Production Material Positioning Management Solution

● Shorten Search Time for Materials & Vehicles

● Enhance Work Order Processing Efficiency

APPLICATION OVERVIEW

CORE FEATURES

KEY ADVANTAGES

COMPATIBLE HARDWARE

INDUSTRY CASES

APPLICATION OVERVIEW

Large-scale process manufacturers, such as textile, rubber, and plastic plants, face challenges in managing multi-stage material or product transfers. Workshops typically rely on material carts for transportation, but issues arise due to expansive floor areas, complex workflows, and numerous carts.

Eforthink integrates UWB High-Precision Positioning Technology (uwb location technology) with MES, ERP, tool management, personnel management, WMS, and IoT systems to build a unified RTLS (Real-Time Location System). By utilizing Equipment Tracking Tags (equipment tracking tags) as data carriers, the solution captures real-time parameters across material production, transportation, and storage. This automation optimizes logistics scheduling, reduces labor and resource costs, and improves cart utilization, work order accuracy, and production efficiency—driving the transition from traditional to smart manufacturing.

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CORE FEATURES

Real-Time Vehicle Location & Tracking

Electronic Geofencing for Safety

Production Scheduling Optimization Management

Rapid Cart & Material Search

Material Cart-Material Binding/Unbinding Management

Real-Time Vehicle Location & Tracking

Real-time positioning mainly displays the real-time position of all current material trolleys, and can display different UI icons according to trolley idle status, trolley type, trolley power, etc., so that managers can better control the production site conditions.

Historical track playback can be played back according to the trolley number or work order number, using the binding information, automatically intercepting the work order number binding time period of the material trolley in the flow of each process track, the maximum can be played back at four times the speed.

Through the work order number, time period and other filtering conditions on the track of the specified material trolley playback, to achieve the tracking of the flow of production work orders.

Electronic Geofencing for Safety

Zone Segmentation: Divides areas into loading, unloading, public, and temporary parking zones via electronic geofences. Real-time statistics on cart counts per zone enhance utilization monitoring.

Error Prevention: When a cart enters a zone, the system cross-checks work order data. Mismatches trigger alarms to prevent operational errors.

Idle Cart Management: Tracks carts entering temporary zones and sets maximum idle durations. Exceeding limits triggers alerts and generates idle cart reports to minimize delays.

Production Scheduling Optimization Management

By integrating RTLS real-time location tracking with location-based IoT fusion technology, the scheduling and logistics management system achieves automation and intelligence, significantly reducing labor, material, and financial costs.

Scheduling Management:The system detects the vehicle live location of materials in real time and synchronizes data with MES and other production systems. It rapidly identifies idle workstations and marks the positions of available material carts, enabling granular scheduling management.

This maximizes equipment utilization and production capacity while ensuring resource optimization through uwb location technology and equipment tracking tags.

Rapid Cart & Material Search

By manually binding material cart IDs to the MAC addresses of equipment tracking tags, users can view the vehicle live location of all carts in real time through the RTLS real-time location system, making cart searches significantly more efficient.

Precision Search: Input cart IDs or work order numbers into the system or handheld PDAs to instantly locate carts on maps, eliminating manual searches.

Electronic Inventory: Generates real-time reports by zone, cart type, or material status, replacing time-consuming manual counts with visualized data.

Material Cart-Material Binding/Unbinding Management

Bind work order numbers to tag IDs or cart IDs, using carts as information carriers to complement paper-based work orders. Based on electronic geofences in workstation zones, the positioning system reports work-in-progress (WIP) data, improving the timeliness and accuracy of work order execution.

First Process Binding: When a cart enters the loading zone, the RTLS system automatically retrieves work order data via APIs and binds it to the cart’s tag. Cart status updates to “occupied,” enabling real-time progress tracking.

Unloading Zone Unbinding: At unloading zones, the system verifies work order-process alignment. Errors trigger alerts, requiring correct cart replacement before production resumes. Post-unloading, carts are marked “empty” for reuse.

Non-First Process Binding: Upon completing a process, the system checks for empty carts in loading zones. If none are available, alerts prompt operators to replenish carts, ensuring workflow continuity.