RFID in Manufacturing & Supply Chain Data Capture

Modernized Manufacturing Ops

Manufacturers across North America continue to face headwinds: economic uncertainty and increasing costs; persistent and new supply chain disruptions; recruiting, retention, and upskilling challenges amid an ongoing labor shortage, sustainability concerns, and much more.

Fast-moving advancements in manufacturing technologies make it even more critical to modernize—or risk being left behind. But as our #SupplyChainGeeks know, you need a roadmap to manufacturing resiliency that’s as unique as your business.

How do you know where to begin?

Improve efficiency and inventory accuracy with barcode labels, scanners, and an inventory management solution?
Integrate RAIN RFID technology to enable real-time inventory visibility? Explore how RAIN RFID can help streamline production workflows, achieve maximum inventory visibility, track of returnable transport items (RTIs) like pallets, while also addressing supply chain challenges related to shrink, counterfeiting, and claims disputes.
Introduce mobile devices and fixed industrial scanning to eliminate pens and clipboards, and automate data collection?
Incorporate material handling automation solutions like AGVs and AMRs to increase efficiency and worker safety?
Implement machine-vision inspections to reduce waste and enhance product quality?

What if you need to address all of the above? We understand. You need a plan for that.

That’s why our supply chain and data capture experts take a Process, People, Technology approach. We know it’s not enough to offer a comprehensive, end-to-end solution to meet all your manufacturing challenges — so our teams don’t just sell you a solution for today’s needs. We help you build resilient, data-driven, future-proof manufacturing operations that are ready to adapt and scale as your business needs change.

Ditch archaic processes: no more pen-and-paper, clipboard, or collections of spreadsheets.

Old data management methods are an inventory management disaster waiting to happen. They introduce too many opportunities for errors, omissions, transpositions, etc. Better visibility, accuracy, and operational excellence begin with better data capture and management.

One simple, go-to solution is to implement a barcode system and mobile scanning devices. Get our free beginner’s guide to enterprise mobility to see what’s involved.

Missing and inaccurate inventory and asset data costs manufacturers more than money.

We see the struggle. Incomplete or inaccurate data on materials and consumables inventories, assets and tools, and even the whereabouts of deliveries last seen at receiving can hold up production, misinform decision-makers, and lead to waste and operational inefficiencies.

Automatic identification and data capture (AIDC) technologies make it possible to instantly identify, collect, track, store, control, and share critical information about fixed assets, mobile IT assets, shared tools and devices, raw materials, parts, inventory in stock, consumables like labels and printers, and more. From inbound to outbound.

The right combination of hardware and software solutions integrating RFID can help you:

Track real-time location and status to improve inventory management and much more
Comply with retailer requirements for source-tagging products
Streamline asset, inventory, and even delivery management — and share in real-time across the enterprise
Identify trends to pinpoint areas or processes contributing to shrink
Mitigate claims disputes between supply chain trading partners
Track and manage RTIs in real time to reduce costs and support sustainability goals

RELATED: How Has RFID Impacted the Supply Chain? Get your free guide to find out!

The worker shortage is real. Now’s the time to get out ahead of it.

There are industries experiencing higher levels of churn than manufacturing, but that’s little consolation when you’re facing limitations due to lack of workers. Yes, automation can help by taking on the tedious and repetitive tasks so your human workers can focus on adding value — but that’s not the only way modernization can help you address the worker shortage.

Material handling automation technologies like AGVs and AMRs can help mitigate safety risks and reduce the need for workers to carry heavy and awkward loads.

Here’s how to start identifying automation use cases in your operations.

AGVs can also help you limit the use of fork trucks, which are involved in thousands of worker injuries every year.

Your use of automation technologies is one way to set your production floor apart from the competition and improve worker recruiting and retention — and so are mobile user interface optimization and hands-free end-user enablement technologies. Hands-free mobile data capture supports optimal productivity, and can even streamline onboarding and training.

You can’t always prevent supply chain disruptions — but you can mitigate risk and minimize impacts.

RAIN RFID and complementary technologies enable automated data capture. By minimizing manual data entry, you minimize human error. By automating data collection at more points of capture, you improve the robustness of your data, improving real-time visibility, awareness, and your ability to forecast and react to changes in supply and demand.

Implementing GS1 data standards improves identifying, capturing, and sharing information between supply chain partners — and Barcoding, Inc., is a GS1 US Silver Solution Partner. Furthermore, Barcoding Inc is also a Certified Identification Partner acting on behalf of GS1 to enable Barcoding customers to adopt their GS1 identifiers such as a company prefix.

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Modernized Manufacturing Ops

deserves a holistic approach

Ditch archaic processes: no more pen-and-paper, clipboard, or collections of spreadsheets.

Missing and inaccurate inventory and asset data costs manufacturers more than money.

Starts With Visibility

The worker shortage is real. Now’s the time to get out ahead of it.

You can’t always prevent supply chain disruptions — but you can mitigate risk and minimize impacts.

a one-size-fits-all solution!

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Modernized Manufacturing Ops

deserves a holistic approach

Ditch archaic processes: no more pen-and-paper, clipboard, or collections of spreadsheets.

Missing and inaccurate inventory and asset data costs manufacturers more than money.

Starts With Visibility

The worker shortage is real. Now’s the time to get out ahead of it.

You can’t always prevent supply chain disruptions — but you can mitigate risk and minimize impacts.

a one-size-fits-all solution!

Manufacturing
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