Pinnacle Manufacturing Case Summary

As RFID technology evolves and becomes less expensive, there will be an increase in the number of companies and vendors using the technology. Eventually, new applications will be developed and these systems may even be able to solve common or unique problems associated with business in today’s market.

Tierra is very polite and a professional candidate. She most recently finished a temporary assignment with a client of Pinnacle Partners. She had been responsible for accepting inbound calls from clients who needed to schedule appointments and she would enter their personal and insurance information. She had made outbound calls to follow up on their appointments or gathering the correct information. She loved this job and would have stayed but the assignment came to an unexpected end. Prior to this, she had worked for the Indianapolis Housing Agency. In this role she was responsible for handling any issues, inquiries, requests that the executive management would need to be handled, and fielded calls to the correct department. Prior to this,

Lately Conner and Martin have been working with “radio frequency identification” (RFID) technology. They have developed a detailed system designed to track inventory items using RFID tags embedded invisibly in products. This technology has numerous inventory

(If the company produce the BB first, the company will buy 4000 labor hours, and it will use 2500 for BB and the remaining hours to produce WRM = 1500.

Given the facts in the case and as outlined in more detail in this case study, it is our recommendation that Mierdorf and Wolfram move to the case level RFID tagging process. The improvements up and down the supply chain in accuracy, inventory control, reduced labor costs are enough to at least continue with the RFID

In order to clarify what savings RFID can provide for an organisation currently utilizing outdated, inefficient  logistics technologies, these time savings should be used, along with some general assumptions, to  project  indicative cost savings.  To facilitate analysis of the labour cost savings associated to implementing RFID processes to an asset tracking  context, the life cycle of a typical asset is considered.  The different types of assets and their individual  characteristics are ignored to simplify the analysis.  In order for this document to provide useful figures for a wider range of customers, a basic logistics department  with varying asset levels and traffic will be analysed. Some general assumptions are listed:   Average warehouse worker works a 38 hour week and earns a $60,000AU salary.    Number of assets to be tracked:  o 10,000  o 20,000  o 50,000  o 100,000   Each tagged asset follows an assumed asset life cycle. Numbers of reads associated to each task:  o Asset Life – 3 years  o Initial Deployment of Asset:   Manufacturer applies RFID tag to asset   Received to Warehouse Stock   2 reads – 1 read into warehouse door, 1 read onto correct shelf/area   Distribution to a Particular Building/Floor   2 reads – 1 read out of warehouse

tesco gains huge flexibility and performance by using rfid technology. similar and new technologies such as rtid (real time identification) can improve even exist benefits and solve problem out like

1. According to the cost allocation methods used in the company's accounting system that are described in the Production Cost Report, if a company employs 100 PATs at a total labor cost of $15,000,000 (including wages, fringes, incentives, overtime, training, and severance expenses), assembles and ships 800,000 entry-level cameras and 200,000 multi-featured cameras over the course of a year, has revenues of $100 million from sales of entry level cameras, and revenues of $150 million from the sale of multi-featured cameras, then the total annual labor costs allocated to the assembly and shipment of multi-featured cameras and the labor costs per multi-featured camera assembled and shipped, respectively, will be

Barcoding is governed by Universal Product Code UPC whereas RFID is governed by electronic product codes EPC. In its evolution Barcodes were categorized as 1D, 2D and 3D with increasing capacity to store information like manufacturer, product type, batch number etc. Similarly RFID has Active and Passive tags that are being chosen according to the necessity and level of security. An Auto-ID system implementation to a warehouse or a facility takes into account strategic,

PRADA has long been adopted management information systems into most of their business part including manufacturing, sales, and human resource management. PRADA has Group information technology director who primarily responsible for the management of the Group’s information technology system. In 2000s, by using radio frequency identification (RFID), PRADA tried to controls manufacturing system, inventory, warehousing, distribution, logistics, automatic object tracking and supply chain management. What PRADA expected from RFID technologies were improve the potential benefits of supply chain management through reduction of inventory losses, increase of the efficiency and speed of

10. (TCO D) How are RFID systems used in inventory control and supply chain management?

While Intel remains a leader in technologies, the manufacturing processes used are dated, and need to be changed. By implementing RFID technology within Intel warehouses, the company can find gaps within the supply chain, and develop solutions

RFID technology is not only used at gas stations, restaurants, and department but also at

Airbus focused on IT to manage its supply chain and improve the overall efficiency. RFID implementation played a key role in improving efficiency and visibility in its supply chain. RFID was implemented in the tool loan business where it used to lend tools to its customers that were required for the maintenance of the aircraft. The whole intention to implement RFID in the tool loan department was to improve efficiency by making tools available quickly to its customers and for proper traceability.

52. Study of impact of revolutionary technologies on inventory management: RFID, Inventory and Supply Chain Management