German Manufacturer Links Workers to Parts and Stations Via RFID, Bluetooth

Bosch Rexroth, a manufacturer of electric drives and controls, has boosted productivity and reduced the volume of inventory it must keep onsite, by integrating radio frequency identification technology at its assembly line in Homburg, Germany. By employing a hybrid RFID and Bluetooth beacon solution that it developed in-house, the company has also made the production of several hundred variants of hydraulic valves more efficient and less error-prone.