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17/05/2007 Unisys Technology Forum 2007 Page 1

From Black Jack to Business: RFID in the enterprise

RFID Research Group (NZ)

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Place your bets please… … and placed them you have!


Final results

• Most money won: Kevin, ASB ($8990 by $5190)

• House is up: $17160

• Players: 64

• Players who lost everything: 26

• Number of games yesterday: 79

• Total bets placed yesterday: $135670


Why are we (and you) here?

• Regardless of the hype, RFID technology is becoming a permanent part of the IT landscape worldwide.

• Market estimates vary widely. ABI Research: US$3.1b IDTechEx: US$2.7b to US$12.35b (2016).

• At minimum, we can conclude it isn’t going away and will continue to provide unique solutions.



• Limited uptake in NZ; this is likely a temporary situation. – Price falling – Widespread industry adoption – Demands for traceability – Higher performance tech – Industry standards

• Today: – Technology primer – Key value propositions – Common and industry specific applications

– Lessons learnt



• Unisys has a great deal of experience in track and trace solutions (not limited to RFID driven), including: – World’s largest RFID network for US military

– Tracking pharmaceutical pedigrees

– Processing 35% of world’s cargo

• Strategic partnerships with industry leaders

http://www.thomasville.com/


RFID 101: overview


RFID 101: why not barcode?

• Line of sight not required

• Can store significantly more information ID the exact item

• Increased functionality: covert and difficult to counterfeit

• Automated process – less manual

• Low Cost • Widespread utilization • Can contain human readable label.

• Data transmission is performed opticallyclear line of sight required

• Information storage is limited • Only one tag can be read at a time • Read capability can be affected by dirt, water and scratches.

Bar Codes

• Higher cost (expected to drop quickly)

• Specifications and standards not universal (yet)

• Tag (passive) reading dependent on environmental conditions.

RFID


RFID 101: industry

• Around since 1920 – 1960. Used to identify friendly aircraft in WW2. First patent on modern ancestor to current tech in 1973. – To start of 2006, 2.4 billion tags sold. – During 2005, 600 million tags sold.

• Standards by EPCglobal (Gen2 in Dec 2004 – now adopted by ISO). – First step to total supply chain visibility. – For now, only simple tags covered. – Unisys is a member of the group.


RFID 101: tag types

E.g. item level tracking of pharmaceuticals

E.g. cold chain mgmt (temperature logging)

E.g. asset tracking

• No battery in tag • Data capability more

limited • Powered by reader • Shorter range

(depends on frequency)

• Memory can support read/write functions

• Cheapest

• Uses battery to stay primed to allow quicker response and increased functionality

• Smaller batteries than active (portable)

• Longer range and sensing capability

• More expensive

• Battery powered • Longest range • Can sense physical

conditions (e.g. temperature, humidity, vibration)

• Large memory supports read/write functions

• For some vendors, tags can communicate with one another

• Most expensive

Passive Tags SemiPassive Tags SemiActive Tags

Hybrid Tags

Active Tags


What about securing what you can see?


RFID 101: Privacy/Security

• Privacy issues: – Scanned through materials/items/packaging – Read at a small distance with no overt physical action – Data collected can be held by multiple parties – Tags can be active outside of monitoring environment – Covert behaviour and activity profiling

• Security responses (from NIST): – Isolate RFID databases with firewalls from external – Encrypt RFID tags/signals – Strong user authentication – Shield tags/antennas to restrict access – Audit/log/time stamp – Dispose/recycle tags


So why RFID for TrackJack?



So why RFID for TrackJack? • Where are the cards now?

• Which ace of spades is in play?

• What happened in the last game?

• Did anyone add a bet/card? Move a bet/card?

• Are any of the cards fake?


So why RFID for TrackJack? • Where are the cards now?

• Which ace of spades is in play?

• What happened in the last game?

• Did anyone add a bet/card? Move a bet/card?

• Are any of the cards fake?

Location

Specificity

State

Compliance

Integrity

Authenticity


So why RFID for the enterprise?

• Timely fulfilment, perfect availability, nearreal time visibility and physical control.

• Positive product identity, item/SKU management.

• Appropriate handling and storage, environmental monitoring along the supply chain.

• Automated chainofcustody record, ease of documentation of regulatory compliance.

• Tamperevidence at carton/bulk level, reduced shrinkage/loss, location monitoring.

• EPCbased mass serialisation.

Location

Specificity

State

Compliance

Integrity

Authenticity


Applications: asset tracking

• Air Canada reduced $2m pa stock loss by 80%

• Sheep (e.g. Canada) – Large no. of items (10k pp) – Individual sheep info stored – Process automation – Cattle (e.g. Australia)

• People – Staff working with SARS – Prison inmates – Visitors to museum – Secure room access

• Documents

Electronic Weigh Scales Reader

Computer controlled drafting

Data logger with remote access


Applications: supply chain

• ‘First mile’ – Lower inventory (530%) (lead times, supply variability) – Reduced 3 rd party transport costs (up to 20%) – Reduced obsolete/expired/unsaleable items

• ‘Last mile’ – Increased sales (0.52%) (outofstocks, visibility) – Warehouse labour savings (3540%)

• Retail ‘last mile’ – Reduced outofstocks (WalMart: 16% reduction) – Reduced shrinkage/theft, receiving labour (up to 50%) – Reduced delivery lead times (lower safety stock levels)

• Security – Pedigree to track all info about drug as it moves from place to place – Safety, anticounterfeiting, reduced diversion/theft


Applications: financial/comms

• Customer cards and books – Payments: Exxon/Mobil SpeedPass – Tim’s presentation: Smartcards

• Currency – High value paper notes (serial code, place of origin, denomination to defeat counterfeiting/money laundering)

– Bonds transaction history, documents

• Telecommunications – RFIDenabled machines/objects will communicate more often than people causing increased demand (incl. wireless)


Applications: out of the box

• FlyToGet: Norwegian railway

• Enormous time checking structural integrity of wheels

• Active RFID tags on each wheel + GPS for location + GPRS for data transmission

• Realtime, no more man hours for checking, increased availability through preventive maintenance


RFID ROI: Best practice

From Aberdeen research (Sept. 2006):

• Start early

• Understand your objectives

• Pick the right partners (Unisys recommends Unisys)

• Don’t ‘selfintegrate’ (Unisys recommends Unisys)

• Run a pilot (Unisys recommends Unisys)

• Test ‘whatifs’

• Look beyond compliance


RFID ROI: Survey Greatest Risks of Achieving Positive ROI

15%

15%

18%

20%

22%

27%

35%

42%

43%

0% 5% 10% 15% 20% 25% 30% 35% 40% 45% 50%

Infrastructure won’t support it

Unsuitable operating environment

Low priority project

Faltering management support

No organisation consensus

Lack of team expertise

Selected wrong business cases

Investment underestimated

Instability of technology


RFID ROI: Survey Where will the ShortTerm ROI Be Found?

6%

12%

16%

17%

17%

34%

0% 5% 10% 15% 20% 25% 30% 35% 40%

More easily managed exceptions

Minimised inventory shrinkage

Improved business intelligence

Improved worker productivity

Increased value of products or services

Improved process efficiency


Final thoughts

• TrackJack is visible: are you?

• RFID is ready – Already proven in many areas – Application selection is critical – Allows us to do things we’ve never been able to do before

• Come play in the next break or talk with us about where RFID could benefit your organisation.


Questions (& answers hopefully)


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