The RFID technology is playing a significant role in SMART Manufacturing as it enables the production resources such as machines, tools, materials, parts, products, People, etc., to communicate with the manufacturing systems in real time across the plant floor. RFID technology accurately tracks and monitors the material usage, remaining tool life, machine status, production orders, parts and product locations. The collected data is transformed into information and knowledge that makes the manufacturing intelligent. The RFID technology is widely used in warehouses, shop-floor inventory, production lines, maintenance facilities of the manufacturing plants and significantly improve Inventory, planning, scheduling and production monitoring.

QR Code broadly used for tracking and data capturing in manufacturing shop-floor as a cost effective solution. There are wide range of QR code scanners and Printers available in the market depends on the industrial requirements.

Cantier MES 4.0 modules can be readily interfaced with the QR Code and RFID scanners. We provide integrated RFID and QR Code Solution by partnering with leaders in the industry.

RFID tags embedded in the product configuration will help in the shop floor to broadcast the Product Configuration information to the machines such as Recipe, materials used, tools used, etc. Also, this will enable automated parts placement, assembly and inspection machines switch programs based on the received product information from each unit. This feature is very crucial for SMART Production Facility.

Asset Management stores your assets/equipment along with corresponding information including ID tags (i.e., make, model and serial numbers, Barcode, QR Code, RFID tag), documents and photos. Cantier Asset Management’s primary function is to act as a maintenance database able to house all asset and equipment information in one centralized location. This feature makes it possible for maintenance and facility managers to have instant access to asset / equipment location, images, serial numbers, manuals, documents, manufacturer and supplier contact information, installation and warranty expiration dates, repair history, upcoming maintenance and much more.

With the RFID and QR Code integration, it is easier to track assets’ location and movements. Cantier EMMS alerts the unauthorized asset movements within or outside the factory floors with the help of RFID readers.

It is very crucial to implement RFID or QR Code technologies to track and monitor materials, spare parts, supplies and finished goods in the factory. When these technologies are integrated with Cantier MES 4.0, the system provides real-time alerts during the transaction such as run out of stock, invalid or unauthorized usage of the materials or supplies or spare parts, material expiration and others. The system captures the accurate information when automated with RFID and QR Codes.

When RFID Scanners are used in the shop floor, manual inputs to the MES System can be avoided and the system captures the information such as machines Id, operator code, Material Id, Recipe Id, etc., and automatically moves to the next process as per the process route. QR Code is a cost effective alternate to capture all the necessary information in each process step. MES-WIP efficiently communicates with other functional areas in the shop floor – Inventory, Equipment Maintenance, Logistics, etc.

RFID and QR Code plays an important role from Shop floor Inventory to Warehouse to Shipment. Complete traceability can be achieved by integrating these technologies across the Manufacturing Plant. It allows to track the details of product returns or product recalls. Customers can keep track of their inventory and re-order level based on the Supplier’s Part Number in the form of QR Code or RFID tags.