RF-SMART exists to Transform our Customers and Change Lives. Supporting this mission are five corporate values ( click here to learn more ) that help us reach this goal. In this episode, hear how three RF-SMART employees live out the value “we have your back.” What You’ll Learn: • How corporate values help the teams navigate their daily tasks • How our teams have our customer’s backs • Stories about how RF-SMART has lived out this value with their employees Additional Resources: Learn more about...
Jun 13, 2024•17 min•Season 5Ep. 3
WPS, the leading independent publisher of educational and psychological assessment materials, takes their employee experience seriously. In partnering with RF-SMART, they have streamlined all areas of their warehouse staff’s experience, from receiving to shipping. Listen to learn how the WPS team leverages technology to support their staff while optimizing their supply chain. What You’ll Learn: • How WPS approaches an employee-centered training experience • Where RF-SMART has benefited their end...
Mar 28, 2024•14 min•Season 5Ep. 2
You’ve decided to invest in RF-SMART’s solutions, now what? This podcast walks listeners through what they can expect during an RF-SMART implementation, from initial planning to ongoing training and support. Listen to learn how we live out our value of being “crazy for our customers” by creating a streamlined implementation experience. What You’ll Learn: • What an RF-SMART implementation looks like • How we train our users and offer on-going support • How we prepare our customers for continued s...
Jan 31, 2024•15 min•Season 5Ep. 1
For Every Meal, supply chain isn’t just a part of their business – it’s the way they fulfill their mission to provide food to kids in their area. Partnering with NetSuite and RF-SMART, they have optimized their supply chain operations with the use of mobile barcode scanning. In this episode, they share how they utilize RF-SMART to streamline their warehousing and provide a better experience for their community partners. What You’ll Learn: Ways Every Meal utilizes RF-SMART in their warehouse Why ...
Dec 07, 2023•20 min•Season 4Ep. 13
RF-SMART customer Green Rabbit is a big believer in improving inventory control with technology. As their business has grown, they have leveraged RF-SMART as both a software provider and business partner. In this episode, they share how they continue to lean on the RF-SMART product and support teams to level up their shipping process. What You’ll Learn: How Green Rabbit and RF-SMART partnered together with warehouse checkups The benefits of leveraging RF-SMART’s industry expertise How Green Rabb...
Oct 31, 2023•18 min•Season 4Ep. 12
Order fulfillment is an area where many customers find the most bottlenecks in their supply chain. For RF-SMART customer Crispi US, identifying and addressing inefficiencies was vital for their growth. In this episode, they share how RF-SMART helped them minimize errors, decrease picking times, and ship orders with greater speed and accuracy. What You’ll Learn: • How Crispi US is navigating both eCommerce and vendor orders with RF-SMART's advanced picking functionality • The benefits of leveragi...
Sep 29, 2023•14 min•Season 4Ep. 11
Season 4, Episode 10- Adopting new technology in your warehouse can be daunting, but it doesn’t have to be! How can you tell when it’s time to take the leap and invest in new software solutions? RF-SMART customer Green Rabbit’s Gary Cifatte shares how his team found greater efficiency by embracing new inventory management solutions in their warehouse. What You’ll Learn: How Green Rabbit’s Chief Technology Officer determines when new technology is needed in the warehouse How a warehouse can bette...
Sep 25, 2023•4 min•Season 4Ep. 10
Season 4, Episode 9- What You Need to Know About NetSuite Manufacturing, Part Two In part two of this series, RF-SMART supply chain and software experts discuss level three and four of NetSuite Manufacturing: WIP and Routing and Work Order Reporting. This episode breaks down use cases for WIP and Routing, benefits of Work Order Reporting, and how this impacts overall supply chain success. What You’ll Learn: • Introduction to WIP and Routing • How customers use WIP without Routing • Best Practice...
Aug 30, 2023•16 min•Season 4Ep. 10
Every warehouse has unique document and label printing requirements. SummitIT, an RF-SMART Printing Solution, helps customers navigate these effortlessly. This episode highlights three unique ways our customers are applying SummitIT functionality to meet their supply chain needs. What You’ll Learn: • How to produce labels of multiple sizes from one printer • How to customize documents to accommodate order requirements • How to leverage automated cloud printing Additional Resources: Learn more ab...
Aug 21, 2023•5 min•Season 4Ep. 9
RF-SMART supply chain and software experts untangle the complicated world of manufacturing in the first installment of a two-episode NetSuite Manufacturing overview. This episode discusses the basics on which all RF-SMART Manufacturing customers operate, including a breakdown of the types of manufacturing and best use cases for each. What You’ll Learn: • Introduction to various types of manufacturing • Difference between Kits and Item Groups • How to decide what type of functionality works for y...
