Location uncertainty
When the last known position of a raw material, work-in-progress item or finished product is unknown, search, waiting and unnecessary transport time increase.
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Material Tracking System (MTS)
Know in real time where each material is, its current status and the production order it belongs to.
MTS tracks raw materials, work in progress and finished-product movements through unique identities, aligning physical flow with ERP, MES and WMS records through the same verified event.
Explore the solution
Turn material movement from a process based on assumptions into a real-time, verifiable data flow.
Incorrect material usage
If the production order, bill of materials and physical material are not verified before consumption, quality and rework risks arise.
Discrepancy between inventory and shop floor
When physical transfers and system transactions occur at different times, inventory accuracy, planning and line-feeding decisions deteriorate.
/ UNIQUE MATERIAL RECORDWhere is the material,
Where is the material,
what is its status and why is it there?
MTS tracks every physical movement through a unique material identity, from goods receipt and storage to line feeding and production consumption. Operations teams see the current location while ERP and MES systems receive verified movement events.
Unique identityMaterial-level history
24/7Location and status tracking
One eventPhysical and digital alignment
- Verify identityRFID, barcode, QR or another automatic-identification technology suited to field conditions.
- Record movementSource, destination, time, handling equipment and user information.
- Apply the rulePrevent incorrect routes, sequences, materials and consumption before they occur.
From physical movement
to a reliable inventory record.
A field event is not merely read; it is verified against the correct material, location and production-order context before being transferred to enterprise systems.
Identify
the material
A unique record is created for the pallet, tote, coil or lot.
→Detect location
and movement
Passage, pickup, drop-off or consumption events are captured in the field.
→Match with the
production order
Material suitability, route and operation sequence are checked.
→Update inventory
and history
The verified event is reflected in ERP, MES or WMS records.
/ SYSTEM COMPONENTSFrom field equipment to software,
From field equipment to software,
one traceability architecture.
Technology is selected according to material form, environmental conditions, read distance and required processing speed.
RFID, barcode and QR
Tags and readers are selected for field conditions such as metal, liquids, temperature and read distance.
Digital location model
Warehouses, racks, buffers, lines, machines and consumption points are defined hierarchically.
Transaction validation
Incorrect materials, routes, sequences and unauthorised movements are checked before field execution.
ERP, MES and WMS
Production orders, inventory, bills of materials and completed movements are synchronised bidirectionally.
Mobile and fixed interfaces
Operator tasks, alerts, material queries and controlled manual transactions are presented by role.
History and performance
Waiting, transport, searching, consumption and inventory movements are reported to expose bottlenecks.
One record,
the same truth at every point.
As material moves from receipt to production consumption, its digital identity travels with the physical asset.
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01Goods receiptCreate identity
02WarehouseVerify location
03Line feedingMatch to production order
04ConsumptionUpdate inventory and history
Every field event,
in six validated steps.
- 01Read the identity
The tag or handling unit is matched to its unique material record.
- 02Load the context
Active production order, product, source and destination details are loaded.
- 03Check the rule
Material suitability, route, sequence and authorisation conditions are validated.
- 04Complete the movement
The physical pickup, transport, drop-off or consumption operation is performed.
- 05Update the system
Location, status and inventory information is transferred to relevant enterprise systems.
- 06Record the history
Who moved what, from where, to where and when is retained.
Continuous traceability
wherever material flow is critical.
Raw materials and warehousing
Receipt, quality hold, put-away, transfer and stock-count movements.
Line feeding
Delivery of the correct material in the correct sequence to the correct production order.
Work in progress
Location, status and process history of products waiting between operations.
Dispatch and returns
Packaging, loading, dispatch verification and returned-material management.
How we turned a similar need
into an operating solution.
Customer and facility information has been anonymized to meet confidentiality obligations.
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