Products lifecycle management system using radio frequency identification technology

Author

Soga, Shuji ; Hiroshige, Yuzo ; Dobashi, Akira ; Okumura, Masahiko ; Kusuzaki, Tetsuo

Author_Institution

Div. of Bus. & Inf. Syst. Dev., Hitachi Ltd., Kanagawa, Japan

Volume

2

fYear

1999

fDate

1999

Firstpage

1459

Abstract

Hitachi Ltd. has been conducting research, development and experiments on a product lifecycle management system using radiofrequency identification (RF-ID) tags, based on next-generation identification technology, in order to correctly collect and process used products. This system makes it possible to collect and process used products efficiently and to correctly monitor the product status, from collection to processing

Keywords

computerised monitoring; identification technology; production engineering computing; radio transmitters; waste disposal; Hitachi Ltd.; RF identification tags; identification technology; product lifecycle management system; product status monitoring; used product collection; used product processing; Logistics; Management information systems; Manufacturing processes; Monitoring; Personal communication networks; Radio spectrum management; Radiofrequency identification; Recycling; Systems engineering and theory; Technology management;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Emerging Technologies and Factory Automation, 1999. Proceedings. ETFA '99. 1999 7th IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

Barcelona

Print_ISBN

0-7803-5670-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ETFA.1999.813161

Filename

813161