Objective:

The aim of the project "Transponder Live @ Horn & Bauer" was to analyze how the "flow of goods and traceability documentation in the value chain company - customer could be optimized by transponder technology in the production process as well as in batch tracking". This project was carried out by the company Horn & Bauer Folientechnik GmbH & Co KG together with the Chair of Innovation and Technology Management at the University in Kassel.

Procedure:

The pilot project transponder technology dealt with the realization of the documentation of goods flows within the company as well as the presentation of the traceability documentation at and to the customer. The project also focused on automating inventory management via transponders based on radio frequency identification technology (RFID) in the process as well as batch tracking of the company's own products at customers for the purpose of complaints. In this context, an attempt was made to deal with open issues of transponder technology in transponders and mobile readers and to determine the possibilities of transponder technology for applications in logistics. In addition, special reference was made to overcoming non-technical barriers to innovation in the introduction of transponder technology. The overall objective of the project was both the sustainable realization of innovations for value creation and the development of future fields and thus the shaping of potentials for future innovations.

The execution of the project was divided into an analysis, conception and implementation phase. The three phases comprised 15 workshops. The core team comprised the functional areas of internal logistics, IT, controlling and purchasing. Based on an in-depth process analysis and an evaluation of the possibilities of RFID and competing technologies for in-plant functions, the company decided to use a barcode solution with mobile data capture for in-plant logistics. Other application areas were identified for RFID technology.

Duration:

The project was successfully carried out in the period from 01.02.2005 to 30.06.2006.