Industrial manufacturing in the information age will usher in a new wave of RFID technology

Manufacturing plays a very important role in any economy. As the manufacturing industry based on information technology is slowly undergoing a gorgeous transformation, information technology has become the carrier and huge driving force of the new technological revolution. Improving the level of informatization in the manufacturing industry and driving industrialization with informatization is reflected in all aspects of enterprise management, such as raw material supply, production planning management, production process control, lean manufacturing, etc. RFID technology visualizes real-time data collection and timely information management. RFID technology gives electronic tags in the form of material, integrates each production link into the entire network system, and improves the automation level of industrial manufacturing. The existence of the industrial manufacturing RFID industry has great significance. Industrial manufacturing in the information age will set off a new wave of RFID technology!

In the information age, industrial manufacturing, its material transportation, production processing, production management, and product inspection will be scheduled by computers in the form of information without human participation. This technology that converts material form into information data is RFID, which is highly praised by companies in various countries.

RFID technology integrates each production link into the network system by giving electronic tags in the form of material, greatly improving the automation level of industrial manufacturing. RFID technology has a wide range of impacts in the field of industrial manufacturing, including manufacturing information management, manufacturing execution, quality control, standard compliance, tracking and tracing, Asset MANAGEMENT, and visualization of storage volume. For example, in manufacturing information management, combining RFID with existing manufacturing information systems such as MES, ERP, CRM, and IDM can establish a more powerful information chain and transmit accurate data in a timely manner at the right time, thereby enhancing productivity, improving asset utilization, and higher-level quality control and various online measurements. Usually, after obtaining data from RFID, middleware is required to process the data and feed it to the manufacturing information system.

Although RFID technology has a profound impact on the field of industrial manufacturing, the development of industrial manufacturing RFID is still in its infancy on a global scale. Only about 10% of industrial manufacturing companies use RFID technology, and they are mainly large automobile manufacturers and auto parts companies, such as Toyota, Nissan, Volkswagen, Johnson Controls, etc.

The reason is that the cost of RFID is still very obvious, especially those tags that can meet higher requirements are relatively expensive. Taking the price of RFID tags as an example, it is generally believed that the RFID electronic tag chips with higher prices are mainly used in military, biotechnology and medical applications; they are commonly used in transportation, warehousing, packaging, documents, etc. On the other hand, technical factors limit the use of RFID in manufacturing production, including sensitivity to metal surfaces, sensitivity to liquids, mutual occlusion between tags, etc. Before breaking through cost and technical limitations, the application of RFID in manufacturing is mainly concentrated in the following industries: single product value is high, insensitive to the cost of tags; information tracking and anti-counterfeiting requirements are relatively high; non-metallic and liquid types of products.

Despite this, RFID technology still has great effectiveness for industrial manufacturing. It can control the production process, monitor the production status, and form a closed manufacturing ecosystem. It can also play an important role in logistics and warehousing, and can even integrate the supply chain of industrial manufacturing enterprises. In the future, countries will increase the research on key technologies for RFID application and promote the popularization of RFID in the field of industrial manufacturing.

With the development of the RFID market, sub-sectors are expected to benefit significantly. Especially in the field of industrial manufacturing, as the price of RFID products drops, its application scope in the industrial manufacturing industry will no longer be limited to sectors such as automobiles, thus bringing about a faster growth in its demand in the field of industrial manufacturing. The prospects for the industrial manufacturing RFID industry are promising.