Mobis Korea Opens State of Art Intelligent Warehouse
Hyundai Mobis Co., Korea's largest supplier of automotive components, opened its $50 million logistics center in Asan for its domestic and and foreign buyers.
The 80,000-square-meter high-tech facility dubbed "Intelligent Warehouse" is the biggest in Korea and will supply 110,000 different types of automotive parts used in after-sale service.
"The Asan logistics center will become the base camp of our global distribution network by supplying genuine parts 'just in sequence' to Hyundai Motor Co. and Kia Motors Corp.," said Park Jeong-in, chief executive of Mobis in a Korea Herald article.
"We integrated the previously scattered distribution facilities that supplied parts to Kia Motors," said Park.
Newly applied "intelligent" devices allow the facility to employ only 230 workers. Under the product bar code system, the bar code attached on each product is read by personal data assistants or PDAs and transmitted to the central control system which directs where and how to handle a each product. The digital tracking is also used in picking and moving the products, making the whole process simpler, more accurate and paperless, said Mobis.
The new logistics center is also testing a radio frequency identification system, which enables real-time management of product distribution worldwide, in alliance with the Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Energy.
"All we need is an RFID tag to find out the distribution information between partner suppliers and overseas dealers. This will be a revolution in the logistics field as we are entering the 'ubiquitous era,'" said Park.
The 80,000-square-meter high-tech facility dubbed "Intelligent Warehouse" is the biggest in Korea and will supply 110,000 different types of automotive parts used in after-sale service.
"The Asan logistics center will become the base camp of our global distribution network by supplying genuine parts 'just in sequence' to Hyundai Motor Co. and Kia Motors Corp.," said Park Jeong-in, chief executive of Mobis in a Korea Herald article.
"We integrated the previously scattered distribution facilities that supplied parts to Kia Motors," said Park.
Newly applied "intelligent" devices allow the facility to employ only 230 workers. Under the product bar code system, the bar code attached on each product is read by personal data assistants or PDAs and transmitted to the central control system which directs where and how to handle a each product. The digital tracking is also used in picking and moving the products, making the whole process simpler, more accurate and paperless, said Mobis.
The new logistics center is also testing a radio frequency identification system, which enables real-time management of product distribution worldwide, in alliance with the Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Energy.
"All we need is an RFID tag to find out the distribution information between partner suppliers and overseas dealers. This will be a revolution in the logistics field as we are entering the 'ubiquitous era,'" said Park.
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