SONARIA + INFIOS (KÖRBER) WMS — RFID PARTNERSHIP REFERENCE
Transaction mapping & business outcomes · Infios / Körber Warehouse Management System · Bolt-on RFID/IoT partner GTM
| SONARIA FEATURE | Inbound Operations | Control & Movement | Outbound Operations | Compliance & Quality | Warehouse Automation / WCS | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yard / Carrier Check-InInfios: Yard Mgmt | PO Receipt / ASN ValidationInfios: Receive Task | Blind Receipt / License PlateInfios: LP Create | Directed PutawayInfios: Putaway Task | Cycle CountInfios: Cycle Count | Inventory Transfer / MoveInfios: Move Order | Real-Time Inventory MonitorInfios: Inv. Monitor | Labor ManagementInfios: Labor Mgmt | Pick ConfirmationInfios: Pick Task | Load Plan / Ship ConfirmInfios: Ship Confirm | Outbound StagingInfios: Stage Task | Quality Hold / InspectionInfios: QC Task | Serial / Lot TraceabilityInfios: Lot Tracking | Regulatory Compliance Rec.Infios: Cmpl. Record | WCS Task DispatchInfios: WCS Dispatch | Conveyor / Sorter ConfirmInfios: WCS Confirm | WIP / Assembly StepInfios: WIP Task | |
| Inbound Operations | |||||||||||||||||
| Touchless Receiving Validation | Y | Y | Y | ||||||||||||||
| Put-Away Accuracy & Zone Confirmation | Y | Y | |||||||||||||||
| Item-to-Case Verification | Y | Y | Y | ||||||||||||||
| Case-to-Pallet Aggregation | Y | Y | |||||||||||||||
| Control & Movement | |||||||||||||||||
| Automated Cycle Counting | Y | Y | |||||||||||||||
| Inter-Zone / Inter-Site Asset Visibility | Y | Y | |||||||||||||||
| Real-Time Zone Inventory Tracking | Y | Y | Y | ||||||||||||||
| Returnable Asset Lifecycle Tracking (RTI) | Y | Y | |||||||||||||||
| Automated Tool & Equipment Issue / Return | Y | Y | Y | ||||||||||||||
| Equipment / Personnel Tracking | Y | Y | |||||||||||||||
| Outbound Operations | |||||||||||||||||
| Outbound Staging Accuracy | Y | Y | |||||||||||||||
| Dock-Door Shipment Verification | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | ||||||||||||
| Compliance & Quality | |||||||||||||||||
| Tool Calibration Traceability & Compliance | Y | Y | Y | ||||||||||||||
| Regulatory Traceability Compliance | Y | Y | Y | ||||||||||||||
| Warehouse Automation / WCS | |||||||||||||||||
| Automated Conveyor / Sorter Divert Confirmation | Y | Y | Y | ||||||||||||||
| WIP Traceability & Assembly Step Verification | Y | Y | Y | Y | |||||||||||||
01 / 05
Eliminate receiving labor at the dock door
RFID portals auto-identify every tagged pallet and license plate as it crosses the yard or dock threshold — no manual scanning, no keying. Sonaria matches reads to the inbound delivery and posts goods receipt to Infios WMS automatically on a clean match.
25–40% labor reduction
12–24 mo. payback
Infios: Yard Mgmt · Receive Task
02 / 05
Increase receiving accuracy to 99%+
Manual and barcode-only receiving delivers 60–70% accuracy. RFID-enabled receiving consistently exceeds 99%, directly reducing downstream inventory discrepancies, exception handling, and Infios WMS re-work on mismatched PO receipts and ASN variances.
99%+ accuracy
25–30% fewer discrepancies
Infios: Receive Task · LP Create
03 / 05
Eliminate misdirected put-away before it happens
Zone-boundary RFID reads confirm that each license plate reaches its intended storage location. Sonaria validates the put-away task against the Infios directed putaway instruction in real time and flags misplacements before the forklift moves on.
Near-zero misplacements
Zero scan step for operator
Infios: Putaway Task · LP Create
04 / 05
Validate item-to-case and case-to-pallet integrity
RFID verifies that each case contains the correct items and each pallet contains the correct cases before the inbound delivery is confirmed in Infios — catching supplier substitution, short-ship, and mispick errors at the earliest possible point.
