| Toronto, ON, September, 2006 - The ability of | | | | pieces used per operation) |
| any enterprise to effectively monitor | | | | |
| it¡¯s manufacturing facility and | | | | When a piece arrives for machining or |
| ¡°work in progress¡± | | | | processing the tag is read and the unique ID |
| has been an elusive or costly endeavor. | | | | is time and date stamped and sent to the |
| However, with the introduction of RFID | | | | database. |
| technologies and its application to the | | | | |
| manufacturing process such initiatives are | | | | The workflow software will then provide the |
| now well within reach. | | | | means by which the work in progress can be |
| | | | monitored and associated with specific job |
| RFID by its very nature has the ability to | | | | orders. |
| read tags or labels over distances and | | | | |
| multiple or batches simultaneously. Other | | | | The ability to see work in progress at any |
| RFID initiatives provide the ability to write | | | | given time will have beneficial results in |
| data to a tag multiple times. | | | | that sales people will be able to communicate |
| | | | more accurate ETAs on placed orders. |
| A proposed solution to accurately monitor | | | | Production managers can use the information |
| work in progress on the manufacturing floor | | | | to assess production bottlenecks and validate |
| of Aerospace companies can be described as | | | | the accuracy of lean manufacturing |
| follows: | | | | initiatives. To learn more, please visit |
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| Each manufacturing operation step is | | | | About GAO Tek Inc |
| installed with an RFID reader. | | | | |
| | | | GAO Tek Inc. is the leading provider of RFID, |
| The unique ID for each reader provides the | | | | engineering development tools, test and |
| enterprise with a granular representation of | | | | measurement instruments and electronic |
| the shop floor. | | | | components that serve the needs of electronic |
| | | | design engineers in the world. |
| Each piece of work or component is affixed | | | | |
| with a tag (or in the instance of palletized | | | | Contact |
| small pieces, the pallet can be tagged and | | | | |
| read and the software would determine the | | | | GAO RFID Inc. |