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Digital Measurements
and Product Data
Measurement protocols on paper? For everyone involved in a project,
including installers, it is tedious to have to manually document all the data of
network connectors. R&M is doing away with that and is ringing in the next
stage of enterprise-wide digitalization.
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R&M is optimizing its measurement data
service for its customers. A QR code with a
link to the R&M measurement data database
simplifies all the quality assurance, protocol
and documentation processes.
The strain relief sleeve of the R&M connectors
now features a label bearing a data matrix
code and a serial number. The code can be
read using a smartphone and a scanner app. It
contains an Internet link that leads directly to
the Report section of R&M’s website.
This is where existing measurement results,
specifications and other details on each
individual connector of an assembly can be
retrieved. The values can also be queried
by entering the serial number. There is no
need for time-consuming labeling on the
construction site. Above all, measurement
protocols no longer have to be printed out
and filed. Everyone involved in the project
saves time, paper and resources.
Traceability back to the production
steps
The new service is called «Measurement
Data on Demand» and enables exact tracing
of the connectors back to the production
steps. In the future, it will also be possible
to store fiber-optic measurement data for
interferometry and the surface image.
measurement data, but in the future will also
show relevant news, manuals and videos. This
means that installation instructions can simply
be called up using a smartphone, making
work on the construction site much easier.
Customers can also store their own protocols.
An extensive project in the R&M production
plants preceded the launch. The plants introduced
uniform data recording. Pioneering
work was carried out in particular at the sites
in Bulgaria and Switzerland. The global rollout
is due to follow soon.
www.rdm.com/report/
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R&M is planning on adding other products,
such as panels, racks and multifiber cables
to its digital service. The system is modular
in design. This means R&M can extend the
functions and constantly enlarge the range
entered. The supply chain will use the data
to optimize production and delivery times.
This step in digitalization gives users and
customers a range of other benefits. The
link in the QR code not only accesses the
Roman Kravets
Project Manager Digitalization
roman.kravets@rdm.com
050.7015
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