Use Traceability to Avoid that Million-Dollar Loss in your Automobile Manufacturing Unit Whether it's surface, water or air, nowhere is safety more important than in the transport industry. Vehicle safety gained importance by way of law in 1966 - the 49 USC Chapter 301 – Motor Vehicle Safety Act whereby each automobile manufacturer is required to recall or repair any new vehicle with safety defects or issues, free of charge. The consequences of product recalls have caused significant financial and reputational damage. Some of the more recent recalls have been Ford (2019), Mazda and Toyota (2018), and Mercedes Benz (2017). The Motor Vehicle Safety Act was made more stringent with the Transportation Recall Enhancement, Accountability, and Documentation (TREAD) Act in 2000, making traceability a must in the automobile industry.

According to emergenresearch.com, the Global Cobots Market is forecasted to grow at a rate of 38.5% from USD 680.3 Million in 2019 to USD 9342.8 Million in 2027. This is against the backdrop of a growth forecast of USD 45.1 Billion in 2020 to USD 77.4 [...]

The efficiency of any manufacturing facility can always be increased by working on known attributes such as raw materials, automating operations and reducing wastage based on OEE. With the advent of IIoT, now it is possible to work on hidden factors such as energy consumption to [...]

The automobile industry has been the largest consumer of robotics and automation for a very long time. In fact, around 33% of all the robots produced are for the automobile industry. However, trends seem to be changing now. The demand for automation and robots in the electronics manufacturing industry [...]

Barcodes and RFIDs (Radio Frequency Identification) are two of the most important technologies used for automatic data capturing in traceability. Two of the key differences in how these technologies work are: RFIDs make use of radio waves to transfer data without contact, while Barcodes transfer data by reading their [...]

OEE and IoT It is an established fact that Overall Equipment Efficiency (OEE) is the best measure of manufacturing capabilities as it combines the three vital parameters of Availability, Performance and Quality. It enables devising methods to improve overall efficiency, productivity and quality by reducing wastage. [...]