RFID Data Helps Power Schneider Electric's Smart Factory

Energy technology company Schneider Electric has launched its first smart factory, located in Lexington, Ky., to enable the sharing of data and analytics across its departments using a variety of Internet of Things (IoT) technologies. The firm's IoT-based EcoStruxure architecture captures and visualizes data from multiple technologies, including augmented reality, human machine interfaces, programmable logic controllers and connected technologies, such as passive HF RFID. The Lexington facility's EcoStruxure Advisor solution analyzes the information and shares it across the plant's departments.