Supplier error catch at receipt
Reduces debit memo backlog
Infios: Receive Task · LP Create · QC Task
05 / 05
Accelerate dock-to-stock cycle time
By removing manual scan steps and automating Infios WMS goods receipt posting, Sonaria compresses the time from truck arrival to available stock — enabling JIT replenishment and reducing safety stock requirements across the distribution network.
Dock-to-stock in minutes
Reduces safety stock
Infios: Yard Mgmt · Receive Task · Putaway Task
01 / 05
Eliminate scheduled physical inventory shutdowns
RFID zone readers feed continuous inventory events to Infios WMS, enabling perpetual cycle counts without stopping operations. Full physical counts that once took days shrink to hours or are replaced entirely by rolling RFID reconciliation through Infios Cycle Count workflows.
30% faster cycle counts
70–80% count labor reduction
Infios: Cycle Count · Inv. Monitor
02 / 05
Recover lost and misplaced returnable assets (RTI)
Companies typically lose 10–25% of returnable transport items annually. Sonaria tracks every container, pallet, rack, and dunnage across zones and sites — surfacing where assets are pooled, overdue, or lost before replacement purchases are triggered.
50–90% RTI loss reduction
15–30% better utilization
Infios: Move Order · Inv. Monitor
03 / 05
Auto-confirm internal stock transfers without operator scan
Fixed RFID readers at zone boundaries detect stock movement and auto-confirm Infios WMS move orders — eliminating the manual confirmation step for forklifts and tuggers moving material between storage locations or to staging lanes.
Zero manual move confirmation
Real-time location accuracy
Infios: Move Order · Inv. Monitor
04 / 05
Measure and improve labor productivity with real data
Sonaria RFID events provide the timestamped activity record that Infios Labor Management needs to calculate engineered labor standards, identify bottlenecks, and measure individual and team productivity — without relying on self-reported scan compliance.
Accurate labor standards
Bottleneck identification
Infios: Labor Mgmt · Inv. Monitor
05 / 05
Locate equipment and personnel instantly across the warehouse
BLE/UWB-tracked forklifts, carts, and personnel badges are visible in real time through Sonaria’s location engine — eliminating the time lost searching for equipment at shift start and enabling rapid headcount in safety or emergency scenarios.
Real-time asset location
Safety & compliance ready
Infios: Labor Mgmt · Inv. Monitor
01 / 05
Achieve 99.9% outbound shipment accuracy
RFID portals at the dock door cross-check every item against the Infios WMS ship confirm record before the trailer departs. Wrong items, short shipments, and unauthorized additions are caught at the door — not discovered by the customer on delivery.
99.9% shipment accuracy
Exceptions caught at door
Infios: Ship Confirm · Pick Task
02 / 05
Eliminate manual load verification labor
Touchless RFID load verification replaces item-by-item barcode scanning during trailer loading. Sonaria reads an entire pallet or cage as it crosses the dock threshold and auto-confirms the Infios pick task — reducing load verification labor by up to 75%.
Up to 75% labor reduction
Bulk read — no line of sight
Infios: Pick Task · Ship Confirm
03 / 05
Prevent staging errors before loads depart
Sonaria monitors staging lanes in real time and alerts when freight is placed in the wrong lane, when dwell time exceeds SLA thresholds, or when a load is staged incomplete against its Infios outbound plan — eliminating trailer-swap and mis-sort events.
Real-time lane assignment
SLA dwell-time alerts
Infios: Stage Task · Ship Confirm
04 / 05
Improve on-time shipment performance and carrier SLAs
Faster, touchless load verification shortens the time between pick completion and trailer departure. Carriers aren’t waiting on manual load checks, and Infios outbound tasks close in real time — improving on-time delivery metrics and carrier scorecards.
Shorter trailer dwell time
Improved OTD performance
Infios: Ship Confirm · Stage Task
05 / 05
Build a defensible proof-of-shipment audit trail
Every Sonaria outbound event — tag reads, match results, exception timestamps, operator acknowledgments — is logged with EPC-level detail against the Infios ship confirm record. In disputes, the digital record of exactly what left on which truck and when is available instantly.
