Internodal's SNAPPI RF Series

Industry

SNAPPI RF™ Series

SNAPPI RF Series is designed to deliver real-time, enterprise-wide, operations management solutions to the discrete manufacturing and logistics industries. SNAPPI RF Series embraces four comprehensive product suites.

	SNAPPI RF Manufacturing for the manufacturing industry at-large
	SNAPPI RF Automotive customized for the automotive industry
	SNAPPI RF WDF for warehousing, distribution and fulfillment
	SNAPPI RF Lite for small to mid-sized manufacturing and logistics

SNAPPI RF Manufacturing, Automotive and WDF target large-scale, high volume/high throughput and multi-site installation requirements within their industry sectors. As a result, they share a number of common design and infrastructure elements, operating and performance characteristics, flexible implementation alternatives, scalability and expansibility.

SNAPPI RF Lite offers an economical, world-class, turn-key solution for small to mid-sized manufacturing and logistics firms. The architecture enables easy installation and rapid start-up as it meets the unique technology and operations requirements for in-plant operations of these corporations.

SNAPPI RF Manufacturing, Automotive & WDF

Shared Features

	Delivered as a group of licensed application software products.
	Incorporate a modular design that is easily customized to support individualized business requirements.
	24/7 continuous and unattended operations.
	Fault tolerant configuration complete with stand-by processing and fully recoverable data during power outages or catastrophic failures.
	Automatically distributes new versions of software across the network without any human intervention or interruption of service.
	All functions are transaction-based to provide on-line, real-time processing and information access.
	True client-server processing. All devices, including RF (radio frequency) bar code scanning devices, are intelligent nodes on the network.
	Seamless access to all of the information from any point of contact within or outside of the enterprise.
	Real-time observation of productivity and inventory information across operations.
	Enterprise-wide containment prior to shipping and the intelligent identification and fencing of products associated with post-shipment quality or warranty issues.
	Historical data that exceeds industry regulations and requirements.
	Transparent integration of applications on any processor connected through radio frequency (RF) networks, local and wide area networks (LAN and WAN), through an intranet and the Internet.

Delivers accurate, real-time information from the production source to other application systems such as MRP/ERP and EDI enhancing the large capital investments made in these systems.

Key features of SNAPPI RF Lite

	Delivered as a turnkey solution on a fully configured processor complete with the SNAPPI RF Lite system installed.
	Up-to-the-minute awareness of the status of all core operations through information models that enable the real-time observation of bill of materials, inventory, work in process and shipping data.
	Quality controls enable the identification and containment of products prior to shipping and products associated with post-shipment quality issues.
	Seamless access to all of the information from within or outside of the corporation via a web-browser.
	All bar code data collection functions use ASCII terminal emulation.
	All functions are transaction-based to provide on-line, real-time processing and information access.
	24/7 uninterrupted services.
	Data extraction capability enables the use of accurate and timely production and inventory information in the corporation’s finance and accounting systems.