Productivity Improvements

• Improving Quality and Traceability
  • Human errors can be avoided.
  • Production process history can be controlled by writing information to an inspection data tag.
  • Optimal production information and defective products can be traced.
• Increased Yields, Shorter Lead Times, Greater Flexibility
  • Production line changes can be dramatically speeded up by reading the model data in the tag and automatically changing processes.
  • By designing the production line in a series of modules, functions can be expanded or changed by adding or exchanging module units.
• Lower Costs, Less Inventory
  • It is possible to reduce costs for losses or mistakes due to human error. e.g. mis-reading characters from a sheet of paper, mistakes made when writing information elsewhere, etc.
  • Storing model data onto tags makes it possible to respond to the diversification of product needs.
• Thorough Equipment Control, Lower Investment, Fewer Production Line
  • Lines can be operated more efficiently by configuring multi-product, mixed lines with switching processes based on quality information.
  • The burden on the host computer can be lessened by distributing information, and lines can be started up more quickly.

Environment

• Energy Savings, Recycling, ISO14001
  • Information management by tag memory can help to achieve paperless operations.
  • Tags with read/write capability are used, so a system can be introduced without generating new waste materials.
  • The RFID System lets you add functions in module units to your present system, making it easy to utilize existing assets.

Legal Regulations

• Product Liability, ISO9001, HACCP, GMP
  • The quality of individual products can be easily controlled.
  • Product histories can be automatically controlled without having to newly introduce a high-cost system.
  • By using the RFID System to build the automated portion, the personnel, material, and financial burden required to respond to HACCP* and GMP* can be minimized.