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How RFID Boosts Your Inventory Management

In today’s business world, understanding your customers’ needs greatly impacts your business and affects how you manage your inventory. Keeping an accurate and real-time view of your inventory is one of the best ways to keep your customers satisfied and your operations competitive. In fact, 57% of companies state that their inventory management is one of the key components that gives them an edge over the competition. While most manufacturers, as well as warehouses and distribution centers rely on barcode technology, RFID inventory management has the ability to [...]

By Brett Wilkerson Apparel Solutions, Automotive Solutions, Distribution and Logistics, Manufacturing, Retail, RFID

RFID and The Future of Manufacturing

In recent years, a series of innovations have emerged to bring the manufacturing industry into a new evolutionary stage. The increased use of automation combined with the ubiquity of smart devices and their wireless networks make it possible to reach levels of flexibility and efficiency never before possible. Today, the advanced level of intelligence realized in manufacturing processes is possible thanks to new technologies including Business Intelligence (BI), Big Data, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Internet of Services (IoS) and the Internet of Things (IoT). These technologies allow the modern [...]

By Brett Wilkerson Automotive Solutions, Distribution and Logistics, Healthcare Solutions, Manufacturing

How to use RFID for Work in Process (WIP) Tracking in Manufacturing

Streamlining workflow management in production, inventory management, and other manufacturing tasks is invaluable in keeping track of all objects. In automotive manufacturing, various components and tools in assembling processes require accurate tagging to expedite production. In the complex production cycles, Radio-frequency identification (RFID) provides automatic identification and tracking of tags for work in progress (WIP). RFID overcomes the challenges inherent in traditional tracking mechanisms. It provides real-time information about objects allowing manufacturers to manage production and supply-chain processes seamlessly. Adopting cost-effective, scalable, and flexible WIP tracking method promotes efficiency [...]

By Brett Wilkerson Automotive Solutions, Manufacturing, RFID

Top Eight Processes in Smart Warehouse and Manufacturing

Finding the best methods of making the manufacturing process faster and more efficient can be imperative to one’s ability to remain competitive within this ever-changing market. In other words, regardless of what one’s business goals may be, they must make the effort to find the best and most efficient practices in order to ensure the business is operating at optimal capacity at all times. Although traditional manufacturing has grown leaps and bounds since its early days, it is still [...]

By Brett Wilkerson Automotive Solutions, Distribution and Logistics, Manufacturing

MSM Announces Its PortalTrack Replenishment System for the Automotive Industry Designed to Keep Mission-Critical Manufacturing Operations Running 24 Hours A Day

MSM Solutions provides an integrated RFID system, that runs on a completely customizable, secure, and independent IoT Network. Memphis, Tenn. — March 27, 2019— MSM Solutions, a global provider of RFID and barcode solutions, announced today their Portal Track Replenishment System for the Automotive Industry. MSM’s PortalTrack software can be implemented in the automotive production line to provide vital reporting and metrics that enable real-time visibility and more informed decision making, all without interrupting the manufacturing workflow. “With a 24×7 production, it is imperative that the right parts and the right counts be [...]

By Brett Wilkerson Automotive Solutions, PortalTrack, RFID

RFID Manufacturing for the Automotive Industry | MSM Solutions

RFID Manufacturing Process for the Automotive Industry

Deploying the use of RFID manufacturing technology is a huge challenge for the automotive industry. However, the many benefits it offers, such as inventory accuracy, visibility and increased speed, are well-worth this investment of time and money. The fact is, in the manufacturing process, barcode and RFID technologies are extremely powerful tools that will help you reap several benefits. The software provided by MSM provides customers around the globe with the ability to integrate a real-time, scalable solution to make [...]

By Brett Wilkerson Automotive Solutions, RFID

Why the Auto Industry Needs Asset Management

Auto industry professionals know just how complex the logistics of operating an automotive factory can be. The typical facility involves workers carrying out many different and complicated tasks at the same time. Forklift drivers, for example, must constantly transport pallets, barrels, boxes and bins full of parts throughout a manufacturing plant while adhering to schedules and safety regulations. Despite the challenges, automotive plant managers have evolved sophisticated strategies over the years to increase their operational efficiencies. Logistical and organizational improvements [...]

By Brett Wilkerson Automotive Solutions, RFID