Jul 21, 2023•22 min•Season 4Ep. 8
On this episode of Take Five with Taking Inventory, Industrial Networking Solutions’ Warehouse Managers Josh Azores and Jacob Axtell share how RF-SMART Image Capture has improved their productivity, from the warehouse floor to their accountants’ desks. What You’ll Learn: Benefits of Image Capture How Image Capture can improve your accounting practices How INS was able to digitize their packing slips for easy access Additional Resources: Learn more about Industrial Networking Solutions: INS Websi...
Jun 15, 2023•5 min•Season 4Ep. 7
On this episode of Taking Inventory, we highlight the career stories of two teammates at RF-SMART, Jodi Nuszkowski and Haleigh Thomas. Listen to hear how their careers were changed through RF-SMART’s Career Rockwall, allowing them to expand their impact at the company by experiencing multiple roles within the company. Additionally, Jodi and Haleigh share how they have ramped up their impact as leaders of the RF-SMART Women’s Development Program. What You’ll Learn: • How the RF-SMART Career Rockw...
Jun 05, 2023•19 min•Season 4Ep. 6
On this episode of Take Five with Taking Inventory, Ryan Ferguson, Smoky Mountain Knife Works Distribution Vice President, shares how RF-SMART Shipping’s Consolidation feature has saved their fulfillment process time and money. What You’ll Learn: • Overview of RF-SMART Shipping’s Consolidation feature • How Consolidation improved Smoky Mountain Knife Works’ fulfillments Additional Resources: Read up on RF-SMART’s shipping solution: RF-SMART Shipping for NetSuite SMKW Taking Inventory Episode: Ho...
May 09, 2023•4 min•Season 4Ep. 5
On this episode of Take Five with Taking Inventory, RF-SMART Sales Executive, Wayne Wilmoth, shares an overview of upcoming FDA regulations and how they will impact warehouses with serialized inventory. What You’ll Learn: • Overview of upcoming FDA regulations • How RF-SMART WMS can help users navigate lot/serial tracking • Steps to prepare for this change Additional Resources: Read up on how RF-SMART handles serialization: NetSuite Serialized Inventory Learn more about these regulations: Medica...
Apr 24, 2023•4 min•Season 4Ep. 5
Maverick Beverage Company is known for their outstanding beverage distribution practices for both fine wines and craft spirits. With warehousing locations in five different states, they reviewed their eight-year plan to begin conceptualizing a new Florida distribution center. They leaned on the RF-SMART software team to help improve their process as they took on this new location. Listen to learn how they were able to build upon their current product success and configure a new location to exten...
Mar 29, 2023•19 min•Season 4Ep. 3
Smoky Mountain Knife Works (SMKW) is the world’s largest knife showplace, with more than 1.5 million visitors to their retail showroom in Sevierville, Tennessee. Just down the road, their 100,000 sq ft warehouse sees hundreds, if not thousands, of orders a day. To accommodate their continually growing business, SMKW knew they could no longer rely on their home-grown AS400 inventory system. After implementing NetSuite, they turned to RF-SMART after learning their original WMS choice could not acc...
Feb 22, 2023•15 min•Season 4Ep. 1
FYiDoctors, an RF-SMART and NetSuite customer, is using automated storage retrieval systems (ASRS) known as vertical lift modules (VLM) to bring their goods directly to their pickers. Leveraging the RF-SMART Automation Module and Pick Planner, FYiDoctors is seeing reduced picking times, more accurate orders, and quicker fulfillment within their warehouse. Join RF-SMART expert, Tony Wolf, and FYiDoctors warehouse manager, Demijan Savija, as they discuss the latest warehouse automation technology ...
Dec 21, 2022•19 min•Season 3Ep. 9
Slate Rock FR chose RF-SMART WMS to streamline their supply chain processes and get life-saving products for first responders out the door. However, they were still left with a shipping solution that was slow, antiquated, and expensive. After implementing RF-SMART Shipping, Slate Rock FR was able to leverage the no-code rules engine and automated rate shopping to create a shipping process that meets the needs of their multi-faceted shipping requirements and reducing shipping costs by $4,000 a we...
Nov 09, 2022•23 min•Season 3Ep. 8
When TWG Supply chose NetSuite, they knew they would need a WMS. However, they were told all inventory management systems are “apples to apples.” After a failed implementation of a different WMS, TWG chose RF-SMART to support their growing inventory needs. Now that TWG is live with RF-SMART, they have chosen to utilize image capture to attach images to inbound and outbound inventory records. This advanced workflow recently kept TWG from needing to file a $7,000 claim after a customer reported th...
Jul 27, 2022•21 min•Season 3Ep. 7
Whether you are an established customer or beginning implementation, RF-SMART offers complete care for your hardware needs. Our Hardware Professional Services (HPS) offerings include multiple packages that can help to maintain or deploy hardware so that you don’t have to! Join us as we discuss how utilizing a Hardware Professional Services package can eliminate the need for you IT team to manage and update devices. In this episode, we’ll dig into why we started offering this service and share su...
