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