Real time facility performance monitoring system using RFID technology

Assembly Automation

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 185-196

  Chen, Kuen Min ^a   Chen, Joseph C ^b   Cox, Ronald A ^c  

^a CABOT MICROELECTRONICS CORPORATION   (United States)

^b BRADLEY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Iowa State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Assembly; Cellular manufacture; Flexible assembly; Materials management; Performance monitoring; Radio frequency identification; Small batch production; Value analysis

Indexed keywords

FLEXIBLE ASSEMBLY; MATERIALS MANAGEMENT; PERFORMANCE MONITORING; RADIO FREQUENCIES; SMALL BATCH PRODUCTION;

ASSEMBLY; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; RADIO FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION (RFID); VALUE ENGINEERING;

MANUFACTURE;

EID: 84859339343     PISSN: 01445154     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01445151211212334     Document Type: Article

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