Jun 22, 2022•21 min•Season 3Ep. 6
All companies are feeling the effects of the unprecedented supply chain disruptions seen in the past decade—inventory shortages, extreme shipping costs, long shipping times, and personnel shortages, just to name a few. The financial barriers experienced by manufacturers between first mile and last mile delivery have created a new burden on many businesses. So, how do we solve these issues? How can businesses better prepare themselves for ongoing disruption, while still serving their customers? S...
May 25, 2022•25 min•Season 3Ep. 5
CFM Distributors found themselves in a predicament. Their go-live was approaching, but their existing WMS system was not performing as they had hoped. After consulting with RF-SMART, CFM was able to change WMS systems and meet their goals. Kevin Smead joins Seth and Sarah to share how CFM was able to leverage RF-SMART’s resources and people to find success and accuracy in their seven-story warehouse. What You'll Learn: • Why CFM chose NetSuite and RF-SMART • How CFM was able to quickly pivot WMS...
Apr 27, 2022•26 min•Season 3Ep. 4
Most NetSuite customers are faced with the question, “are we going to use bins?” Bins provide a great advantage to your organization and can provide increased accuracy. If you’re just getting started on bins or you’re just looking to get some best practices for using bins, this episode is for you! Hear from RF-SMART for NetSuite customer, Boston Materials, on why they chose to use bins to scale their inventory with their business. What You'll Learn: • What are bins in NetSuite and what is the ad...
Mar 30, 2022•19 min•Season 3Ep. 3
Tuff Stuff Fitness chose to implement NetSuite and RF-SMART earlier this year to support their growing distribution and manufacturing business. As their implementation has progressed, they have been able to leverage the RF-SMART Knowledge Base to answer questions as they arise. For this reason, the Tuff Stuff team has been able to maintain their spot as a market leader in the fitness industry. What You'll Learn: • Why Tuff Stuff chose NetSuite and RF-SMART • How they use the Knowledge Base to an...
Dec 16, 2021•11 min•Season 2Ep. 13
In this episode, we’ll talk about RF-SMART’s philanthropy goals and how we work together with our customers to make an impact in our world. Adding a philanthropy goal that aligns with our mission has increased employee engagement and lead to stronger, more connected teams. Learn how you can apply these practices to your own business, as well as tips for getting buy in from your team members and leadership. What You'll Learn: RF-SMART’s philanthropy goals and how they impact our mission to transf...
Dec 03, 2021•21 min•Season 2Ep. 12
The events of 2020 and 2021 continue to have a lasting impact on supply chain. As shortages continue to impact the world, many people are wondering how they can ride out this storm and create a resilient supply chain in the process. What You'll Learn: What caused the supply chain shortages and predictions for the future How WMS users can fortify their supply chain during this time How RF-SMART can help you create a resilient supply chain Additional Resources: Listen to episode: What is RFID? Rea...
Aug 25, 2021•23 min•Season 2Ep. 10
Be the first to hear this new podcast from RF-SMART! Subscribe at www.rfsmart.com/onpar to get notifications for this monthly series. On PAR is a podcast that delves right into the heart of the healthcare system: its supply chain. Join Sarah Archer, Bill Brewer, and Joseph LaRoche as they discuss the impact of 2020 on healthcare supply chain and make predictions about the future of the industry. What You'll Learn: How 2020 changed everything for healthcare supply chain & what that means for ...
Jul 28, 2021•37 min•Season 2Ep. 8
At White Labs, they have everything down to a science - literally! White Lab manufactures liquid yeast for beer. Their team of scientists have created more than 200 strands of liquid yeast...and they do it with the help of technology. What You'll Learn: How White Labs is using NetSuite and RF-SMART to manufacture and distribute liquid yeast How RF-SMART can be used in every step of the process: from receiving to manufacturing to picking! If Sarah and Haleigh can become beer drinkers after all Ad...
Jun 30, 2021•20 min•Season 2Ep. 7
At RF-SMART, "we exist to transform customers and change lives." On Taking Inventory, we normally share customer transformation stories. But on this episode, we are sharing how working at RF-SMART has changed the lives of our team members. What You'll Learn: How RF-SMART has changed the lives of the team members who work there because of the culture, benefits, and friendships Stories from team members about why they chose RF-SMART...and why they chose to stay! Benefits of working for RF-SMART, s...
Jun 17, 2021•27 min•Season 2Ep. 6
With thousands of global customers, the team at Eide Bailly knows how to help NetSuite users on their digital transformation journey. In this episode, we will talk about ways to optimize your ERP after your initial go-live in order to get the most from your investment. Join Stuart Tholen and Ruth Rosenstock as they discuss ways to continue growing your business with NetSuite! What You’ll Learn • The importance of partnering with experts through your digital transformation • Ways to keep investin...
Apr 28, 2021•27 min•Season 2Ep. 4
