(SEEBURGER Inc.: Bretten, Germany) -- SEEBURGER Inc. has announced SEEBURGER eKanban Asset Management, an end-to-end electronic kanban solution that enables fully automated replenishment of parts inventory based on consumption as well as enterprise resource planning (ERP) production planning.

The solution is the first to integrate hands-free radio-frequency identification (RFID)-based consumption monitoring, ERP calculation of reorder quantities based on production needs, and electronic data interchange (EDI)/business to business (B2B) message exchange to trigger production line and vendor inventory replenishment without manual intervention.

SEEBURGER’s eKanban system was successfully implemented in an automotive production site of a corporate division of the Bosch Group, a global technology supplier based in Germany, where it is the basis of an award-winning small load carrier RFID project that directs appropriate parts to the correct assembly line. The solution is currently being deployed in Asia to improve parts replenishment for a leading U.S.-based electronics company, using RosettaNet as the B2B communications protocol.

 …