SML empowers brands & manufacturers with factory-level RFID visibility

Apparel and textile manufacturers in Asia-Pacific face rising pressure from shorter lead times, stricter retailer compliance, and growing sustainability expectations. In India and the region, fluctuating demand and compressed cycles are the new norm.

SML’s Factory Care Solutions (FCS) delivers real-time, item-level visibility, verified shipments, and proof of performance from production to dispatch, helping factories reduce errors, protect margins, and ship with confidence.

“Brands cannot afford delays or inaccuracies in today’s competitive environment,” said Gary Moskovciak, VP of Global Sales Management at SML. “FCS gives companies the speed, flexibility, and accuracy they need to stay ahead.”

Factory proven RFID for real time visibility

FCS is a factory-proven RFID solution deployed at scale across major sourcing regions, backed by over 40 years of SML’s retail and apparel expertise. It delivers live visibility into production, quality, packing, and dispatch, enabling managers to act on exceptions within the same shift. Automation of tagging, audits, and shipment validation reduces cycle times, improves yield, and reduces chargebacks, while on-demand RFID printing cuts waste and accelerates fulfilment.

FCS unifies factory level accuracy and on demand flexibility by standardizing tagging, quality checks, pick and pack audits, and pre dispatch validation for end-to-end traceability and retailer compliance, while also enabling on demand printing of RFID tags and labels to support small batch production, rapid replenishment, and location agnostic deployment, all while lowering cost and waste.

Efficiency, sustainability, and scale

Manufacturers in India and APAC face compressed production cycles and rising buyer expectations. Poor data quality costs millions annually, and unplanned downtime can reduce revenue by up to 11%. FCS integrates with existing workflows, reduces manual interventions, and helps protect margins during peak periods.

Sustainability and compliance are embedded in the solution. By capturing item-level digital data at source, reducing scrap and excess inventory, and enabling local tag production, FCS lower emissions, enhance traceability, and support circularity, while automated workflows minimise energy intensive manual steps.

Connecting over 20 billion items annually across more than 20 countries, SML combines RFID tags, real-time dashboards, expert services, quality checks, and local support teams to ensure rapid validation, scalable rollouts, and reduced risk during change. Factories deploying Factory Care Solutions achieve higher shipment accuracy, fewer delays, and faster turnaround times, positioning them as reliable, scorecard-leading partners for global brands.

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ALCHEMPro News Desk (KD)