This presentation was delivered at RFID Journal Live 2023 by SEKISUI Aerospace and Xemelgo. It details SEKISUI Aerospace's visual factory powered by Xemelgo.

2. Julie Traweek
Sr.ProductManager
Matea Osojnik
Sr.Director – NewTechnology
RenukaAgrawal
Director ofEngineering (Xemelgo)
The Visual Factory – SEKISUIAerospace
Journey to Digital with RFID

3. 3
SEKISUI
Chemical
Service
Speed
Superiority
75
190
27,000
$10.2B
Facilities
Revenue 2021
Employees
Years
1st PVC pipe ever made

4. 4
SEKISUI
Aerospace
Service
Speed
Superiority
34
550
300,000
$70M
Employees
Revenue 2021
Parts
Years
3 Facilities

5. 5
SEKISUIAerospace
300,000

6. 6
Why Care
About Digital?
Empowering action with data
Engaging the workforce ofthe future
Delivering a modern customer experience

7. 7
Connect the dots - Move from bottom to top
Take mitigated risks- Be okay with failure
Define a top-level vision - Getbuy in
Find your pain points - Work them first
The Digital
Mindset

8. 8
Empower
Employees to
make decisions
with data at their
fingertips
The Digital Vision – Paperless, Visual, Integrated
Create an
integrated
supply
chain for
Customers
Focus on
Sustainability
and reducing our
footprint

9. 9
Company
Pain
Points
On-time delivery atworst
performing site
Customers parked in
officesasking for parts
Constantly reacting
instead ofplanning
Everything manually
tracked with paper
30%
!

10. 10
The Starting
Point
• Whichsteps in our process had the
loweston-time delivery?
• Where did our internal teams park
themselves when things wentwrong?
• Where were we constantly reacting to
chaos and why there?
• What areas presented the largest
opportunity for a Visual,Digital Solution?

11. 11
The Plaster
Operation
BuildTool
at Plaster
Shop
Ifthe Plaster
was delayed for
any reason,the
job could not
start
BuildPart
at 1 of 2
Sites
Shipto
Operations

12. 12
The Plaster Operation
Paper Lists
Fragile Plaster
Diverse Parts

13. 13
Existing Tech Infrastructure
Epicor 9.05
Ignition
Custom Web Portal
Barcodes & Scanners
Paper Dispatch Lists
Ethernet Connections

14. 14
Considered
Solutions
Hardware
Barcode/QR
Bin Tracking
RFID
Software

15. 15
Team did not
enjoy using system
Barcoding in SCADA
Hardware notusable
for operators
Introduced barcoding
October 2019
Site shutdown for COVID19
April 2020
Production resumed
May 2020
Manual scanstook
too much time
0
50
100
150
200
250
300
350
400
450
500
550
Dec-19
Oct-19 Jan-20
Nov-19 Feb-20 Mar-20 Apr-20 May-20 Jun-20 Oct-20
Jul-20 Sep-20
Aug-20
Site One
Site Two

16. 16
Establishing Partnership
SharedVision
Experience andExpertise
Co- Creation

17. 17
Shipment
Tracking
AR85
3 Facilities
20 Readers
580 Daily Plaster
TSL Handheld

18. 18
Deployment Challenges
Cultural Change
Aging Technology
Capturing Small Parts
Metal Interference
Reporting Challenges

19. 19
Increased Productivity -
From 3 to 11 plaster per person per day
Created direct headcount avoidance -
When post-COVID production resumed
Reduced missing plaster -
From 800 to 0 per month
Return on
Investment

20. 20
Path to
Paperless &
Empowered
2021
2022
2023
2024
Plaster
Tracking
ERP
Plan
Tech
Foundations
WIP
Tracking
ERP
Upgrade
WIP
Tracking
ERP/RFID
Integration
Paperless,
Data-Driven

21. 21
Expansion to
WIP Tracking
2 Facilities
105 Readers
3,100 Daily Jobs

22. 22
Selecting the RFID Technology
SAMPOS2
AR62
Flush Mount
AR85
Floor antennas
Doorways and Zones
— ControlTek
FIRST TIME RIGHT
Workstations Staging Areas

23. 23
The
Solution

24. 24
Increased Productivity -
3% daily across 2/5 work centers
Empowered workforce - See
bottlenecks, late parts, and expedited
parts in work zones in real-time
Confirmed cost avoidance -
$2.5M over the next 5 years
Return on
Investment
Eliminated Manual reports

25. 25
Expansion to
Site 2
+1 Facility
150 Readers
3,500 Daily Jobs

26. 26
Future of the Visual
Factory
Phase 1
Phase 2
Phase 3
Phase 4
Phase 5
Improve Internal Performance
Give Customers Access to Portal
Embed Tags into Parts
Deliver Paperless Shipments
Track Customer Logistics Worldwide

27. THANK YOU