TY - GEN
T1 - RFID-enabled smart assembly workshop management system
AU - Qu, Ting
AU - Zhang, Liang
AU - Huang, Zihuan
AU - Dai, Qingyun
AU - Chen, Xindu
AU - Huang, George Q.
AU - Luo, Hao
PY - 2013
Y1 - 2013
N2 - Although RFID technologies are enjoying rapid developments, its practical use in manufacturing processes is still limited. Existed applications focus mainly on the pallet-level RFID implementation, which facilitates batch data processing in material handling operations, e.g. material delivery, yet cannot realize real-time lean control for individual parts. This leaves the manufacturing processes as a blank area for taking full advantages of RFID. This paper discusses the item-level RFID implementation in terms of both real-time information control mechanism and system development. A simulated automobile assembly line is employed for concept demonstration. Three questions will be addressed. First, how to use RFID systems to enable the real-time coordination and interaction between the production planning and execution levels to achieve the lean control of manufacturing processes. Second, how to realize the RFID-enabled smart management for typical manufacturing processes, including assembling, packaging, buffering, etc. Thirdly, how to establish a real-time information infrastructure to integrated the typical RFID-enabled smart processes.
AB - Although RFID technologies are enjoying rapid developments, its practical use in manufacturing processes is still limited. Existed applications focus mainly on the pallet-level RFID implementation, which facilitates batch data processing in material handling operations, e.g. material delivery, yet cannot realize real-time lean control for individual parts. This leaves the manufacturing processes as a blank area for taking full advantages of RFID. This paper discusses the item-level RFID implementation in terms of both real-time information control mechanism and system development. A simulated automobile assembly line is employed for concept demonstration. Three questions will be addressed. First, how to use RFID systems to enable the real-time coordination and interaction between the production planning and execution levels to achieve the lean control of manufacturing processes. Second, how to realize the RFID-enabled smart management for typical manufacturing processes, including assembling, packaging, buffering, etc. Thirdly, how to establish a real-time information infrastructure to integrated the typical RFID-enabled smart processes.
KW - MES
KW - RFID
KW - Smart Assembly
KW - Wireless Manufacturing
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/84881305910
U2 - 10.1109/ICNSC.2013.6548856
DO - 10.1109/ICNSC.2013.6548856
M3 - Conference article published in proceeding or book
AN - SCOPUS:84881305910
SN - 9781467351980
T3 - 2013 10th IEEE International Conference on Networking, Sensing and Control, ICNSC 2013
SP - 895
EP - 900
BT - 2013 10th IEEE International Conference on Networking, Sensing and Control, ICNSC 2013
T2 - 2013 10th IEEE International Conference on Networking, Sensing and Control, ICNSC 2013
Y2 - 10 April 2013 through 12 April 2013
ER -