Title :
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
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;
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
DOI :
10.1109/ETFA.1999.813161
