Reducing Inventory-Management Costs With RFID

Feb 25, 2013Sumitomo Electric Lightwave (SEL), a manufacturer of optical fibers, optical cables and other related products, is using an RFID-enabled solution to monitor the level of raw materials within its 30,000-square-foot manufacturing facility. The company's manufacturing process remains in operation 24-7, but its warehouse is staffed for only 40 hours a week, leaving a large gap of time during which raw-material movements were unmonitored. When manufacturi...