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Harold Boeck & Ygal Bendavid (ESG UQAM; Academia RFID), Designing Your RFID Solution@ RFID Journal live Tenth Annual

Conf. - Preconf. seminar Warehouse & Inventory Management in the RFID Supply Chain, April 03 2012, Orlando, FLA.

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Designing Your RFID Solution

Building scenarios and conducting trade-off analysis

Harold Boeck,Ygal Bendavid

(UQAM, Academia RFID)



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Your presenter

Harold Boeck

Ygal Bendavid

� BAA, MSc.A., Ph.D.

� Professors at the UQAM

� Co-Founders of ACADEMIA RFID

� RFID certified

Preconference seminar Agenda“Warehouse & Inventory Mgt in the RFID Supply Chain”

• 11:30 Linking RFID to Inventory Management Best

Practices

• 12:15 Targeting the Correct RFID Technology for the Right

Project

• 13:45 Key Steps in Building an Inventory-Management

RFID Solution: Build Your Own RFID Portal

• 14:30 Designing Your RFID Solution

• 15:30 Building Your RFID Business Case

• 16:15 Preconference Seminar Ends



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Context of the presentationThere is various way to deliver a solution

RFID is not just about tags and readersThere is various way to deliver an RFID solution

• RFID a multi-layer system

• Comprising different hardware and

software technologies

• Integrated with your existing enterprise's

back-end systems (WMS)

• Connected to communication networks.

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Objective of the Presentation

• Moving from ideas to projects: a PLC

perspective

• Building different RFID scenarios

• Assessing the impacts of business scenarios

on the RFID solution's design

• Conducting trade-off analysis

Project Front

end

Project definition

& Planning

RFID BPR

(As-Is)

RFID BPR

(To Be)

Project follow up

& Operations

Source: Ygal Bendavid, Academia

RFID, RFID PRO 2010

POC & Pilot

Design

development

Implementation

Moving from ideas to projectsRFID Project life cycle

RFID vision/strategy

Explored in “Linking RFID

to Inventory Management

Best Practices”



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Moving from idea/Concept to projects!Requirements definition and Management

• Req. Def.& Mgt. “as a necessary step for the successful delivery of

systems and software projects (such as RFID!)

• The impact of a poorly expressed requirement can be devastating;

- domino effect that leads to time-consuming rework, inadequate

deliveries and budget overruns.

Adapted from Tavassoli D (2009), Requirements management White paper June, IBM

– I want to have talking inventory!

– A smart warehouse!

– Intelligent processes!

– Autonomous pallets!

Moving from idea to projects!(=) some existing models! The (next Gen) Stage-Gate Process

Source: http://www.stage-gate.com

Conceptual and operational roadmap for moving

a new-product project from idea to launch



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Moving from idea to projects Supporting the writing of an RFID project proposal

Hood et al., 2008 - Requirement management, chap 6, Project Management interface

“(…) link user requirements to

system requirements and system

requirements to design

requirements (…) to work packages,

to resources and budgets, to

milestones and deliverables”…

Project Front

end

Project definition

& Planning

RFID BPR

(As-Is)

RFID BPR

(To Be)

Project follow up

& Operations


RFID, RFID PRO 2010

POC & Pilot

Design

development

Implementation

Project Definition and planningIn the RFID Project life cycle

•Project Definition/requirements

•Project initial planning & comm.

•High level Business case / value

•Project / Pilot site pre-selection

• Team building & Education



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Project Definition and planningUsing classic tools for RFID WM projects!

Project Front

end

Project definition

& Planning

RFID BPR

(As-Is)

RFID BPR

(To Be)

Project follow up

& Operations


RFID, RFID PRO 2010

POC & Pilot

Design

development

Implementation

Business Process ReengineeringIn the RFID Project life cycle

•Benchmark analysis & Re-design

processes (scenarios)

•Project (Re)Scoping, and revised

planning

•Business case & scenarios sensitivity

analysis

•Impact analysis & trade-off

•Operations & process

analysis (models) /

Performance assessment



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Source: Subramanian et al., 1999, BPR: a consolidated Methodology,Proceedings of The 4th

Annual International Conference on Industrial Engineering Theory, Applications and Practice

The RFID Project life cycleLeverage on (the 20 years old) BPR knowledge

Data analysis & opportunities identifications Assess the “As Is” processes & performance

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Manufacturer

ActivitiesAssembling

Distributors

ActivitiesStorage & distribution

Retailers


…

Source: Bendavid Y (2011)- Academia RFID – RFID PRO

E-mail

BOL

Truck

Arrived

Go to office

For BOL validation

Truck

Driver

BOL OKBOL Not OK

Assign one

Ware. Employee

Approve BOL &

Assign one

Dock Door

Dock Door

Assigned

Employee

Assigned

Office

Associate

Move Truck to

Ass. Dock Door

Truck

Driver

WMS

Synchronize

Info. (SAP vs

RFID

Terminal)

WMS

BOL Info.

