In manufacturing, RFID identifies component or sub-assemblies, tracks good through manufacturing or maintenance processes and helps to ensure production tools and plant are maintained properly.
ROI from RFID
Manufacturing industry can find rapid return on investment in RFID solutions. Applications are found in the control of custom manufacturing; they can be used to help manage warranty and goods return processes; they can be used to track components and sub-assemblies during manufacturing or they can be used to help authenticate products in a world where counterfeit products devalue brands or even cause safety risks. RFID can aslo be used to track and manage goods returned as part of a warranty process. CoreRFID has implemented solutions across many of these areas.
Customised Products
For example, as demand for customised products grows so do the problems of ensuring that each customer receives exactly what they order. One technique to help improve the reliability of customer shipments is to institute continuous checking along the production line that each step is adding the right component for the order being dealt with.RFID can help with this by tagging individual components and checking that all components belong together for a particular customer or a particular shipment. The supply of faulty items is reduced and so are the costs of making multiple versions of a product available.
“Quantum saddles are tailored to individuals, RFID means we can deliver and monitor an individual service.” Matthew Stockford, Managing Director, Quantum Saddles
Pick N' Mix Solution
CoreRFID has developed a solution for this problem. Using a combination of high performance RFID tags, readers and a software system designed for use with customised manufacturing processes, the Pick'N Mix solution is quick and easy to introduce.
Learn more about the Pick 'N' Mix Solution by downloading this case study.
Other examples of manufacturing applications provided by CoreRFID include:
- Work-in-progress monitoring for Vaillant Group
- Monitoring high value diamond cutting tools for Diamond Trading Co.
- RFID for contract electronics manufacturing for Axiom Manufacturing Systems.
- Warranty management solution for Quantum Saddles