How to Use Zebra RFID in Manufacturing

The introduction of Zebra RFID and SmartX HUb System for manufacturing ensures full visibility on material consumption, equipment, tools, finished goods and their location, and helps manage inbound and outbound shipments.

Factory of the Future with Zebra RFID

By enabling SmartX HUB system in assembly and manufacturing processes, solutions enabled by Zebra RFID products transform manufacturing and automotive assembly lines and streamline even the most complex assembly processes.

The SmartX HUB platform uses wireless tags for staff, products and equipment that relay location over IoT-RFID infrastructure. Automated alerts allow a real time response to surges and bottlenecks. Reports collect data for flow analysis and continuous process improvement.

SmartX HUB and Zebra brings digital transformation to manufacturing and automotive suppliers enabling next-level performance that drives productivity and profit. The benefits of Smartx HUB asset visibility software are discussed below:

Solving Problems

SmartX’s RTLS Solution for Industrial Markets provides the single platform for manufacturers to address all of their real time location requirements. With a unifying platform, manufacturers can eliminate islands of wireless vendor solutions that have become unmanageable. 

The SmartX HUB Platform dramatically raises asset efficiency, helping you to reduce purchases and optimize your rental program. Shrinkage control reduces lost, stolen or misplaced assets, with annual savings in the tens or hundreds of thousands of dollars.

Automatic Goods Receipt:

Distribution centers, warehouses, production plants as well as sales locations benefit from literally no-touch goods receiving. RFID enabled goods receive shifts any company from having to scan items manually to stock or not scanning at all, to automatic registering of inbound shipments. The shipments may be registered on box, pallet, roller cage or item level - dependent on the type of data needed.  

Production Throughput:

With real-time visibility into each assembly project status, managers stay on track and customers get visibility into order status during assembly. Bring agility to assembly lines with data that informs operations and customers to stay one-step-ahead at all times.

Moving from manual production step registration to RFID-based automation can help increase throughput in the production process with more than 50%.

Loading Verification:

Delivery inaccuracies cause customer dissatisfaction, missed deadlines and extra cost. With RFID the correctness of shipments can be verified before they are loaded onto vehicle. All shipments are equipped with RFID tags and the RFID gates at the dock doors detect the products loaded onto trucks. The RFID system is in constant interaction with the Warehouse Management System (WMS), which manages the shipment.

Get the tools you need when you need them:

Eliminate the need for manual processes, spreadsheets, post-it notes, and other ineffective methods. Ensure compliance with maintenance schedules and product recalls by seeing an asset’s inventory, location, and history. Better plan and prepare supply levels to maximize investments.

Track reusable shipping containers and other assets:

Track assets in real time and manage assets afar. Limit asset movement and setup alerts and automated actions for critical assets to stay in designated (geo-fenced) areas.

Add SmartX HUB-enabled tags to reusable shipping containers for automated management of where the containers have gone and when they’ve been returned. Automate the tracking process with reusable containers that are shipped out and returned to your business.

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