Traceability in Industrial Manufacturing. Wolfgang Kratzenberg RFID Marketing Manager, Balluff

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1 in Industrial Manufacturing Wolfgang Kratzenberg RFID Marketing Manager, Balluff

2 Driving Your Goals A Traceability program improves the following areas Comply with regulatory and quality standards Proactively manage product recalls with near-real-time corrective action Improve customer safety, customer satisfaction, and profit margin Manage product quality and reduce the cost of nonconformance

3 Areas benefiting from Traceability Plastics Machining Forming Tool Room Shipping & Sequencing Receiving Material Flow (Kanban) Automated Assembly

4 Plant Functions requiring Traceability: Asset Tracking plant-based assets Electronic Kanban plant-based material flow Intra Logistic material flow between plants Production control (WIP) assembly processes

5 Key ROI Elements Asset Tracking Increase asset utilization Ensure correct asset is used Increase overall asset productivity Reduce asset losses Reduce asset's nonproductive time

6 Commonly Tracked Assets: Totes/containers: Contents, location, usage, and part matching. Hand tools: Calibration data, location, use level, and part matching. AGVs (Automated Guided Vehicles): Location, flow control, usage, and maintenance.

7 Key ROI Elements Electronic Kanban Reduce levels of in-process inventory Maintain tight control of in-process inventory levels Implement Just-in-Time inventory flow with outside vendors

8 Kanban Systems Plant based material flow System to provide just-in-time (JIT) delivery Key points: Manage workflow & limit WIP

9 Kanban Material Flow How it looks in the manufacturing plant

10 Key ROI Elements Intra Logistics Maintain tight flow control with multiple sub suppliers Reduce time and potential errors when receiving components Maintain high level of visibility and traceability from sub suppliers to finished products Maintain regulatory compliance

11 Primary RFID system is UHF Long range: measured in feet Reads multiple tags at once

12 Key ROI Elements Production Control Enable flexible manufacturing Track the rework process Effectively handle product recalls Maintain regulatory compliance Manage Work-in-Process (WIP)

13 What is being tracked Build Data: What are we trying to build (for flexible MFG) Process Data: How well did we build it (Error Proofing) Lineage Data: Where did all the parts come from

14 Build Data Key component in a Flexible Manufacturing Environment

15 Process Data Drives rework and Statistical Process Control (SPC) Rework Lane

16 Lineage Concept Data from multiple locations into one location Critical for: Recall information Liability claims Regulatory compliance

17 Handheld Communication Options Offers great flexibility Care must be taken that the user connects with the appropriate tag Fixed Mount Preferred method Most economical Aligns intended data with correct tag

18 Balluff Product Architecture Modular Expandable Architecture with Dedicated RFID Dedicated RFID Modular Expandable Architecture Read-Only RFID Long-range UHF Vision Sensor Barcode Mobile Handheld Read/Write

19 Other Sources of information Traceability in Manufacturing Brochure Dedicated Web Page Whitepaper Booth 700 at RFID Journal Live 2013!

20 Wolfgang Kratzenberg RFID Marketing Manager, Balluff