Getting Started with RFID Tool Tracking

Managing Tools & Equipment Across a Manufacturing Facility

There's been quite a bit of confusion in the the market on what RFID tool tracking really does, what sorts of tools can be tracked, and how automating tool tracking processes with RFID really works (especially when it involves ERP, MMS or Service & Maintenance systems).

Tracking Indirect Materials in the Field

Last month, we ran two instructional sessions on how to get started with RFID Tool Tracking.  Topics covered included:

• Planning tips (based on tool/equipment type, operating environment, maintenance schedule, contractual requirements and usable life)
• Best practices (based on customer deployments in Industrial Manufacturing, Aerospace & Defense, Oil & Gas and Life Sciences) 
• Process automation examples and scenarios with adjacent processes, incl. Work-in-Process Tracking

We covered a lot of ground in 30 minutes!  Online registration for the video recording is at: 

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

RFID in Retail - Scaling up Item-Level Inventory Management

Great discussion on RFID in Retail yesterday with RFID Journal, featuring presentations from our customer C&A  who is rolling out RFID across 25 EU stores in Europe and deployment considerations for scaling up to Chain-Wide RFID.  Here's a demonstration of our RFID handheld inventory management solution, that enables store associates to count merchandise in teams, and aggregate item-level inventory at the enterprise level.


To accompany the RFID in Retail event, the RFID for Retail Planning Guide - "Scaling Up" outlines key considerations for moving from RFID retail pilots to chain-wide deployments. 

The planning guide is designed to provide retail professionals with the background information to thoughtfully scope a multi-store RFID deployment, including:

•Solution Components of Chain-Wide RFID Solutions
•Building a Holistic View of Inventory Management
•Systems Architecture Considerations
•Extending RFID Use Cases
•Implementation Planning Processes