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WebOTX RFID ManagerIntroduction
June 20103rd IT Software Division
RFID’s Applicable Business Operations
Many items to manage– Parts items: From a few hundreds to few thousands
Must be managed frequently– Inventory, etc.
Items to manage scattered – Many locations of warehouses
Time-consuming management– Frequent inbound/outbound warehousing
Expensive items to manage– Tag price (Return on investment)
Must keep records– Rental operations
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Suitable Business Operations
Major RFID Application Areas
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1 Logistics General logistics management, delivery, containers, mail delivery
2 Sales/Distribution Product management, customer management
3 Information distribution Posters, advertisement
4 Road/Traffic Aviation/railroad passenger support, location information, electrical number plate, vehicle
5 Food Traceability, automated food management, food purchase guidance
6 Financial Forgery prevention for currency bills/marketable securities
7 Medical care/Medication Medical care/medication support, medicine management, hospital business management
8 Environment Disposal, recycling
9 Elderly/Disabled Guidance, elderly health check-ups
10 Education/Culture Book management, educational contents management, cultural heritage protection, exhibit item explanation/guide
11 Workforce management Document/item management, employee management
12 IT appliance Home appliance remote/auto control
13 Entertainment Visitor management
14 Robot Crime monitoring
15 Construction Construction management
16 Factory automation Production activity support
17 Fire/Disaster prevention Fire extinguish activity support, disaster information gathering
18 Lifestyle/Individuals Item management
Source: “Research Workgroup for Advanced Use of Electric Tags in Ubiquitous Network Era”, Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications
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Introduction Case Study of WebOTX RFID Manager
• JA Oita Hita/JA Zenno Oita: Quality control for pears (Test Case)• Fresh Produce Traceability Research Group: Chain traceability management and support (Test Case) • EPCglobal: International logistics (Test Case)• Research Institution A, etc.: Lease/check-out management• Public Library: e-Shelf, check-out management• Financial Institution B: Document/data management• Regional Bank C: Approval document management• NEC Personal Products, etc.: Process management, board parts management• Major Manufacturer D: Parts inventory management, in-process product inventory management• Shanghai No. 1 Department Store: Customer management, customer services (Test Case)• Major Telecommunications Carrier E, etc: Asset management• Major construction Company F: Construction vehicle management• Meat Producer G: Temperature control for exporting meats
…etc.
Many business operations including national projects use WebOTX.
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JA Oita Hita/JA Zenno Oita (Quality Control for Pears)“Brand Oita International Trade Promotion Business for FY2006”
Oita
Record conditions
【輸入商社】
Sensor Tag
China, Taiwan, etc.
[Loading to Ship] [Sea Transport]
Record conditions
Record conditions
[Arriving at Port]
Detach
+5.5C/71%
Records temp., humidity, impact data during transportation
Quarantine/customs
Data gatheringConfirm transport
conditions of entirelogistics routes
Creates report automatically
[JA Oita Hita]
Sensor Tag
Attach
Use tags with sensors for temperature, humidity and impact, to control quality during transportation, and contribute to promoting high-quality agricultural product exports.
Case Study
[Importing Company]
35G impact detected!
Quarantine/customs
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EPCglobal (International Logistics Test Case)Supported by Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry
WebOTX RFID Manager Information ServiceEPCglobal standard specifications “EPCIS1.0”approved
Tracking land/sea transportation from China (factory) to U.S. (warehouse) using RFID, realizing item (cargo) information sharing and real-time visualization.
Case Study
Implementation body: EPCglobal International Logistics Committee (TLS: Transportation & Logistics Services)Period: From December 2007 to January 2008 (Preparation: From August to December of 2007)Participants: 14 companies (NRI, NEC, Oracle, DHL, Schneider, Hyundai Merchant Marine, Alien, Savi, etc.)Purpose: Verifying EPCIS practical use for logistics operations, and verifying various tags operations.Details: Attach RFID to pallets/containers, and verify through actual operation process that real-time information
sharing and visualization can be realized, during transportation from the farm equipment manufacturer’s factory in China to warehouse in U.S.
Experiment Overview
Middleware
Reader/writer
TagPrinter
Farm Equipment Manufacturer
(Warehouse in US)Farm Equipment
Manufacturer(Factory in China)
* Shanghai
Passive RFID(UHF band) Active RFID
Load to Pallet
Load toContainer
Load toShip
SeaTransport
Unloadfrom Ship
Entire Promotion/Organization: EPCglobal TLS (Nomura Research Institute is Vice Chairman), MTI (Monohakobi Technology Institute, logistics research institute of NYK Line), Schneider (inland transportation company in U.S.)
