RFID can offer over 50% uplift in production throughput for manufacturers
The demand for fast, high-quality, environmentally sound and efficient production is ever growing. RFID as a technology offers speed far beyond that of bar-codes as most production steps can be automated. Furthermore, the introduction of RFID for car manufacturing ensures full visibility on material consumption, finished goods and their location, and helps manage in- and outbound shipments.
The power of RFID in Automotive
Customers using Turck Vilant Systems applications that provide RFID for car manufacturing experience higher production throughput, quality improvements and cost reductions thanks to higher level of automation.
Modern track & trace solutions REDUCE WASTE in the form of
MATERIALS: Optimized inventory management ensures cost-effective JIT / JOT deliveries and minimizes component overstocking
EXTRA MILEAGE: Reducing shipment errors helps avoid unnecessary back-and-forth deliveries.
TIME: Replacing barcodes in production line doubles the production speed, as automatic identification needs no manual work.
EXCESS in PRODUCTION: Using RFID to track material input in the beginning of the production line and comparing used materials to final product quality helps guide suppliers and select only best materials to minimize scrap.
Car Part Source Tagging
Many automotive manufacturers are requesting their parts to arrive readily RFID tagged. How to tag car parts for them? An easy-to-use application with RFID printer or RFID applicator solves the tagging request in no-time.
Automatic Goods Receipt
Distribution centres, warehouses, production plants as well as sales locations benefit from literally no-touch goods receiving. RFID enabled goods receive shifts any company from having to scan items manually to stock or not scanning at all, to automatic registering of inbound shipments. The shipments may be registered on box, pallet, roller cage or item level – dependent on the type of data needed.
Material Availability
Material on-demand availability is key for smart production. Lean manufacturing tools such as RFID help with material availability and visibility. For example when forklifts are equipped with RFID readers they know what they carry on their fork. And as the forklifts move in the production estate, their movement from one hall to another can easily be tracked.
Quality
Extra visibility to the production process as well as to materials used never hurt anyone. Quality control in manufacturing can benefit from RFID, which offers a cost effective method to monitor tooling as well as material feeding during production.
Production Throughput
Time is money they say. Moving from manual production step registration to RFID-based automation can help increase throughput in the production process with more than 50%.
Serialised Car Part Traceability
Material and inventory visibility is key for lean operations. Using RFID instead of barcodes to trace serialised car parts speeds up the process significantly. The introduction of RFID read points to key areas in your production facility means you can follow the trace that the car parts leave. Tracking inbound materials, material stock and different phases in your production gives you full visibility to material inventory as well as which part ended up in which final product. Using Forklifts equiped with RFID readers can be an extremely cost efficient method.
Loading Verification
Delivery inaccuracies cause customer dissatisfaction, missed deadlines and extra cost. With RFID the correctness of shipments can be verified before they are loaded onto vehicle. All shipments are equipped with RFID tags and the RFID gates at the dock doors detect the products loaded onto trucks. The RFID system is in constant interaction with the Warehouse Management System (WMS), which manages the shipment.
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