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Article #189: Work in Progress Monitoring Using Rfid

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






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