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Manufacturing white papers

• Client Case Study: Wi-Fi RFID
  Published June 2009

  Rush Tracking Systems explains how one of its clients, a global automobile manufacturer, deployed a Wi-Fi RFID system to manage finished goods inventory at dealer sites, in order to reduce financial losses due to increased credit cycles, order fulfillment cycle delays and a lack of visibility into sales and receipts. (6 pages)

• Smart Shop Floor—A Case Study of an RFID-Enabled Metal Tube Manufacturing Process
  Published April 2009

  B. Venkatalakshmi, P. Vijayalakshmi and S. Manjula of the RFID & Sensors Lab at Velammal Engineering College in Chennai, India, demonstrate a case study involving the monitoring of work-in-progress regarding materials in a metal tube manufacturing unit.

• An RFID Forklift System Purpose-built for Warehouses
  Published February 2009

  M/A-Com Technology Solutions describes a basic RFID forklift system incorporating industrial-grade antennas and a mobile interrogator. The system enables a forklift operator to automatically collect information from RFID tags affixed to shelves, pallets, floors and products as the vehicle moves goods to various locations.

• Enhancing RFID Label Production With Atmospheric Plasma Treatment
  Published February 2009

  RFID research and development requires technical expertise of ink and adhesive manufacturers, surface treatment and printing equipment manufacturers, package printers and electronics firms. In this framework, a strong enhancement in production and quality can be obtained with surface substrate treatments. This white paper discusses the state of the art in RFID production, as well as the advantages a plasma treatment of the substrate can offer to RFID label printing.

• Systematic Production Control
  Published February 2009

  Production control is a key topic in manufacturing operations; businesses that manage to automate their processes can harness enormous value-added potential. Schreiner LogiData explains how automatic identification systems can enable this outcome for the automotive sector, providing transparency in vehicle engineering.

• RFID for Manufacturing: 7 Critical Success Factors
  Published January 2009

  This document from OATSystems outlines seven critical success factors to determining where RFID delivers the most value to a business, to help companies evaluate and select solutions, as well as implement and scale projects across multiple facilities and trading partners.

• Deploying an RFID Tracking Solution for Manufacturing Operations
  Published January 2009

  ITEC Corp., a Japanese company specializing in RFID systems for manufacturing, provides an overview of its I'm Here active RFID real-time location system (RTLS), which the firm has deployed within its own manufacturing facility in Nagano, Japan.

• The Benefits of RFID for Slab and Coil Logistics
  Published March 2008

  ThyssenKrupp Steel's Loïc Feinbier and Accenture's Lars Schittko and Guillaume Gallais discuss how radio frequency identification can support the needs of the steel industry.

• Measuring Lean Benefits Using RFID
  Published June 2007

  Gillian Dunlop of eFast Teo and Kevin Fitzgerald, a lean practitioner, explain the benefits of lean manufacturing and how RFID can improve it.

• Raising RFID Value & Performance With Forklift-Mounted Readers
  Published December 2006

  Submitted by LEX Inc., this white paper describies forklift-mounted RFID reading systems and their uses. It explains their benefits and limitations for shipping, receiving, picking, putaway and other common operations, while presenting considerations and criteria for selecting equipment.

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