiles. Integration gives you real-time inventory tracking with automatic linen location updates. You'll have enhanced reporting capabilities with detailed insight into textile usage and lifecycle.

THE RIGHT LABELS

For an RFID-based laundry management system to work well, choosing the right RFID label is key. You need to select the most suitable RFID labels for your items and apply them correctly. Our RFID labels are fully customisable and can withstand harsh environments. To ensure you're choosing the right RFID labels, make sure they're suitable for your materials and washing methods such as our label customisation for specific environments. For better results, don't forget to check the labels often and replace any that are damaged.

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