From material flow tracking to track & trace in supply chains

RFID identification of C-parts and components creates precise inventory accuracy in your parts warehouse. This in turn guarantees an optimum material flow for production. For smooth replenishment control, KLT containers and their contents, e.g. specific production parts, can be “married” to each other via RFID transponders. The containers can thus be tracked on the store floor at all times and fed to the conveyor belt exactly where they are needed in the production process.

Track & Trace

Anyone advertising “sustainability” must be able to prove it

Consumers demand transparency, especially when buying ecological products, to ensure that they have not only been produced sustainably but also transported in a CO2-neutral way. RFID is the technology that can provide this proof along entire supply chains: In the textile industry, for example. Starting with the raw material organic cotton, through production, wholesale and retail, right up to the fashion store. Track and trace is equally relevant in the food sector, as evidenced by the “From Farm to Fork” quality seal. Seamless tracking of batches using RFID tracking also has a long tradition in the automotive sector.
Many other sectors, such as the pharmaceutical industry, even have to legally document serialized medicines via a seamless track & trace of their supply chain. RFID records and supplies the necessary data. All while you concentrate on your business.

Tracking and tracing makes logistics processes more efficient

With Track & Trace, you benefit in your company, between locations and within your supply chains:

  • Transparency at the production site:
    For production planning, it is essential to know which parts and components are where and when they will be available in the production line. Parts and asset tracking (e.g. forklift trucks, tools or loading aids) ensures high availability and JIT replenishment.
  • Transparency between locations:
    Asset tracking is particularly useful in container management, as it means you always know the current location of your containers across all locations and do not have to keep expensive buffer stocks including storage space. storage space. Organise container cycles cost-efficiently with real-time tracking.
  • Supply chain transparency:
    Optimise your supply chain cycles together with your suppliers. Transparency about the flow of goods allows everyone to plan more precisely and makes supply chains more resilient.

Improve your inventory transparency with RFID-based Track & Trace.

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RF KonSys Module Track & Trace

To choose the right RFID transponder, we look at the environment, processes and the nature of the goods. Only then can we define whether active or passive (without their own power source) RFID transponders or RTLS beacons are best suited. Harsh environmental conditions to which a transponder is exposed must also be taken into account. We always evaluate the sensible combination of different Auto-ID technologies in order to realise functional and economic benefits.
RTLS is based on ultra-wideband technology (UWB). It reliably transmits the exact location of the object being tracked down to a few centimetres. RTLS is therefore perfect for indoor localisation of mobile work equipment, tools or industrial trucks. The advantage of UWB is not only its precision but also its cost efficiency and safety.
To cover different ranges for your Track & Trace, UWB can also be combined with RFID UHF, Bluetooth, NFC or WLAN.
We also recommend the optimum hardware set-up here with regard to the expected result and a short ROI.

The RF KonSys Track & Trace module solves these tasks:

  • Localisation of goods and equipment.
    Internally and across locations
  • Efficient container cycles (without buffer stocks)
  • Tracking of production parts and goods
  • Increased transparency of material flow
  • Shipment tracking in the supply chain
  • Reliable tracking of transport routes
  • Generated data for more efficient intra-, distribution and procurement logistics
  • Secured batch recalls
We prepare the data generated by the RFID transponders in the warehouse, production and transport for your production or logistics control centre. You receive all the data relevant to your work in one view with the option to run valuable analyses using filters.
We implement the data flow in such a way that you can see all relevant core information about storage locations, dispatch statuses or shipment tracking in your system. The information requirements can vary within your team. We take this into account by outputting the different types of data required.

Thanks to the Track & Trace module, our planning is now much more granular. We know exactly how many containers we need for which production step and where each individual container is currently located.

Production Manager in the ‘resources management’ project

Application Examples

The material flow between the parts warehouse and production can be optimised with tagged RFID load carriers. The production parts picked in the load carriers are brought to the production hall. They pass various RFID reading points on their way. Once they arrive at the conveyor belt, they are scanned again for the order at fixed reading points. In terms of quality assurance, a check is made here to ensure that they are authenticated for this specific production step.

With a real-time location system (RTLS), you can track where your goods are in real time. Tracking provides you with data on whether the goods are still in the production hall, in order picking or already in dispatch zones ready to be loaded onto lorries. By combining goods labelling with RFID and forklift labelling with RTLS, your logistics management can determine very precisely where in the warehouse the forklift has unloaded goods. Pallets can thus be located more quickly. Cost-intensive search times are eliminated.

When the goods leave your warehouse, an RFID reader records all items before they are loaded onto the lorry. This data can be passed on to the recipient of the goods, i.e. your customers, via an interface. Track & Trace during the transport route notifies the consignment for goods receipt – including possible delays, e.g. due to a traffic jam. The combination of RFID and GPS technology can be a sensible and cost-effective solution for your customers.

Particularly in the case of high-quality goods, machines or merchandise that claim to be ecologically sustainable, there is an obligation to provide evidence over the entire product life cycle and even beyond. The final recycling process is also part of the CO2 balance and must therefore be traceable. RFID transponders store the status of an item, e.g. the lifespan or temperature, in order to map compliance with the cold chain.

Case Studies | References

Inventarverfolgung Schiffs Hotellerie - RFID Konsortium

Cruise Inventory

Inventory in the cruise hotel industry

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Automotive Teile Identifizierung mit RFID - RFID Konsortium

Automotive Spare Parts

Automotive brand implements zero-defect solution in outgoing goods

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Rückverfolgung von Eventinventar - RFID Konsortium

Event rental

Europe's largest event service provider works more economically and makes party guests happy in the process

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Pharmalabor Sample Management mit RFID - RFID Konsortium

Pharma Research

Material Track & Trace in pharmaceutical research

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How do you benefit from the RF KonSys Track & Trace module?

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RFID-based Track & Trace

  • Transparent: Traceability of goods, pallets, shipments in the warehouse, shop floor, between locations or in the supply chain.

  • Fast and deliverable: Identification of goods without searching.
    Able to provide information on the status of deliveries at any time.

  • Process quality: Track & Trace provides information for subsequent processes, e.g. when a lorry with goods will arrive.
    Before it arrives, employees can be allocated for rapid unloading.

  • Automated: Localisation of items, assets and automatic generation of various data for analyses.

  • Fine granular: Tracking and localisation of individual products without visual contact within a pallet, within a warehouse, at another location or within the supply chain is possible.

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No traceability of goods and assets

  • Non-transparent: No real-time view of stocks, their status or location in the supply chain.

  • Slow, unable to provide information: Time-consuming searches for goods.
    Staff cannot provide customers with reliable information.

  • Ad hoc organisation: Tasks cannot be carried out proactively, but only on an ad hoc basis.

  • Labour-intensive: Localisation of items and assets.

  • Administrative: Identifying an item on a pallet is only possible by physically unpacking it.
    Items can only be found across locations and in supply chains through increased communication.

Conclusion

Our Track & Trace solution ensures traceability within your company, between your operating sites and within the supply chain.
Available solutions:

  • Track & Trace production
  • Localisation with RTLS
  • Tracking product life cycle
  • Batch tracing
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