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Incorporating Radio Frequency Identification into The Production Line for Work Flow Improvement
Authors:
Andrew McClintock
Charles Young
Kevin Curran
Denis McKeag
Gavin Killeen
Keywords: rfid, lean maufacturring, production, tracking, location
Abstract:
Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technology can be used in many different applications. There are numerous instances of RFID being used in everyday life. For instance, anyone who works in a secure office, goes to university, drives a car with an immobiliser or parks in a secure car park. Other scenarios include the tracking of animals in the farming industry when cattle and sheep need to be identified by the farmer. Another instance where RFID can be used is in the manufacturing industry. Tags can be attached to items that are moving through the factory on conveyer belts or being moved around by staff on trucks or forklifts. This paper documents a “real life” manufacturing facility, assess its current work flow process, evaluate them against industries best practices and seek to integrate RFID to help stream line work flow. After assessment, the RFID solution will be implemented to tackle the highlighted areas. This will be achieved by understanding the client’s current situation, industrial best practices and how RFID technology can be implemented now and modified in the future to continue to maximize efficiency. The expected outcome of the research is that RFID can contribute to modern work flow systems, however all systems will be inevitably based on a software database, and it will be how the RFID technology is used to create additional database entries and manipulate or link existing data that will see its true value.
Pages: 93 to 98
Copyright: Copyright (c) IARIA, 2011
Publication date: October 23, 2011
Published in: conference
ISSN: 2163-9027
ISBN: 978-1-61208-166-3
Location: Barcelona, Spain
Dates: from October 23, 2011 to October 29, 2011