RFID in Manufacturing

• Main Authors: Günther, Oliver P. (Author), Kletti, Wolfhard (Author), Kubach, Uwe (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2008.
• Subjects: Business.; Production management.; Information technology.; Business > Data processing.; Application software.; Control engineering.; Robotics.; Mechatronics.; Industrial engineering.; Production engineering.; Business and Management.; IT in Business.; Industrial and Production Engineering.; Information Systems Applications (incl. Internet).; Operations Management.; Control, Robotics, Mechatronics.; Computer Appl. in Administrative Data Processing.

Information systems for manufacturing often follow a three-layer architecture based on an enterprise resource planning (ERP) layer (for order planning), a manufacturing execution system (MES) layer (for factory control), and a shop floor layer (for machine control). Future requirements on flexibilit...

Table of Contents:

• RFID in Manufacturing: From Shop Floor to Top Floor
• The Role of Enterprise Software
• The Role of Manufacturing Execution Systems
• Six Case Studies
• Lessons Learned
• Conclusions and Outlook.