Application of RFID Technology in Information Management of Cigarette Factory

With the continuous development of the logistics industry, the efficiency and precision of Logistics Management have been greatly improved. Logistics companies need to use technological means to improve logistics efficiency and provide better services. As an emerging Internet of Things technology, RFID technology has many advantages, such as high efficiency, automation, and data accuracy, and is widely used in the field of logistics management. This article will introduce the combination of RFID technology and logistics technology, and the impact of this combination on logistics management.

As tobacco is a valuable item, counterfeit and shoddy cigarettes are repeatedly banned on the market. Tobacco companies use RFID technology to track goods in the logistics process, automatically collect information, and use warehousing applications to effectively prevent counterfeiting and track the entire process to avoid the occurrence of package change incidents. and the emergence of fakes. At present, many aspects of tobacco management still use manual information entry methods, the inventory efficiency of some links is low, and the degree of informatization in the entire process is not high. In addition, there are many problems and limitations in the tobacco anti-counterfeiting technology based on barcodes.

Therefore, it is necessary to introduce a new type of technology to help improve the digital management level of production and logistics in the tobacco industry, and realize a new leap forward in my country's tobacco production, sales, and monopoly management. Combined with the status quo of tobacco companies, RFID technology is used to realize the automation of tobacco storage and the efficient management of warehouses.

In order to do a better job in the anti-counterfeiting of tobacco products, the relevant departments of the National Tobacco Monopoly have implemented a decision-making system for the cigarette industry to effectively control and track tobacco as a special commodity in industrial production, industrial warehousing, industrial outbound, and commercial warehousing. , Realized the digital tracking of the logistics link of finished cigarettes.

Through the implementation of RFID technology, when cigarettes leave the warehouse from the industry, the enterprise tranSports cigarettes in stacks (50 cigarettes in each box, and 30 cigarettes in a stack), and uses pallets as the carrier for transportation. An electronic tag with an RFID chip is installed on each tray, and the RFID Card issuer is used in advance to Store the information of all cigarettes on the corresponding tray.

When the cigarette tray arrives at the factory for scanning, the whole tray is unloaded, and the RFID electronic tag is scanned in units of the tray, and the cigarette information stored in the electronic tag is collected and stored in the scanning database; the scanned tray is directly put into the warehouse, The scanning control machine regularly returns the scanning results of the day to the local management machine, and the local management machine receives the scanning data of the day's cigarette storage sent back by the scanning control machine, and writes it into the local management machine database. That is to say, all data information can be collected by using Honglu RFID reading and writing equipment, and the data information can be stored in real time.

The RFID system uses middleware as a supporting platform, attaches RFID tags to cigarette packaging boxes, pallets, and shelves, installs RFID channel Access Control at the receiving place, and sends the actual receipt and warehousing information to the back-end host, which is arranged by the back-end system. At the same time, an on-board computer terminal is installed on the forklift, connected with an RFID Reader, and the information of the front-end system and the back-end system is transmitted through the wireless LAN to realize data exchange and update, and the system locates the position of the forklift in real time, which is convenient for dispatching the forklift.

Deploy electronic tags at the bottom of trays and tobacco stem boxes, and deploy RFID readers at sorting lanes, storage ports, storage ports, and case sealing machines accordingly, and combine the "Tobacco Industry Cigarette Production and Operation Decision Management System Project (i.e. No. 1 "Project)" can achieve "one scan and two scans" - cigarette industrial enterprises will put a label uniformly issued by the competent department on each piece of cigarettes produced, and scan the QR code when they leave the warehouse and scan the code when cigarette commercial enterprises enter the warehouse. To enable the tobacco authorities to timely grasp and implement effective control of the purchase, production, and sales information of tobacco companies, and realize information collection and reasonable connection with the warehouse management system. Through the combination of wired and wireless, the data information is transmitted to the warehouse management system for storage, analysis and processing, so as to achieve the purpose of rapid and transparent logistics control.

Warehousing business process design When raw materials and tobacco accessories are put into the warehouse, use a forklift to put tobacco leaves, tobacco stems, tobacco materials, etc. Electronic label scanning completes the matching of pallet information and product information, and the matching information is transmitted to the warehouse management system. Then the conveyor will send the goods to the roadway stacker, and the stacker will carry out the storage operation.

When finished cigarettes are put into storage, they must first be sorted by category through the sorting lane. Install an RFID reader at each sorting crossing, and scan the RFID electronic tag on the cigarette box when the cigarettes pass through to quickly identify their type. If the type meets the type, the side pusher will push the cigarettes into the lane, and then Palletizing is carried out by ABB robots. After the palletizing is completed, the conveyor will send the entire pallet of cigarettes to the storage port, and the RFID reader will scan and record the pallet, and then the conveyor will send it to the stacker platform for storage .

Outbound business process design When there is an outbound request, the warehouse management system WMS determines the location of the goods that should be outbound according to the inventory status and outbound rules, and transmits outbound information (such as the name, quantity, storage location, etc.) of the outbound goods to Warehouse Control System WCS. The warehouse control system WCS drives the roadway stacker to take out the goods, and sends them to the outbound platform through the conveyor. The RFID reader automatically scans the goods or pallet labels for confirmation, and completes the update of the goods location information. Deliver the goods to the designated location. The outbound operation is completed.

After leaving the warehouse, the pallets are manually or automatically sent to the palletizer, and the warehouse management system WMS allocates empty storage spaces to empty pallet groups, and at the same time transmits the information to the warehouse control system WCS, which drives the conveyor and stacker Send the empty pallet group back to the designated location in the warehouse, and it will be automatically released for use next time.

During the process of cigarettes from industrial enterprises out of the warehouse to commercial logistics into the warehouse, RFID technology realizes the whole tracking of cigarettes from industrial production enterprises to commercial enterprises, that is, logistics companies, ensuring the anti-counterfeiting safety of goods. Further track the item in the commercial link, and constantly improve the physical logistics sales and inventory data to improve the application of the production decision-making system. With the help of RFID technology, real-time monitoring of data in all aspects of cigarette production and sales can be realized, and the working mode of "multi-in-one, data connectivity, whole-process controllable, and closed-loop management" can be realized, and an "ID card" for the entire process from production to consumption of cigarettes can be constructed management system.