This episode features an interview with Dean Frew and Johan Stenström, CTO & SVP of SML Group and Supply Chain Developer at Stadium, respectively. SML recently partnered with Stadium to provide their item-level RFID solutions, helping increase inventory accuracy at the Swedish sports retailer to 99.5%.

On today’s episode, Dean and Johan discuss the origins of their partnership, the buy-in needed for digital transformation, and why the most successful retailers are the ones challenging their assumptions about inventory accuracy.

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“Retailers who are challenging their assumptions about their inventory accuracy and their true in-store performance are the ones who are moving forward.” -Dean Frew & Johan Stenström

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Show Notes

• (1:35) Tony’s takeaways on the conversation
• (2:54) Johan’s background at Stadium
• (3:50) Dean’s background at SML Group
• (5:31) The evolution of RFID technology
• (8:24) Stadium enters the picture
• (14:22) Out-of-stock: a common use case
• (17:08) Optimizing other nodes in the supply chain
• (19:23) How RFID has benefited Stadium
• (21:14) Overcoming data obstacles
• (22:47) Why are some retailers still not using RFID?
• (29:50) Lightning round
• (35:04) Final advice

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Sponsor

This podcast is presented by Dell Technologies and Intel. Together they help you realize digital transformation across retail by driving IT innovation to better engage with today’s connected consumer. Learn more at DellTechnologies.com/retail and Intel.com/retail.

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Links

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