Synchronized

RFID

Readers



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Data analysis & opportunities identifications Data gathering of the “As Is” processes & performance

1. What are the current processes ?

2. Where and how are they carried out ?

3. Who executes them ?

4. Where are items identified in the processes (GTIN/GLN)?

5. Why identification is necessary for these processes ?

6. What information is key about each item?

7. What materials move into and out of the processes ?

8. etc

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Data analysis & Sol. DevelopmentDesign “to Be” business & technological Scenarios

Pla

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Manufacturer

ActivitiesAssembling

Distributors


Retailers


ASN

ERP

Goods

Received

Read RFID

Tags

…Communicate

EPCs

EPCs

(8) Manage

EPCs & root to

ERP Module

Receive EPCs vs.

ASN/adjusted PO

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…. ….

…….

XML file

(EPCs)

Warehouse

Clerk

RFID EPCs

Captured

RFID EPCs

communicated

Middleware

RFID EPCs

Rooted

Confirm the receipt

of goods

Unload

Goods

Truck ready

to unload

PO

Source: Adapted from Bendavid Y. (2012). Int. J. of Automated Identification Technology

(IJAIT), Vol. 1, No. 1



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Data analysis & Sol. DevelopmentSome Basic Questions to support the Design of the “to Be”

business & technological Scenarios

• Which products? Level of tagging?

• What activities? Processes?

• What functionalities? Need to rewrite? Security?

• Which capabilities required for the tags/readers?

• With who to share the info? Why?

• Where will items be identified ?

• How Much products (tags) at a time?

• What is the reading/writing distance? where?

• What is the speed?

• Will the be process automated?

• etc

Data analysis & Sol. DevelopmentTrade off on "business" & technological Scenarios

ASN

ERP

Goods

Received

Read RFID

Tags

…Communicate

EPCs

EPCs

(8) Manage

EPCs & root to

ERP Module

Receive EPCs vs.

ASN/adjusted PO

…

…. ….

…….

XML file

(EPCs)

Warehouse

Clerk

RFID EPCs

Captured

RFID EPCs

communicated

Middleware

RFID EPCs

Rooted

Confirm the receipt

of goods

Unload

Goods

…

PO

Source: Adapted from Bendavid Y. (2012). Int. J. of Automated Identification Technology

(IJAIT), Vol. 1, No. 1



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Data analysis & Sol. Development(Extended) Impact analysis & trade-off/ Sensitivity Analysis

Source: Bendavid, Academia RFID – RFID PRO 2008

• RFID Technologies– RFID tags & sensors

– RFID readers & Antennas

– RFID printers & appli.

– RFID Middleware

• Wireless Network– WLAN to WWAN

– Wi-fi, Zegbee9

• Enterprise Information Systems

– ERP, WMS, LES, MES

– PRM, SCM, PLM

• E-Commerce Techno.– Private IOS

– Electronic market places

RFID Technologies

Wireless

Technologies

Enterprise Information

Systems

E-Commerce

Technologies

Select the RFID technology for your caseRFID system requirements & Trade off analysis

Example:

Tags Requirements

Option 1 Option 2 Option 3 Option n

Approximate Price (USD)

Life Cycle

Read / Write Range

Read / Write Speed

Data Capacity

Operating Temperatures

Shape and Size (Form

factor)

Etc9..



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Readers-Antennas

Tags

Objects

Other AIDC

Middleware

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Source, Bendavid Y. (2010), Encyclopedia

of E-Business Dev. and Mgt in the Global

Economy: In Lee ed.,

Designing an RFID solutionHow can you track this forklift? Track transactions related to this

forklift?



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Designing an RFID solutionBuilding scenarios

Experimentation of

designed scenarios and

Trade off analysis

• Ex: using different

type of readers

(Stationary, Mobile,

Portable, Mounted)

Source: RFID Academia Laboratory

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Select the appropriate AIDC/RFID

technologies for your specific case?

Passive RFID Tag (Pallet Level)

Passive RFID Tag (Case Level)

RFID Tag (Item Package Level)

UID Data Matrix (Item Level)

Active RFID Tag (Container Level)

Source: Adapted from (1) GS1 Standards in the Healthcare Supply Chain and (2) 2. Defense

Acquisition University February, 2006



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Requirements for Each LayerThe Right Technology for the Right Application

Layer 5: Movement Vehicle

Layer 4: Container

Layer 3: Unit Load

Layer 2: Transport Unit

Layer 1: Packaging

Layer 0: Item

Barcode

• Long range (300+ft)

• High metal environment

• Omni directional

• Real Time Assured Data

• Sensor / Security enabled

• Affordable

• Line of sight

• Global location

• Short range (3-15ft)

• Lower cost tags

• Read/write

• Non line of sight

• Very short range (1ft)

• Ultra Low cost

• Read only

Barcode

Passive RFID

Active RFID

GPS/LBS

Cost

Functionality

Source: Adapted from Casto (Dow Chemical ) & Shannon (SAVI/Lockheed Martin), AIDC 100 - “Evolution of an

RFID Revolution” October 15th 2008

Thank you!

UQAM, School of business

315 Ste-Catherine est Local R-3570

Montréal (Québec) Canada H2X 3X2

Tel: 514-987 3000 (x 2429)

Web site: www.mantech.uqam.ca

Academia RFID9916 Côte de liesse,

Montréal QC Canada

H8T 1A1

Tel: 514 631 8282 – Fax: 631 9696

Web site: http://www.rfidacademia.com

Ygal Bendavid

[email protected]

Harold Boeck

Boeck. [email protected]



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