SML Wins Silver Globee® Award for Supply Chain Management Solution

KEY INSIGHT

SML’s Silver Globee^® recognition highlights its item-level RFID and digital identity ecosystem, which helps retailers improve inventory accuracy, visibility, and supply chain control from the factory floor onward.

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SML has been named a Silver Globee^® Winner in the Supply Chain Management Solution category at the Globee^® Awards for Technology. The award recognises SML’s digital identity and supply chain ecosystem, built to help retailers improve inventory accuracy, visibility, and operational control.

Why SML won

SML’s strength is not a single product feature. It is the combination of item-level RFID, factory-floor validation, supply chain traceability, and digital identity infrastructure that starts at manufacture and follows a product through its lifecycle. That approach gives brands and retailers a trusted data foundation before products enter distribution, which improves decision-making across inventory, fulfilment, and replenishment.

SML’s supply chain management solution is an integrated digital identity system that connects products at the point of manufacture and makes item-level data available through the retail supply chain. In practical terms, it helps brands and retailers improve inventory accuracy, increase visibility, and reduce the errors that come from disconnected product data.

Built from the first mile

As global retail becomes more complex, the quality of supply chain data matters more at the factory than at the warehouse. SML addresses that need through a global network of manufacturing partners, enterprise-grade RFID technology, and Factory Care capabilities that validate products before they leave the factory.

That first-mile control is important because it creates a reliable digital record at the source. When the product identity is accurate from the start, the downstream supply chain can operate with fewer exceptions, better fulfilment decisions, and clearer inventory signals.

Results that matter

SML currently manages the digital identities of more than 20 billion items across a global network spanning over 20 countries, and it supports more than 600 global brands. Its digital ID and labelling solutions support inventory accuracy, sustainability, and connected commerce.

For retailers, that scale matters because it links technology to operational outcomes. SML help brands achieve inventory accuracy levels of 98 to 99% while reducing operational costs, improving product availability, and supporting more agile supply chain decisions.

Why this matters for retail teams

Retail teams do not only need more data. They need data they can trust and use quickly. SML’s approach supports omnichannel fulfilment, better allocation, and more informed planning because the product identity is established before the product enters the retail network.

This is also where item-level intelligence becomes commercially relevant. When each product has a trusted digital identity, brands can see what is moving, where it is moving, and whether the inventory data reflects reality.

Digital Product Passports

SML is also positioning its digital identity infrastructure for Digital Product Passport, highlighting sustainability, digital identification, and RFID-based solutions that support more transparent commerce. That makes the company’s platform relevant to brands preparing for greater product lifecycle transparency and compliance expectations.

A scalable Digital Product Passport solution depends on the same fundamentals that support supply chain visibility: reliable product identity, interoperable data, and technologies such as RFID, QR, and NFC. SML’s existing infrastructure gives brands a practical foundation for that transition.

About SML

SML is a 40-year-old global leader in digital identification and labelling solutions. The company says it connects over 20 billion products worldwide, operates across more than 25 production facilities in over 20 countries, and serves more than 600 global brands. Its core capabilities include item-level RFID, Digital Product Passports, supply chain traceability, brand identification, and factory-floor digital identity infrastructure.

Moving forward

This Globee^® recognition reflects more than an industry award. It reinforces SML’s position as a supply chain management solution provider with the scale, technical depth, and operational credibility to support modern retail networks. For brands and retailers evaluating how to improve visibility, inventory accuracy, and future compliance readiness, SML’s digital identity platform offers a proven place to start.