Wearable computing and RFID in manufacturing and logistics - Approaches to cross-border use of digital information

The ongoing development of concepts and systems for the use of digital information in industrial environment opens different ways to optimize information processing and thus process effectiveness and efficiency. If relevant data on products or processes are only available in digital form a human intervention in the virtual world is getting more difficult. On this basis, the article shows with the example of RFID technology how digital information will be available for humans through the use of systems that are integrated in the workflow. By developing a system for paperless production and logistics we show exemplary use cases to support the employee in assembly processes and to avoid errors in order picking systems. In addition to a head-mounted display for the visualization of information, a mobile RFID reader is applied to make digital transponder data usable without additional expense to the user.