Unload fromContainer
Unload fromPallet
WebOTX RFID Manager EnterpriseEPCglobal standard specifications“ALE1.0” approved
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Financial Institution C (Approval Document Management)
Trace ManagementAcceptance Process
Active Tag• Can be detected anywhere on desk.• Real-time situation tracking
• Titles and locations of approval documents in circulation are listed.• Can search circulation status.
Management PC
By attaching active type RFID tags to the approval documents, the document location can be identified and the approval process speed will improve.
Case Study
“Reserved Book In/Out System Using RFID” for Fuchu City Library
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☆ Automated recognition of book shelf locationWhen a book is placed on e-Shelf, RFID automatically recognizes the location, and users can find the book they are looking for with LED indicating the location.
☆ Automated book borrow/return operationsWith RFID, users can complete check-out processes only by placing a book on Kiosk terminal.
☆ Automated monitoring for unauthorized check-outRFID gate allows unauthorized book check-out to be prevented.
Operation efficiency improvement and new services are realized.First in Japan
Case Study
Shelf Management Application- RFID Event Management- Device Monitoring/Control
RFID Shelf Management Server
WebOTX RFID ManagerEnterprise
DB
Book shelf with RFID reading antenna and book location indication LED installed.
e-Shelf =
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Reservation/Lease/Return System– Reservation Function (Web)– Lease/Return Function– Lease/Return History Viewing Function
PC/Book Check-out Management System- Asset Management -
WebOTX RFID Manager Enterprise– RFID Device Management Function– Data Communications/Management Function
RFID Reader/Writer Dedicated Terminal
Lease Management Server
(Lease Antenna)
(Return Antenna)
Location Information Management System
Check-out Monitoring Application– Unauthorized Check-out Monitoring– Alert Notice Function
DB
RFID Gate
(For Unauthorized Check-out Detection)
・・・
RFID Reader/Writer
(Location Information Detection Antenna)
・・・
By attaching RFID to the assets, automated asset lease management, lease record data collection, unauthorized check-out prevention, asset location information management, management man-hour reduction, and automated history information collection effective for asset maintenance can be achieved.
Advantages of Using WebOTX RFID Manager
Efficient development/operation/maintenance is possibleRFID-specific extended functions such as reader/writer control and data filterExtended tools designed for operations and maintenance
Finely-tuned support is available through our proprietary productsDirect support from development members, on-site support available if necessaryPractical support linked with RFID Business Solution Center available Global deployment support with proven sales and installation records available
Lead to gaining core system businessRFID system is front end system which may lead to winning back end system business
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・ Absorb difference of R/WAbsorb specification difference depending on vendors or frequency band, and common API is provided for application side.→ Reduce R/W specification investigation man-hour
Easy to control even when R/W coexists, added or changed.
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Add
Change
A B C D E F
WebOTX RFID Manager Enterprise
・・・
Application
Add/change devices
Efficient Development/Operation/Maintenance Possible
RFID System Specific Extended Functions
Reducing costs enables a reliable constructing and operating systems.
WebOTX RFID Manager EnterpriseFilter
TagSearch
Tag DetectionEvent
Tag LostEvent Event
Notification Control
Application
Reader/Writer
TagSearch
TagSearch
TagSearch Tag
SearchTag
DetectionTag
DetectionTag
DetectionTag
Detection
Data Filter
Reducing Loads
• Data control–Various filters are available, and
detailed settings according to R/W roles are possible.
→ Better performance
• RW Status MonitoringContinuous R/W status monitoring, notification to application side when problem occurs.→ Prompt failure detection
Supports R/W live-insertion/removal. No need to stop the system for physical R/W replacement, and automatically go back to normal operation. Continuous operation is possible.
• Operations Status Report (Log) CaptureCaptures according to device, internal middleware and application.→ Easy to isolate the problem locations
Simple causal determination of problem location by changing log capture level and error messages.
Easily analyze performance and make causal determinations using retrieved log filtering function.
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Extended Tools Designed for Operations and Maintenance
Maintenance cost reduction possible
Efficient Development/Operation/Maintenance Possible
RFID Information Sharing System Supporting Global Standards
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“WebOTX RFID Manager Information Service” is ideal for the following requests.
1Share RFID Event InformationNeed to share information on multiple sites within a group or between partners.
