What's Driving RFID in Manufacturing Operations?

Today's manufacturers have a full plate of initiatives, from reshoring to sustainability, faster design-to-delivery cycles and greater work order transparency.  And their use of RFID is becoming more and more prevalent.  But the rationale behind RFID process automation has evolved over the years, from supplier mandates, to cost reductions, to performance improvement.  In a recent article in Manufacturing Business Technology, OAT Asset Tracking Senior Director, Chris Forgione, discusses five major trends that are driving the adoption of RFID and RTLS in Manufacturing:

1. Multi-facility Assembly  
2. Design-to-Delivery
3. Product Innovation
4. Customer-Facing Operations
5. Enterprise Asset Management

Many of these trends are gaining importance because they're not relegated to a corner of the manufacturing operation.  They are taking hold because, like working capital allocation, they have a direct impact on corporate performance and shareholder value.  

More details on the Manufacturing Business Technology site. 

RFID Tool Tracking Webinars Aug 15 & Aug 20

Whether it's indirect materials, production tooling or specialized equipment, our #1 request from customers is how to automate tool tracking with RFID.  

Our product management team is holding Tool Tracking webinars this month to discuss:

1. What RFID Tool Tracking does 
2. How companies use it in daily operations
3. How to map RFID automation to existing business processes

Information-packed, 30 minute webinars are being held at:

Thursday August 15 at 11:00 AM EST

Tuesday August 20 at 1:00 AM EST

Online registration is at : 

http://www.oatsystems.com/RFID-Tool-Tracking-Webinar/