Companies continue to spend large amounts of capital in the manufacturing sector to increase capacity, improve efficiency of operations and maintain competitive advantage and innovation while handling supply requirements and risks. The capability of the company to obtain and use accurate, timely and detailed information without incurring high costs will have a large impact on the returns for these investments.
Shipcom's solution can provide benefits in the following sections of the manufacturing process
Product Management
Product management deals with all issues related to creating
a product including production line execution, resource planning,
product tracking, inventory management and performance analysis.
Shipcom's CATAMARAN solution can help in enhancing these operations
by providing seamless information in a faster and more accurate
fashion compared to currently available alternatives.
Resource Management
RFID tags can be used to track and trace assets through
the different steps of the supply chain while increasing information
accuracy and reducing resource related losses. Shipcom's solution
can also be used for intelligent tracking and monitoring for preventive
maintenance of equipment. This ensures smooth running of the manufacturing
process by detecting degradations in performance and throughput
of the production line.
Labor Productivity
The overall efficiency of labor related processes in manufacturing
can be improved by introducing automated systems based on RFID technology.
This includes tagging individuals for obtaining information related
to employees, linking user and equipment together, maintaining production
line safety measures and improving productivity of employees.
Control & Recall
Shipcom's CATAMARAN solution permits a company to track
the history of a product to a very detailed level. This granular
information can be useful in situations when product recalls and
returns need to be handled after the manufacturing and distribution
is completed. It is also permits a company to track back or correct
failures that could have possibly occurred during the manufacturing
process of a product.
Some of direct and indirect advantages of using Shipcom's CATAMARAN solution are :
- Real-time inventory control and storage
- Better track and trace ability for different kinds of materials
- Increased production line throughput
- Better demand and supply planning
- Increased labor productivity
- Improvements in quality control methods
- Improved maintenance of equipment
- Reduced material losses
- Improvements in safety
Improved planning and coordination of recalls and returns
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