Supply Chain Solutions Business

Our auto-ID and printer technologies generate new value that supports society.

TOSHIBA TEC produces systems and devices that support society's key infrastructures. These include auto-ID systems that incorporate bar codes and RFID tags, dot-impact printers, thermal printers, counter terminals, and printers and related equipment used for printing duplicates, receipts, and bankbooks. We began developing RFID tags, which have gained wide exposure, well ahead of our competitors and was the first to bring to market specially designed RFID products. Our production, sales, and service operations for these products have been fully integrated. We also offer many types of printers, embedded mechanical printers, and peripherals geared for retail, distribution, finance, and other industries.

Thus, the systems and devices TOSHIBA TEC provides play a vital role in supporting our essential infrastructure and services.

Information-processing systems driven by auto-ID technology bring new efficiencies to supply-chain management.

Information-processing systems using bar codes or RFID tags are prime contributors to improved efficiencies throughout supply chains and offer higher levels of service. One example is our traceability systems that record many diverse kinds of information about procurement, production, distribution, and inventory. The Group has been involved from the very beginning with the technical development of bar-code information systems, which are now found everywhere, and our ability to commercialize label printers and other products is highly regarded. Using the advantageous characteristics of bar codes and RFID tags, we offer solutions that fuse printer technologies, media-transport technologies, and wireless technologies – such as dedicated terminals, high-density RFID products, and many types of printers and related devices.

Label printer This high-speed label printer is a proven performer that lowers running costs thanks to a "ribbon-save" feature.	Portable printer This compact and lightweight printer is both easier to use and easier to carry.	RFID printer Our proprietary technology delivers high-performance printing, writing and verification of various types of RFID smart labels.

RFID solutions are being adopted in every industry and business category.

RFID (radio frequency identification) tags are a means of identifying and managing physical goods and products. Data is recorded on tiny wireless IC chips that are attached to the goods, and the IC chips communicate with reader devices using radio and electromagnetic waves. The advantages of RFID tags include being able to read and rewrite data in real time without any physical contact and being able to read multiple tags simultaneous at distances ranging from several millimeters to several meters. Companies in every industry and business category are turning to RFID tags for use in manufacturing, distribution, sales, and offices. TOSHIBA TEC makes maximum use of our formidable expertise and track record accumulated over years of work with POS systems and bar-code systems to help revolutionize business operations with RFID solutions.

RFID solutions are impacting factories, distribution centers, and retail outlets.

RFID tags encoded with production information are having a substantial impact on quality assurance and traceability in factories. The tags make it possible to accurately and efficiently ascertain where products are, where they were manufactured, and where their shipping destinations are. RFID tags attached to palettes and individual boxes boost the efficiency of distribution centers because multiple palettes can be read simultaneously. As a result, loading and unloading operations can be automated and companies benefit from accurate, real-time inventory statistics as well as more efficient sorting and product tracing. And in retail stores, RFID tags have enabled instant awareness of inventory levels and locations of different sizes, different colors, and similar products, thereby greatly expanding sales opportunities. RFID solutions also bring added value to supply-chain management in head offices overseeing entire operations.

RFID-backed document management solutions enable efficient and secure document management.