Project Overview
Decathlon is one of France’s leading garment manufacturers and exporters. With a long-term strategic vision, Decathlon Vietnam has been at the forefront of applying technology to both production and operations. The company selected 1Gate as its partner to implement an RFID-based asset management system for 30,000 fixed assets across eight factories.
In this project, 1Gate provided consulting, equipment, and full deployment, including 30,000 RFID tags, 8 fixed control points, and 8 handheld RFID readers to track the movement of machinery and production equipment across all Decathlon Vietnam facilities.
Challenges
For each production contract or order, Decathlon must mobilize a variety of machinery and equipment to meet specific requirements. Frequent transfers between workshops and factories created several operational challenges:
No maintenance history tracking: The existing ERP only offered high-level asset reports and lacked functionality to update or track equipment maintenance. There were no alerts for upcoming service schedules, making it difficult to plan for production readiness.
Tracking asset locations: As machinery is frequently relocated, actual positions often don’t match the records in the ERP system. When preparing for new production, staff spent excessive time locating needed equipment.
Lengthy inventory checks: Assets were previously labeled with QR codes, requiring staff to manually scan each machine one by one. Each periodic inventory round required 10 employees over 2 weeks to complete.
Implementation Plan
1Gate implemented an RFID-based asset management system integrated with the existing ERP. The transition from barcode to RFID aimed to achieve:
- Retaining existing IT architecture, workflows, and logistics processes
- Reducing inventory time by 95%
- Improving data accuracy to at least 97%
- Enabling real-time data synchronization and visibility
Results
- 95% reduction in inventory time
- 30% time savings in locating assets
- Streamlined and automated tracking across receiving, transferring, and dispatching operations
