Shanghai Tobacco Beijing Cigarette Factory / Tobacco manufacturing and warehousing
RFID-linked production and warehouse operations at Shanghai Tobacco
Customer deployment reference / SEUIC (Dongji) hardware platform
Shanghai Tobacco Beijing Cigarette Factory used a CRUISE2U 5G RFID terminal to connect tobacco sourcing, production, warehousing and distribution records in one operating workflow.
Customer context
What had to work on the ground
Manual operations, low data accuracy and weak coordination between warehouse activity and production processes limited operational visibility.
Documented solution
The hardware and operating pattern used
A detachable RFID handle supports data capture across production and warehouse scenarios, while IP67 protection and 5G plus Wi-Fi 6 support continuous data collection in dusty or humid environments.
Hardware platform usedSEUIC CRUISE2U 5G industrial RFID handheld terminal
Operating flow
How this workflow operates
These are the work events that connect the device to the customer process. They are the useful starting point for an equivalent RuggedLayer solution scope.
01 / Capture source and production events
Read RFID and barcode events from tobacco sourcing through production.
Connects material movement and production records in one traceability chain.
02 / Verify warehouse movement
Use the detachable RFID configuration for warehouse data collection.
Supports inventory and movement activity without changing the basic work process.
03 / Synchronize operations
Transmit data over 5G or Wi-Fi 6 as work is completed.
Keeps production and warehouse teams working from current operational records.
04 / Work in industrial conditions
Apply rugged hardware protection to dusty and humid work areas.
Matches the capture layer to the physical environment as well as the data requirement.
Documented deployment outcomes
What the original deployment achieved
These figures belong to the documented customer deployment. RuggedLayer validates the equivalent workflow, configuration and acceptance criteria before delivering a new project.
Order processing
30% faster processing per order.
Inventory counting
50% improvement in inventory counting efficiency.
Operational data
99.8% data accuracy through successful scan performance.
RuggedLayer implementation blueprint
How we would deliver this solution for a comparable operation.
The customer result above is the documented reference. The scope below is RuggedLayer's delivery design for a new project: we define the workflow and device layer, review the integration boundary, configure and validate the solution, then hand over a controlled rollout. UROVO and SEUIC (Dongji) supply the authorized hardware platforms.
Primary users
Material handlers, production operators, warehouse teams, inventory controllers and traceability administrators.
Capture method
Barcode and UHF RFID events for source material, production movement, warehouse location, inventory and order handling.
Systems in scope
Production traceability, MES, WMS, order processing, inventory reconciliation and managed device services.
Operating constraints
Dust, humidity, dense inventory, detachable RFID use, 5G or Wi-Fi 6 coverage and strict traceability records.
System architecture and ownership
Four layers from frontline action to system of record.
RuggedLayer owns the agreed solution and device-delivery scope. Customer and software owners retain the production business rules, credentials and authoritative enterprise data unless those responsibilities are explicitly added to the project.
Operator application
Station-aware screens present the work order, material, operation, quality and exception actions needed at that point in production.
Delivery boundaryRuggedLayer maps the device workflow and validates the production application; the customer or MES owner controls routing and manufacturing rules.
Industrial capture layer
Rugged mobile or fixed capture is selected around code type, distance, surface, lighting, gloves, shift pattern and physical mounting or handling.
Delivery boundaryRuggedLayer owns the agreed device, scanner, accessory, configuration and sample-validation scope.
Plant connectivity
Plant Wi-Fi, private cellular or wired station links carry scan and process events with controlled retry and clear offline rules.
Delivery boundaryRuggedLayer validates device-side connectivity and application recovery; plant radio and server infrastructure remain customer-owned unless separately included.
MES, WMS and quality systems
Enterprise systems remain authoritative for work orders, bills of material, inventory, process history, nonconformance and quality release.
Delivery boundaryRuggedLayer reviews event payloads and integration behavior in scope; the system owner approves production transactions and exception rules.
Exceptions and acceptance
Design the failure paths before the happy path goes live.
A useful deployment specification defines what happens when capture, data, connectivity or business rules fail, and it gives the pilot a measurable release gate.
Exception handling
- 01
RFID batch count differs from the expected warehouse set.
Keep the session unposted, separate missing and unexpected tags and require recount or item-level verification.
- 02
A material event is scanned against the wrong production order or process.
Block the transaction and require supervisor resolution before the material status changes.
- 03
The network drops during a production or inventory task.
Queue signed events locally with visible sync state and idempotent submission after reconnect.
Pilot acceptance criteria
Traceability
Representative materials retain source, production, warehouse and order history across the approved transaction chain.
RFID accuracy
The defined count method reaches the approved expected-tag rate and adjacent-zone leakage threshold.
Industrial use
Device, detachable reader, charging and connectivity complete the dust, humidity and shift profile.
Data integrity
Duplicate, offline, mismatched-order and count-variance events all reconcile without silent status changes.
RuggedLayer rollout plan
Move from samples to a supportable operating fleet.
Each phase produces a reviewable project output. Volume deployment starts only after the workflow owner, application owner and RuggedLayer agree that the acceptance criteria have passed.
01 / Discover
A station-by-station event map covering codes, surfaces, cycle time, MES ownership, operators, environment and rework paths.
02 / Line-side validation
Real samples tested at working distance, angle, lighting, gloves, scan frequency, network conditions and shift duration.
03 / Bounded production pilot
One line, station group or warehouse zone with baseline data, controlled fallbacks and production-owner sign-off.
04 / Standardize and deploy
Approved hardware and configuration, station or charging plan, enrollment package, operator training, spares and change control.
Candidate configurations
Devices to include in the first evaluation
The hardware used in the customer reference is shown above. These are additional starting points from the related solution guide; RuggedLayer confirms the exact SKU, region, accessories and application compatibility during validation.
UROVO / Enterprise mobile computers
DT40 Series
Keypad mobile-computer family for repeated industrial data capture.View product details
SEUIC (Dongji) / Keypad mobile terminals
AUTOID 10-DPM
DPM-oriented keypad terminal for demanding marked-code workflows.View product details
SEUIC (Dongji) / Visual readers
X5Pro
Visual reader option for code and inspection-oriented stations.View product detailsRuggedLayer application validation
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