RFID-enabled Lean Manufacturing: Factory Logic Announces RFID-based Material Flow Tracking & ...

From Business Wire (press release), CA ... Factory Logic, the leading provider of lean manufacturing and material management applications, today announced RFID Material Flow Tracking & Analytics -- an ...

... Factory Logic, the leading provider of lean manufacturing and material management applications, today announced RFID Material Flow Tracking & Analytics -- an innovative new component of its award-winning Factory Logic(TM) Lean Operations Management System. Designed specifically for factories using lean production techniques, this new capability helps factory personnel further reduce waste in terms of both inventory and manpower, while ensuring a smooth, reliable production flow. The new capability combines Radio Frequency Identification technology for shop floor tracking with powerful analysis of kanban movement to provide production and supply chain managers with insight into their actual material flow that has not been possible until now. Data collection is completely transparent and non-intrusive - it does not require any action on the part of shop floor personnel, nor does it interfere in any way with visual factory controls such as kanban, heijunka boards, etc. Used with Factory Logic's heijunka sequencing and scheduling, kanban management, and production monitoring applications, RFID Material Flow Tracking and Analytics provides factory personnel with automatic real-time tracking of kanban movement through the factory to collect precise measurements of actual production performance, including: demand, cycle time, batch sizes, inventory levels, and material velocity. ...

Factory Logic is dedicated to helping companies improve customer responsiveness and eliminate waste by delivering manufacturing and supply chain management solutions that support and enhance the use of key techniques pioneered in the Toyota Production System (TPS), and that make lean manufacturing practical for a wider range of manufacturing environments. With headquarters in Austin, Texas, Factory Logic is the first company to team lean manufacturing specialists with experienced software professionals to develop a standard software product built around the principles of lean production. The result is the Factory Logic(TM) Lean Operations Management System -- a new breed of factory and supply chain management solution that truly matches the operational needs of the lean enterprise while integrating smoothly with enterprise level business systems. In 2001, Factory Logic was the first software company to be awarded the Shingo Prize for its pioneering work.