Omnitrol Networks in collaboration with Texas Instruments have delivered the industry's first end-to-end Printed Circuit Board (PCB) traceability solution using TI-RFid Gen 2 embedded UHF tags. This unique solution embeds RFID technology to provide electronic manufacturers with complete traceability, e-pedigree and authenticity from their manufacturing floor through product delivery. The integrated RFID technology eliminates the need to attach barcode stickers on the limited real-estate available on the boards.

The Omnitrol Network's award-winning Work-In-Process visibility software is a complete business solution for manufacturing operations to integrate EPCIS based e-Pedigree with real-time operational visibility on their plant-floor. The manufacturing pedigree information is automatically programmed into the embedded RFID tag for rapid access to critical data without the need to be connected to a back-end database.

PCB Track and Trace Benefits Include:

• Reduce manual labor costs and minimize human error
• Improve asset utilization and avoid duplication
• Real-time visibility on asset type, usage, maintenance and location
• Automatically record timing and environmental conditions
• Substantial increase in manufacturing yield
• Improvement in manufacturing cycle time
• Improvement in on-time delivery
• Deliver complete EPC traceability (lot and parts) to finished products
• Seamless transition from barcode serialization to EPC serialization
• Increase customer satisfaction by providing real-time order status and delivery dates
• Integrated mobile phone access dashboards for anytime, anywhere real-time visibility
• Integrates a variety of sensor and PLC control systems to enhance data capture & automation
• Reduce waste and increase overall operational efficiency
• Complete operational over-sight with real-time reporting, mobile dashboards and notifications via SMS, voice and email