Product tracking during production for:

• Configuration management
• Production control
• Flow of goods control

An example of product tracking on a conveyor system
Typically, manufactured products are registered on leaving the production area and are then transferred to the assembly conveyor. Each transport bin on the assembly conveyor is equipped with a transponder. When the product is loaded into the bin the transponder is programmed with the specific information relating to that product.

As the products pass along the conveyor the individual delivery configuration of each product is made up by adding supplementary items. The information stored in the transponder of each product bin controls the actions at the various filling points. At the transfer point from the conveyor to the packing/dispatch section the products are individually documented using the information from the transponder.

The transponders are re-programmed as they return to the start of the conveyor.