Improved Decision-Making: RFID
by Yoshua Marchiano 2301953441
Data may be sent between two devices using radio waves, known as RFID. A transponder, antenna, and transceiver (reader) are the three main components of RFID, which is also known as Radio-Frequency Identification (RFID). Automatic identification and management are becoming more important with RFID’s wide range of uses. An array of formerly cost-prohibitive advances in internal control and supply chain coordination may now be solved using RFID, a new tracking option for many businesses. RFID has been around for a long time. During World War II, this technique was utilized to detect and track flying aircraft. For many business applications, RFID was formerly thought to be prohibitively costly and lacking in usefulness. RFID technology and tags have gotten more affordable in recent years, which has led to an increase in the use of RFID applications. There is no longer a barrier to entry because of costs.
When it comes to information and communication technologies (ICT) that assist manufacturing, radio frequency identification (RFID) has made a name for itself. A company’s bottom line may benefit significantly from the use of RFID. Production and supply chain operations have grown more dependent on RFID technology. It is capable of recording object data automatically and accurately, and it provides immediate traceability and visibility. In manufacturing, supply chain management, logistics, libraries, and agriculture, RFID technology may be used. How an RFID system may be implemented in production, on the other hand, remains a problem. This document also discusses why a traceability system is so crucial, as well as the sectors in which RFID technology has had the most influence. According to ISO 8402, “the capacity to track the history, application, or location of an entity by means of recorded identifications” is described as traceability. Creating an as-built genealogy makes it possible for discrete manufacturers to monitor and trace every component of their product from suppliers and manufacturers all the way to final delivery to consumers. Practical improvement has also been achieved in the manufacturing industry. RFID tags are attached to shop-floor items such as people, equipment, and goods in order to collect data on their current states. Having real-time visibility and traceability afforded by RFID has a significant impact on both shop floor operations and the management of materials used in the manufacturing process (WIP).
Real-time manufacturing data collection is becoming more feasible because of advancements in RFID technology. However, just collecting and querying vast volumes of RFID data is insufficient for the company’s needs. With RFID data-based decision-making, the organization gains additional value while also increasing the productivity of the manufacturing process. This leads to the idea of an II-RFID system, which combines RFID data collection with DM decision assistance.
The II-RFID system relies on real-time RFID tag data to operate. It is possible to collect online part information, track processing progress, track daily processing capacity per station, track batch-level processing time and process-level timing for each working process using RFID data acquisition. Quality statistics can also be tracked using RFID data acquisition (including scrap and recall).
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