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RAIN Alliance MeetingTokyo, Japan
Enterprise IT Asset ManagementAn Engineered Approach
13 September, 2016
Bart A. Ivy, PMPbart.ivy@evanhoe.com334.233.2250
Evanhoe & Associates Inc.5089 Norman BlvdDayton, OH 45431www.Evanhoe.com
Overview
• Introduction
• Definition
• Driving Factors
• Approach
• Two Critical Deliverables
• Engineered Solutions
• Questions
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Introduction
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Auto-ID Technology
Bar codes – Passive RFID – Active RFID –RTLS – sensors – GPS
Software Solutions
Location – Status – History – Alerts –Movements – Integration
Professional Services
Analysis – Development – Implementation –Training - Support
Field Mobility Solutions
aRFID Solutions
IT asset tracking
Work in progress Warehouse assets
Assets Identification/tracking
Yard Management
Mobile Integration
pRFID Solutions
RTLS Solutions
Implementation
Training
Asset tracking Analysis
Active RFID Installation
Site Surveys
Passive Portal Installation
Definition
Enterprise Asset Management (EAM) is the management of the assets of an enterprise across departments, facilities, business units and geographical locations.
EAM integrates techniques for holistic control and optimization throughout asset life cycles, including design, commissioning, operations and replacement.
IT asset management is a combination of business processes and practices that encompass financial, contractual and inventory processes in order to support life cycle management and enable strategic decision making for the organization.
Source: Techopedia.com/definitions/4
Driving Factors
• Specific Business Needs• Compliance
• Protection of protected data/device for risk mitigation
• Improve visibility of assets
• Ensuring availability of assets
• Reduce inventory time
• Expected Benefits (ROI)• Automated solution to ensure compliance
• Notification when protected data/device leave authorized areas
• Improved asset visibility
• Assets available when required
• Reduction in time to perform inventories5
Approach
• Define specific business needs
• Define expected business benefits
• Conduct and document a RF site survey
• Define and document projects requirements
• Define and document processes (“As-Is” and “To-Be”)
• Design the solution (Where the magic happens)
• Implementation & integration
• Support after the sale (Service Level Agreement, etc.)
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Approach
Can a specific RFID solution resolve my needs?
• Yes but “It Depends”• Environmental Conditions
• Physics of Radio Frequency
• Asset Characteristics
• Hardware and Tags/label performance
• Business Case• Customer’s business process differ form site to site even within the
same company
• Value proposition
• Network
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Approach
• There are thousands of excellent RAIN RFID products (readers, antennas, tags/labels and sensors) each designed to support standard protocols each with its own unique capabilities.
• RAIN makes it possible for Engineers to integrate products from multiple manufactures to resolved specific and unique environmental or process requirement for the customer.
• Engineering is required to match specific RAIN products with the customer environmental conditions.
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Two Critical Deliverables
• RF Site Survey Report • Customer requirements (can be accomplished prior to site survey)
• Identifies existing RF environmental factors that must be considered
• Identifies placement/mounting of RFID reader/antennas/tags
• Identifies all RFID equipment, mounting hardware and any other equipment required to complete the installation
• As Installed Report• Documents configurations of installed hardware/software
• Includes all warranty data
• Validates completion of work
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Engineered Solution
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• Requirement• Track test asset at fixed location• Track test asset as they enter/leave
test facility
• Problem• Multiple exits within test location• Includes rollup doors and test area
near the doors in drawing.
• Solution• Leveraged Intermec IF2 reader &
antennas with Impinj R640 xPortals• Tag Selection criticalWeapon Test Facility
Engineered Solution
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• Requirement• Floor Level Visibility• Use PoE
• Problem• Ethernet cable lengths• Antenna cable loss
• Solution• Installed reader and antenna
above drop ceiling• Used sufficient cable size based
on run length to address cable loss
Engineered Solution
• Requirement• Identify assets as they enter and
exit the building• Floor level visibility across the
Enterprise
• Problem• Could not use normal portals• Wide monitoring area• Ceiling height 16ft
• Solution• Installed Impinj R680 xArray• Selected tags based on 16ft
minimum read range
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Personnel Main Entrance – Impinj R680 xArray
Engineered Solution
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• Requirement• Identify assets as they enter and
exit the building• Floor level visibility across the
Enterprise
• Problem• Could not use normal portals• Very large monitoring area• Ceiling height 16ft
• Solution• Installed Impinj R680 xArray• Selected tags based on 16ft
minimum read rangePersonnel Interior Entrance – Impinj R680 xArray
Engineered Solution
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Engineered Solutions
• RF Interference Present• Seen on multiple floors
depending on where you took the measurements
• Took several days to isolate the source
• Source identified as remote control light in auditorium
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Engineered Solution
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• Requirement• Track work in progress (WIP)• Track Finished Goods
• Problem• Large to small metal assets to track• Manual conveyor area – Employees
must be able to move freely around assets.
• Solution• Leveraged Impinj R680 and R420
reader• Tag Selection critical
Questions
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It’s all about the data!TM