RFID for Tracking Parts and Assemblies
The objective of this Odette recommendation is the definition of uniform interfaces for the exchange of information between the different systems for parts and components handling by the partners integrated in the supply chain process. Essentially, the RFID-specific functionalities and the necessary common data are covered. The recommendation concentrates on the automatic identification of parts and assemblies in all their forms in the automotive world. However, many aspects are easily transferable to other areas, such as vehicle distribution or logistic processes.
RFID provides the automotive industry with a technology which serves the synchronous representation of material flow and the flow of information. Precisely when a part/assembly is physically available, the accompanying information is also available and vice versa.
To develop this recommendation, parts processes, assembly processes and after sales processes between supply chain partners were studied. The individual processes were described within the scope of the ‘LAENDmarKS' project promoted by the German Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology on the basis of the process characteristics and RFID potential for each one. The results of that project were used in the recommendation.
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