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Due to the economic conditions, manufacturers
are increasingly looking for ways to gain competitive
advantage through their supply chain. RFID is
one such technology which has the strategic potential
to help manufacturing companies improve their
extended supply chain efficiencies and increase
inventory visibility. It changes the nature of
supply, operations, distribution and storage of
assets across the entire value chain – resulting
in operational and cost efficiencies.
Wipro’s RFID
solutions for Manufacturing
Wipro’s Manufacturing Solutions’
Center of Excellence (CoE) has a dedicated team
of consultants who help customers define, analyze,
design and implement RFID solutions. Our consultants
have gained knowledge and expertise developing
RFID solutions for some of our key customers.
Amongst others, our RFID solutions include a
Wireless Yard Management System for a large automobile
manufacturer and a Real-Time WIP Tracking System
for an electronic component product manufacturer.
These solutions have helped the customers improve
their processes very effectively – remotely
and with minimal manual intervention.
In keeping with the requirements of the manufacturing
industry, Wipro’s RFID solutions fall into
two broad categories
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Closed Loop Solutions
Closed loop solutions are used in
processes that are internal to an organization
to help increase internal operational efficiencies.
These solutions include lot track & trace,
recall management, better shipping & receiving
etc. Since these are within the organizations,
data for these solutions are usually easily
available often leading to a simpler implementation
of an RFID solution. |
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Open Loop Solutions
Open loop solutions help increase
collaboration efficiency with external supply
chain partners. The data for open loop solutions
moves across company supply chains and could
involve terabytes of data depending on the
applications. |
The solutions provide significant business and
cost benefits. They not only address the requirements
of the manufacturing industry but also help meet
compliance mandates of major retailers’
and Government departments.
* RFID is the method of remotely reading, retrieving
and storing data using devices such as tags, readers.
An RFID Tag contains a small silicon chip that carries
limited data about the product it is attached to.
The tag emits this data (either actively or passively)
to Readers using radio waves thereby not requiring
line of sight or human intervention for identification.
The data is stored in a database and used to integrate
with other systems in the supply chain. This can
help track the tagged product right through the
supply chain. |
