Radio frequency identification for collecting stage-by-stage manufacturing and/or post-manufacturing information associated with a circuit board

A method for tracking a circuit board, comprising:

• coupling a radio frequency identification (RFID) tag to a substrate including a circuit board;
• assigning an identifier to the RFID tag;
• scanning the RFID tag for its identifier at one or more manufacturing stages to track the progress of the circuit board;
• obtaining one or more manufacturing metrics for the circuit board at the one or more manufacturing stages;
• storing the identifier and the one or more manufacturing metrics for the one or more manufacturing stages of the circuit board;
• scanning the RFID tag for its identifier at one or more post-manufacturing stages of the circuit board;
• obtaining at least one of a location or a status information for the circuit board at the one or more post-manufacturing stages;
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• storing the at least one location or status information for the one or more post-manufacturing stages of the circuit board.