Utilizing an RFID tag in manufacturing for enhanced lifecycle management

An RFID tag associated with a manufactured assembly comprising:

• an antenna;
• an RFID chip connected to the antenna to receive a communication signal from an RFID reader;
• an as built history stored on the RFID chip that includes data for a plurality of manufacturing events for a plurality of sub-assemblies that comprise the manufactured assembly;
• wherein data for a first manufacturing event is stored by a first vendor and data for a second manufacturing event is stored by a second vendor, wherein at least one quality status parameter is stored in the as built history;
• a micro-controller to process commands from the RFID reader to append data for the first manufacturing event with data from the second manufacturing event in the as built history in a dynamically linked list wherein the dynamically linked list includes a previous link and a next link to point to a previous record and a next record, respectively;
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• wherein data for the plurality of manufacturing events include a vendor ID, a part number, a serial number, and a date and time for each sub-assembly installed into the manufactured assembly to reflect a changing nature of the assembly as sub-assemblies are added to the assembly.

An RFID tag associated with a manufactured assembly comprising:

• an antenna;
• an RFID chip connected to the antenna to receive a communication signal from an RFID reader;
• a micro-controller to manage commands received from the RFID reader;
• an as built history stored on the RFID chip that includes data for a plurality of manufacturing events for a plurality of sub-assemblies that comprise the manufactured assembly wherein data for a first manufacturing event is stored by a first vendor and data for a second manufacturing event is stored by a second vendor, wherein at least one quality status parameter is stored in the as built history;
• wherein the micro-controller, in response to commands received from the RFID reader, appends data for the first manufacturing event with data from the second manufacturing event in the as built history in a dynamically linked list that creates a hierarchical history of the manufactured assembly wherein the dynamically linked list includes a previous link and a next link to point to a previous record and a next record, respectively;
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• wherein the data for the plurality of manufacturing events in the dynamically linked list includes a vendor ID, a part number, a serial number, and a date and time for each sub-assembly installed into the manufactured assembly to reflect a changing nature of the assembly as sub-assemblies are added to the assembly.