This guide explains the software and engineering logic behind matching a stream of completed garments to customer tickets. It covers expected-item lists, canning or rail positions, exceptions, order completion and manual fallback.
Assembly begins with the expected order
The POS ticket defines how many items belong to the customer and which items are still expected. Assembly should never rely only on what passes a reader.
Each read needs to answer: which ticket owns this item, has it already been counted, is it complete, and where should it wait for the remaining garments?
- Expected items and quantities from the ticket
- Unique RFID identity for each item
- Duplicate-read protection
- Order position or rail assignment
- Completion rule before release
Direct items without losing exceptions
A compatible reader and software can identify a garment and assign it to an incrementing arm, slot, can or rail position. The engineering layout must match the actual conveyor, speed and staff interaction.
Items that are unreadable, early, late, reworked or part of split production need a controlled manual lane.
- Automatic order-position assignment
- Manual slick-rail pathway for non-RFID items
- Rework and quality-hold status
- Full-order and part-order handling
- Clear release and bagging step
Measure labour and accuracy, not novelty
The business case should compare current assembly labour, searching, misassembly, missing items and throughput with the proposed system. RFID hardware and conveyor changes should be justified by measurable operating improvement.
- Minutes spent searching and sorting
- Orders assembled per labour hour
- Missing or incorrect item incidents
- Rework returning after assembly
- Downtime and manual fallback performance
An order should not be marked complete merely because one garment passed the reader. Completion must compare every expected item with every confirmed item.
This page provides general operational awareness. Always follow care labels, safety data sheets, equipment instructions, workplace procedures, testing requirements and professional judgement.