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Jens Froese Hamburg Technical University (TUHH)
RFID Deployment in Europe
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• RFID still an issue of research including some
  testbeds rather than extensive applications
• International agreements on frequencies required
• Impacts expected on logistics processes within
  the whole supply chain from intralogistics via
  transport logistics to production supply
• Tracking of carriers and goods to be integrated
  into ERP systems
• Tracing carriers and goods when required
• Self-organizing components and systems
• Internet of things will allow components and
  systems to communicate according to pre-defined
  rules or sophisticated heuristics
• 5 years to mature and effortable systems.

Current European RFID Aspects
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• Costs is an issue especially for mass products
  (disposable tags)
• Cheaper polymere-electronics RFID chips under
  development in Germany.

Current European RFID Aspects
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• Current logistics applications mainly for
  intralogistics operations
• automated reading of package documents
• warehouses
• integration of RFID and pick by voice?
• car production
• recycling information
• general production and distribution
• product information including manuals
• department stores.

Current European RFID Aspects
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• Metro Group and GS1 Germany just got the contract
  to develop an EPCglobal accredited research and
  test lab
• Metro Group one of Europes biggest trading and
  department store companies
• GS1 service and competence centre for
  inter-industry business processes
• EPC Electronic product code to support the use
  of RFID
• Network consisting of
• ID system of tags and readers
• Object name service (ONS)
• Physical markup language (PML)
• Savant software components interface standards
• Global Data Synchronization Network (GDSN)
• Global Standards Management Process (GSMP)
• Yellow pages of the global supply chain (GEPIR).

Research and Unique Identifiers
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Will RFID replace bar codes? Not for the time
being because of very wide applications and easy
to use. Excellent back up for RFID.
Bar Codes
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• Adequate technologies are of paramount importance
  to transport service providers. To determine what
  is adequate all leading transport service
  providers are currently performing tests
• Docking of automated carriers at ramps
• Acceptance and storage of goods in warehouses
  (RFID communication between packages and
  forklifts)
• Warehouse deliveries
• Shipping of cars
• Some car terminals provide transport plus value
  added services like
• de-waxing/cleaning
• mounting of extras.

Application for Transport Processes
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Passive Tags
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• ABX Logistics
• no interests in being an early adopter
• cost-benefit ratio currently insufficient
• multi-use containers rather than one-way
  packages
• bar code scanner systems can become modified for
  RFID
• TNT
• 6 projects with clients from branches for
• hightech
• automotive
• telecommunication
• pharma
• from USA, France, UK, Germany, Netherlands,
  Scandinavia and China.

Industrial Voices (Users)
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• trans-o-flex
• plans to integrate RFID technology into existing
  IT-network
• joint venture with ORACLE
• integration of sensors (e.g. temperature)
• active tags
• Logistics Service Award 2005 (Germany)
• Deutsche Post
• DRFID-project just launched combination of RFID
  with re-writable display-modules (e-ink
  technology) for courier services (re-usable
  containers).

Industrial Voices (Users)
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• Siemens
• Simatic RF600 family of RFID products
• Stationary and mobile read/write devices and
  antennas 860 956 MHz frequencies
• Data carriers including smart labels and tags
• Software linking RFID devices to manufacturing
  execution systems (MES) and enterprise resource
  planning (ERP) applications.

Industrial Voices (Manufacturer)
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Bosch service seamless surveillance of
transports including counter actions in case of
disturbancies (active system!).
Industrial Voices (Manufacturer Service
Provider)
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White Paper RFID Technology, Systems and
Applications BITKOM 11 August 2005 (currently
only in German).
BITKOM White Paper
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RFID Layers of Logistics Units
Layer 5ISO TC 104 (ISO 14816)ISO TC 204IATA
ISO TC 8AAR
Movement Vehicle (truck, airplane, ship, train)
Layer 4 (UHF)ISO TC 104 (ISO 10374)ISO TC 104
(ISO 18185)ISO TC 104 (ISO 23389)ISO TC 104
(ISO 14816)ISO TC 122/104 JWG
Container (e.g., 40 foot Sea Container)
Layer 3 (UHF)ISO TC 122/104 JWG ANSI
MH10.8.4AIAG (TBD)EIA (TBD)EAN.UCC GTAG
Layer 2 (UHF)ISO TC 122/104 JWG ANSI
MH10.8.8AIAG (TBD)TCIF (TBD)
Seetransport ist immer intermodal
Layer 1ISO TC 122/104 JWG
Layer 0 ISO TC 122/104 JWG AIAG B-11
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Seetransport ist immer intermodal
RFID Focused ISO Standards
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315 MHz Proposed for use under tri-frequency
active protocol ISO 18185 Asia
433 MHz Proposed as stand-alone active protocol
and as part of tri-frequency active protocol ISO
18185 Europe, North America, Asia
915 MHz Proposed as stand-alone active protocol
and as part of tri-frequency active protocol ISO
18185 ISO 10374 (read-only container
standard) Americas
Frequencies
862 928 MHz Agreed for passive protocol under
ISO 18185 Pursuing global approval.
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Thank you!