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29/11/2006 15:36
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Car manufacturer Nissan America has announced it is to install asset tracking software and hardware in the form of RFID chips and RTLS software to improve its supply chain process.
Radio frequency identity (RFID) and a real time location system (RTLS) will be used to help automate the company's inbound supply chain and outbound delivery chain at the four-million square foot assembly plant in Canton, Mississippi.
The plant has capacity to produce 400,000 vehicles per year, and the new system will help in creating a 'just-in-time' environment.
Chantal Polsonetti, vice president of manufacturing advisory services for ARC Advisory Group said the system would also assists on the outbound side by automating predelivery processes to bring more new vehicles to the marketplace faster.
The system will use 1,500 active RFID transmitters, which are temporarily attached to new vehicles as they roll off the assembly line.
A total of 700 transmitters will be permanently fixed to trailers belonging to Nissan's dedicated suppliers or temporarily attached to others as part of the application.
In addition 120 magnetic "exciters" will be positioned between gates and at key choke points across the complex; and a local infrastructure of 80 wireless locating access points will be installed.
"As one of the most efficient vehicle manufacturers in North America — according to the 2006 Harbour Report — Nissan is setting the standard for manufacturing by embracing new technologies," said Tom Bacon, vice president of the automotive division for WhereNet, the company installing the system.
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