Case Study
RFID Barrel Tracking System
DISTILLERY GAINS EFFICIENCY WITH RFID Barrel Tracking System Company: KWV Limited Application: Asset tracking Area of Use: Cellar/ware- house Status: Production Tag Supplier: Alien Technology System Integrator: Cybertrack Challenge n Use RFID to efficiently track oak-barrel life cycle, from ”forest“ through manufac- ture to cellar n Asset tracking and manage- ment of barrels, batches, and liquid beverages Solution n Customized barrel tags using Alien Technology Higgs UHF Gen 2 n RFID handheld hardware and software n RFID control software n Barrel management software n SAP interface Benefits n Automated stock allocation to database n Traceability of barrel current and historical cycle status n Real-time reporting on barrel and batch location and movement n Automated integration into S