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Respective systems

Both the hardware and software teams will work within their own facilities to implement their respective systems based on the current specifications of the infrastructure in place at the manufacturing plant and the inherent requirements that they entail. A testing facility containing some of the main machines for inventory control and management is to be setup. The facility will allow the hardware development team to conduct their tests on sensing, monitoring, and data transmission to the private network.

The software team will be able to test the main functionalities of their application, especially for data grabbing from the RFID system and its interoperability with the end user, but also for the final tracking of inventory and for the creation of real-time reports on each of the machines used in the manufacturing process. The ordering system will be entirely automated and setup to react to critical levels of supply.

Once a critical level for the supply of a given material or supply (i. e. safety clothing), the corresponding RFID tag will sent a request to the main database to signal the need for creating a new purchase order. All monitoring devices in manufacturing facility participate in the control loop of the overall system. Each monitoring device provides critical data on a given machine and constant feedback to the main database allows the system to operate at optimum capacity.

When a monitoring device detects abnormal performance behavior from a machine or detects that the machine is operating past its critical levels it will signal the shopkeeper via the database, will alert other personnel if needed, or will shut down the machine prior to irrecoverable damage. 1. Contributors Hardware sensing team: - A technical person with knowledge of the main machines used in the manufacturing process at the The Marwin Machine Tools Ltd company. The person is responsible for searching and implementing the design process of each sensing device as it relates to a given machine.

- A person in charge of designing and implementing the monitoring subsystem and its interface to the sensing subsystem. - A RFID specialist to design and implement the subsystem to interoperate with the sensing, monitoring, and wireless networks systems in the manufacturing facility. : - A software architect specialized in database development and upgrading. The person will be responsible for insuring that the existing database is properly saved and reinstalled within the new application.

- A person to develop the interface between the RFID readers and the data grabber connected to the main server computer. The person should have extensive knowledge of RFID interfacing, as well as networking experience. - A person in charge of designing and implementing the user-interface for end user control and monitoring. The person will also be responsible for linking the user-interface with the other modules of the applications namely for database entry and modification, for report creation, and for network communication.