Deer Industry New Zealand 2022
Background Information
Deer Industry New Zealand is responsible for promoting and assisting the development of the New Zealand deer industry.
VelTrak; a fully electronic, web-based system that enables velvet to be tracked and traced from farm to market.
A unique project combining high resolution variable data printing and UHF RFID inlays encoding to produce a UHF identification tag and corresponding data file.
The tags supplied as singles required a 100% guaranteed supply and sequential order maintained at all times.
Continuation of Requirements in line with the 2021 Project
Use Case
Tracking Deer Velvet
Tag
RFID chip contained within laminated layers
Quantity
500,000 quantity
Packaging
Tags loose and sequential with respect to Global Trade Identification Number
Sequentially numbered packs of 50 wrapped in translucent plastic sleeve
Box of 10,000 sequentially numbered tags, i.e. 10 x bags of 1,000 tags (or adjusted to fit boxes suitable for shipping)
2022 Improvements
Changes in Adhesive and other Components
Specifically sourced adhesive imported from Germany that addressed the demanding environmental adhesion requirements
Doubled the surface area of adhesive
Shortened the front laminate coverage to allow better adhesion
Research & Development
Professionally tested adhesive strength based on multiple applications to ensure new adhesive performed as required and met the updated specifications by Deer NZ
Both variables tested the surface tension
Adhesive type
Surface adhesion - laminated or non-laminated
Temperature testing in ambient heated and frozen conditions
Testing in moist conditions when subject to washing and cleaning processes
Internal Processes
Upgrades to our machinery and ongoing development of the operators skill set from 2021 to 2022 project allowed for:
Time & Labour Saving: Tags were produced in sequential order
Improved Stock Inventory Management: Fewer reprints as result of reduced/limited production loss - 0.68% Production Loss/Required Reprinting
Production Efficiency: Produced on RM5 that had a huge impact on output speed and quality
Advanced Systems and Procedures: Retained order of tags (important factor resulting in faster scanning and processing, a requirement of DINZ
Outcomes and Efficiencies
Processing improvement from 2021 project to 2022 project
13% reduction in processing time
An efficient team with improved systems and processes
Quicker turnaround of total output compared to 2021
Increased R & D time frame combined with lessons learnt from 2021 allowed for greater enhancements to key components and specifications resulting in a high performing product that was able to withstand rigorous on and off farm handling
Presentation of Findings/Case Evaluation
Total customised solution was achieved through quality control of the production and processing phases.
Unique packaging and labeling was implemented to complement the customers existing software system and data file management to achieve a high level of accuracy to support their specifications.
In the event of production losses, the lost tags were replaced with identically numbered tags (Barcode and Human Readable Number) to maintain fully sequential ranges in each pack as outlined above.
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