Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding (MES) faced challenges managing large quantities of components—up to 55,000 parts for a single crane—from multiple vendors at its Oita Works facility. Manual sorting and tracking of these parts was time-consuming and prone to errors. To improve efficiency, MES implemented Xerafy’s Mercury METAL SKIN RFID labels for real-time, item-level tracking. These durable, on-metal RFID labels allowed vendors to pre-label parts before delivery, streamlining the acceptance process and enhancing inventory accuracy. As a result, MES saw significant productivity gains, reducing time spent on component acceptance and improving delivery efficiency to production sites. This solution not only optimized operations but also provided MES with valuable insights into their work-in-process using IoT technologies.
Discover how RFID transformed MES’s manufacturing processes.
