LECHNER AND SONS UNIFORM & MAT RENTAL
Lechner and Sons is a Chicago based family owned and operated uniform rental company. We feature a broad range of services including: Uniform Rental/Lease/Purchase, Bulk Laundering, Mat Rental, Restroom Supplies, Shop Towels etc. We service over 800 companies in the Chicago Metro Area from our advanced plant which was built in 2004 using the RFID technology to track garments and minimize shortages. Lechner and Sons is Uniform Rental with family business service and values.
All rental companies are not alike
Choosing the right partner for your company’s uniform, linen and mat rental needs is critical. Decisions based on “unit price” can sometimes be deceiving in that unit price is not the true cost of your rental program.
An independent market research firm asked companies renting uniforms from local/independent or national uniform suppliers who they felt offered fairer billing—and they selected local/independent suppliers by more than a 4 to 1 margin.
Garment Tracking Accuracy with
RFID
Hand counting and bar coding have been the standard garment tracking methods in the past. Some downfalls include the possibility of miss-scanned garments due to fading bar code tags that have been washed several times. After all, human hand counting is dependant on human accuracy! The solution to these problems is simple…the Radio Frequency Identification Chip (RFID)!
The Passive
Radio Frequency Chip (RFID) to the Rescue!
- RFID is the 21st century’s answer to bar coding. Lechner and Sons
moved into a brand new facility in Mt. Prospect, Illinois at the beginning
of 2004. The new plant features state-of-the-art technology and has
installed RFID into our entire garment inventory!
Precise garment tracking eliminates delivery inaccuracies for you, our valued customer. We have installed the RFID chips to improve all areas of production such as processing repairs, garment control, and special request—MUCH MORE EFFICIENTLY!
What is it?
- The chip is about the size of a U.S. dime and individually identifies
every garment that is issued to our customers. RFID chips have a specific
number assigned to them and must not be removed from our garments.
Where is it on my garments?
- We are placing the chips behind manufacturer’s labels in the
waistband of all pants and in the tail of all shirts.
Is it safe?
- The chip is harmless. RFID uses the same technology as new popular credit
cards and some employee identification cards. No frequency is emitted
from the chip until it is placed in front of a power-supply antenna.