Aerospace Reviews

Honeywell Aerospace, one of the largest parts suppliers to Airbus and
Boeing, announced that it has selected TegoView software to improve its
supply chain processes and expedite its new RFID parts tagging program.
In addition, it has selected well-known integrator ID Integration to
perform the installation. This all comes as welcome news for RFID
vendors who hope to see more and more industry giants adopting their
technologies.

Honeywell is rolling out its RFID tagging program across their
aerospace organization. By using TegoView’s workflow, Honeywell is
streamlining its parts tagging process and assuring data accuracy on
RFID tags being attached to components through efficient database
connectivity and defined templates that reduce user input errors.

Airframe manufacturers are requiring their suppliers of repairable,
high value parts and systems to attach high memory RFID tags to these
assets. This allows all participants in the supply chain to trace the
progress of assets and access information stored on them throughout
their lifecycle from manufacturing to maintenance.

Timothy
Butler, Tego, Inc. president/CEO told us, “This is definitely a big
deal. Honeywell Aerospace is going far beyond just meeting an industry
spec. It is making changes that will improve efficiency and security.
They are using tags with our chips in them, but the software is
compatible with any chip/tag that meets the standard. Our software is
very applicable to aerospace and other OEMs. It can also be used in 15
different readers, today. “Honeywell has been absolutely great to work
with…very proactive,” he continued.

“They actually worked with us by giving us suggestions on how to make
the software more useful. They had a lot of great ideas. They were
always saying: “Can it do this or can it do that?” That’s the kind of
relationship you want with your customer!”

“Aircraft components
need to be easily traceable with full transparency throughout a
product’s supply chain and lifecycle with the ability to verify their
pedigree at all times,” said Jim Evans, Honeywell ISC UID/RFID program
manager. “After evaluating and testing TegoView’s ability to write and
read RFID tags on parts, we are convinced we can meet the stringent
requirements of our customers.

“TegoView is being deployed
across many Honeywell locations where we are setting up workstations
that we can configure for desktop and mobile use,” Evans continued. “One
of our teams quickly learned the tagging process using defined
templates and then walked the next group through the process.
Pre-populated mobile and fixed readers with the same TegoView interface
make tagging parts an extremely efficient operation.”