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Work in Progress Monitoring Using Rfid

Toronto, ON, September, 2006 - The ability ofpieces  used  per  operation)
any enterprise to effectively monitor
it¡¯s manufacturing facility andWhen 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 RFIDdatabase.
technologies and its application to the
manufacturing process such initiatives areThe 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 toorders.
read tags or labels over distances and
multiple or batches simultaneously. OtherThe ability to see work in progress at any
RFID initiatives provide the ability to writegiven 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 monitorProduction managers can use the information
work in progress on the manufacturing floorto assess production bottlenecks and validate
of Aerospace companies can be described asthe accuracy of lean manufacturing
follows:initiatives.  To  learn  more,  please visit
Each manufacturing operation step isAbout  GAO  Tek  Inc
installed  with  an  RFID  reader.
GAO Tek Inc. is the leading provider of RFID,
The unique ID for each reader provides theengineering development tools, test and
enterprise with a granular representation ofmeasurement 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 palletizedContact
small pieces, the pallet can be tagged and
read and the software would determine theGAO RFID Inc.



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