Chapter 12 Flashcards
What does AIDC stand for?
Automatic identification and Data Capture-technologies that provide direct entry of data into a computer or other microprocessor-controlled system without using a keyboard. Many require no human involvement
4 Applications of AIDC in manufacturing
- Monitoring status
- WIP
- machine utilization
- worker attendence
Applications of AIDC in material handling
- Shipping and rec
- storage
- sortation
- order picking
- kitting of parts for assembly
Drawbacks of manual data handling
- More Errors
- More time
- More labor cost
All AIDC consist of three principal components which also comprise the sequential steps in AIDC
- Data Encoder-characters are translated into machine-readable code
- Machine reader or scanner-device that reads encoded data, and converts it usually into electric analog signal
- Data Decoder-component transforms electrical signal into digital data and back to alphanumeric charcyters
6 categories of AIDC technologies
- Optical
- Electromagnetic
- Magnetic
- Smart Cart
- Touch techniques
- Biometric
Common applications of AIDC technologies
- Receiving
- Shipping
- Order Picking
- Finished goods storage
- Manufacturing processing
- WIP storage
- Assembly
- sortation
Reasons for using AIDC
- Data accuracy
- timeliness
- labor reduction
2 parameters to measure AIDC errors
- First Read Rate FRR-probability of successfully reading data first time
- Substitution error rate-SER-frequency with which scanner incorrectly reads encoded char as some other char.
2 bar code types
- Linear-linear sweep of scanner.2 forms are width and height modulated
- Two dimensional-encoded data must be read in both directions
2 types of linear bar code tech
- Width modulated
- Height modulated-not used that much
Width modulated are like morse bar code
UPC
Universal Product code
The bar code standard adopted by car makers, DOD, and other manufacturing services
Code 39
also known as AIM USD-2
Why is it 39? It’s because there are 9 elements(bars and spaces) and 3 elements are wide
How are bar code readers classified?
- Contact
2. Noncontact
Advantages of 2-d symbol schemes
- Store much greater amounts of data
2. Higher densities