Hardware Control and Monitoring System Improvement Using Integrated Technologies
Grace Lorraine Intal, Marie Angelique Arbonida, Rex Aurelius C. Robielos · 2019 IEEE 6th International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Applications (ICIEA) · 2019
The paper presents the results of the study conducted to a semiconductor company which aimed to establish a conceptual design of monitoring and control system for Hardware Control Room (HCR) to address the issues on floating hardware and inventory variances. `Floating' is the state where the actual location and status of the items are currently undetermined. Interviews and observations with the key personnel were conducted to determine issues in the current inventory processes. Based on the data gathered, contactor is the type of hardware which has the highest floating rate thus, it was used to represent all other fixtures during the observations and analysis of the processes. Moreover, evaluation of the existing Hardware Maintenance System (HMS) was made to know if the functionalities of the system are still performing well. Upon analysis, possible solutions to the problem were identified such as employing RFID technology to track the movement of the fixture, optimize the use of present Indala proximity card and enhancement on some processes in the automated system (HMS), which currently utilizing barcode system. These recommendations intend to reduce if not eliminate those floating hardware.