Link with Global SCM NetworkNeed to construct a system conforming with EPCglobal standards.
Construct with expandabilityInitially in-house system, but must expand for inter-company linkage in the future.
Product Transit
Manufacturer
Production ManagementApplication
Logistics ManagementApplication
RFID TagProducts
Use Image with Inter-company Linkage
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Enterprise
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Information ServiceWebOTX
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Information Service
Logistics
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Enterprise
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Information Service
Inventory ManagementApplication
Retail
Info ExchangeInfo Exchange
EPCglobal NetworkEPC
EventEPC
Event
2
3
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Gain Core System using RFID as TriggerLead to Gaining Core System Business
Front-end System
Antenna
Reader/Writer
RFID Tag
■ Can remotely read/write using wireless■ Can automatically recognize multiple IDs
simultaneously
■ Recognize IDs of persons and things (Read/write information)
■ Conduct operations directly related to RFID
■ Send recognized IDs to network View
IPNetwork
Back-end System
WebOTX RFID Manager
Job Applications
You can approach green-field customers using RFID system as a trigger.
■ Accumulate, integrate, and manage ID information associated with persons and things
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[Reference Use Example] Process Management
Introduce process management to each process, and visualize work processes.
Issues/Purposes/Background
Features/Effects
• Although barcode reading system is installed right before painting process, it is rarely used, and work process progress is not acquired.⇒ Manage progress with RFID!
• Manage progress by reading RFID tags at start/end of each process.• Breakdown and achieve installation stages by starting with small-scale processes first.
Parts Supplier
AcceptanceSTEP 4
Storage (Auto-warehouse)
Press (Auto)
Storage (Auto-warehouse)
Storage
STEP 1Plate Holing Process
Press
Welding
Storage
Automated LineSTEP 2
STEP 3
Painting
Assembly
Product Storage
Painting
Use Example
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[Reference Use Example] Wireless Device Management
Can confirm storage/use status and log by attaching tags to wireless devices, and improve management efficiency and security robustness.
RFID TagWireless Device StorageAntenna
Bottom Plate
Reader
HUB
LAN
LAN
DB
Wireless Device Management Application
WebOTX RFID Manager
LAN
Dedicated Line
Can confirm use status of each user and entire log.
Administrator
Other Departments
and sites
Administrator
Use Example
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[Reference Use Example] Uniform Management
Efficiently manage inventory, stock, and lease/return status, prevent misplacing and falsification, and improve security robustness by attaching tags to uniforms.
Imperial Hotel
Nippon Express
Purchase/Rental
ManufacturerRental Company
Cleaning
Hotel
Public Agency
Corporation
Amusement
Delivery Company
Disposal
Cleaning
Lost
Not Returned
Return
Lease
Button IC Tag
Inbound
Stock
Outbound
Inventory
Uniform Manager
User
Receive/Delivery
Lease/ReturnUse IC tags with performance that will not deteriorate with washing or cleaning.
Use Example
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[Reference Use Example] For Medical Industry
“Medical accident prevention” by placing on patients and medicines.“Real time location management and effective use” by attaching to medial equipment.“Achieving efficient medical practice for emergency” with real time patient traffic line.“Fake medicine prevention” by attaching tags to medicines in circulation.
Medical Accident PreventionIC tag attached to blood bag
Efficient Medical Care
偽造薬防止包装ボトルに取り付けられたICタグ
Wrist Band
Medical Device Management
Display Unit
Installed on Stretcher
EPC data 2-dimentional barcode
Change color in different angle
RFID tag attached to the bottom of the label
Fake Medicine PreventionIC tag attached to medicine bottle
Use Example
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[Reference Use Example] Returnable Box Management
Gather information on use times and stock status of returnable boxes (plastic cardboard) to utilize for cost management.
Issues/Purposes/Background
Features/Effects
• Subsystem requested by personnel at factory during production management system construction. (Scale is less than 5% of entire proposed system.)• Plastic cardboard costs around 10 times as much as ordinary paper cardboard; however, use status management was not performed.
• Manage use status of expensive returnable boxes.• Metal Die Management SL “EXASSET” developed by 2nd Manufacturing System Department was employed. Reduce development costs by customizing useful terminal reading functions
Data Management
Outbound
Return Inbound
RFID
Disposal
Inbound
Cleaning
Each Factory
Customer
RFID
RFIDRFID
RFID
RFID
RFID
RFID
RFID
Use Example
Purchase
Empty Box Storage
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