EPC-level shipment proof
Dispute resolution in minutes
Infios: Ship Confirm · Lot Tracking · Stage Task
01 / 05
Cut audit preparation time by up to 80%
RFID automatically generates a continuous, timestamped chain-of-custody for every tagged item in Infios WMS. Audit evidence that once required days of manual log compilation is available on-demand — turning regulatory inspection prep from a project into a report query.
80% audit prep reduction
On-demand compliance records
Infios: QC Task · Lot Tracking · Cmpl. Record
02 / 05
Eliminate calibration lapses and out-of-tolerance tool use
Sonaria tracks every calibrated tool’s location and usage history against its calibration schedule in Infios WMS. Automated alerts prevent out-of-calibration equipment from entering production — eliminating AS9100 and ISO 9001 audit findings before they occur.
Near-zero calibration lapses
ISO / AS9100 audit-ready
Infios: QC Task · Cmpl. Record
03 / 05
Enable instant, targeted product recalls
Serial and lot-level RFID traceability in Infios WMS means a recall scope that once took days to determine can be resolved in minutes. Only the affected lot is quarantined — not the entire SKU — dramatically reducing recall cost and customer impact.
Recall scope in minutes
Lot-level precision
Infios: Lot Tracking · QC Task
04 / 05
Prevent non-conforming stock from advancing in the process
Sonaria enforces quality gates at zone boundaries — if a tagged item has an open quality hold in Infios WMS, it cannot advance to picking, staging, or loading without a resolved disposition. Automated holds replace manual “do not ship” stickers.
Zero QC bypass at gate
Automated hold enforcement
Infios: QC Task · Stage Task
05 / 05
Demonstrate GS1 and regulatory traceability to customers
GS1-compliant RFID labeling and EPC-level event data from Sonaria provides the item-level traceability increasingly required by automotive, pharma, and government customers — becoming a competitive differentiator in bids where traceability is a qualification criterion.
GS1 / EPCIS compliance
Customer bid qualification
Infios: Lot Tracking · Cmpl. Record
01 / 05
Confirm conveyor divert and sorter decisions in real time
RFID read points at divert gates and sorter induction confirm that each tagged carton is processed against its Infios WCS dispatch instruction — catching mis-sorts and wrong-lane diversions at the moment they occur, not during downstream exception handling.
Real-time divert confirmation
Mis-sort caught at gate
Infios: WCS Dispatch · WCS Confirm
02 / 05
Eliminate WIP location uncertainty on the automated floor
RFID at workstation and conveyor boundaries gives production managers a live view of every work order’s location in the automated sequence — no phone calls, no walkdowns, no whiteboard updates. Infios WCS status reflects the physical floor in real time through the WIP Task workflow.
Real-time WIP visibility
Bottleneck detection in minutes
Infios: WCS Dispatch · WIP Task
03 / 05
Enforce assembly step sequence and prevent skip-ahead errors
Sonaria verifies that every required production step has been RFID-confirmed before allowing the job traveler to advance in Infios. Missed or out-of-sequence operations are flagged at the workstation — not discovered during final inspection or at the customer.
Zero step-skip defects
Reduced rework at final insp.
Infios: WIP Task · WCS Confirm · QC Task
04 / 05
Reduce production downtime from missing tools and fixtures
BLE/UWB-tracked tooling and fixtures are located instantly when needed. Sonaria integrates tool availability into the Infios labor and resource picture — ensuring the right tool is at the right workstation before the job arrives, not after the line stops.
25% production downtime cut
12–24 mo. ROI typical
Infios: Labor Mgmt · WCS Confirm
05 / 05
Create a complete digital record for every automated unit
Every RFID event — component receipt, conveyor confirmation, workstation pass, quality check, step verification — is logged against the serial number in Infios WMS/WCS. The result is a cradle-to-ship digital record satisfying IATF 16949, AS9100, and customer-specific traceability requirements.
IATF 16949 / AS9100 ready
Unit-level digital traveler
Infios: Lot Tracking · WCS Confirm · WIP Task
Metrics sourced from published industry research: RFID4U, GS1 Meta Study (2024), CPCON Group, Barcode Technologies RTI benchmarks, AssetPulse AS9100 study, RFiD Discovery manufacturing outcomes. All figures represent published industry ranges — actual results vary by deployment scope and baseline.