Application: General purpose track and trace

Challenge

Keep an accurate record of process steps

Solution

Media is placed in container with RFID tag, and as the container is connected to various pieces of equipment through each process step (e.g., add ingredients, mix, culture, curing, etc.), the reader on each piece of process equipment writes to the tag a record of what has been completed at that step

Benefit

Automated, electronic recording each process step, eliminating human recording errors and the need for paper copies of process records