Individualization challenges the automotive industry. Instead of offering few variations of a vehicle for the mass market, consumers are nowadays able to order individual cars with nearly open ended combinations of color, form and functionality. As a consequence, the complexity within the production of automotive suppliers like Magna increases dramatically. Rather than producing a car in-sequence, several parts like engine, doors and axles need to run through individual manufacturing steps depending on a customer’s order. At the moment, Magna equips those separated components with printed papers carrying the production and the vehicle identification number. That approach is sensitive for dirt and is furthermore waste of material.