Siemens Practices What It Produces
The RFID systems vendor is also one of its own best customers. The technology helps the electronics company meet customers' specific manufacturing needs cost-effectively.
By John Edwards
June 14, 2010—German electronics firm Siemens doesn't just view itself as a major developer and supplier of radio frequency identification components. The company is also one of the technology's most ardent adopters, utilizing RFID in both its production and logistics operations (see "Phone Tag" on the last page of this story). "Because it's very important to get quality data, it's very important to have RFID in place," says Herbert Wegmann, Siemens' general manager for industrial communications.
Siemens is a global powerhouse in electronics and electrical manufacturing, operating in the industrial, energy and health-care sectors. The company began using RFID in its manufacturing operations in the 1980s, and the technology is currently being employed in several of its production lines. "RFID is a backbone technology for our production," Wegmann says.
At the company's factory in Amberg, Germany, RFID is used to speed and streamline operations on a pair of production lines—which Siemens dubbed "S00" and "3RA6"—that build electrical switches for business customers worldwide. The lines create two types of switches with thousands of variations, designed to meet customers' specific requirements.
June 14, 2010—German electronics firm Siemens doesn't just view itself as a major developer and supplier of radio frequency identification components. The company is also one of the technology's most ardent adopters, utilizing RFID in both its production and logistics operations (see "Phone Tag" on the last page of this story). "Because it's very important to get quality data, it's very important to have RFID in place," says Herbert Wegmann, Siemens' general manager for industrial communications.
Siemens is a global powerhouse in electronics and electrical manufacturing, operating in the industrial, energy and health-care sectors. The company began using RFID in its manufacturing operations in the 1980s, and the technology is currently being employed in several of its production lines. "RFID is a backbone technology for our production," Wegmann says.
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| An electrical switch gear within the RFID-controlled production line |
At the company's factory in Amberg, Germany, RFID is used to speed and streamline operations on a pair of production lines—which Siemens dubbed "S00" and "3RA6"—that build electrical switches for business customers worldwide. The lines create two types of switches with thousands of variations, designed to meet customers' specific requirements.
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