RFID F2F Anuga FoodTec 2012 - Speakers' Corner: RFID and WSN for food traceability (wine and...

Strengthening SME competitiveadvantage through RFID implementation

RFID - From Farm to ForkAnuga Food Tec

Cologne, 28th March 2012

RFID and WSN technology for food traceability: the European project "RFID from Farm to Fork" (F2F)

www.rfid-f2f.eu@RFIDfarmtofork

Prof. Bob Newman

• EU CIP Project• 9 Partners in 5 countries (UK, Spain, Italy,

Slovenia, Belgium)• Aim - to provide consumers with a

means to find out where their food comes from

• Provide return on investment for all stages of the food production chain

– Area: Internet evolution and security– Objective: Strenghening SME competitive

advantage through RFID implementation– Project reference: 250444

• Article RFID Journal“Ambitious European Project Traces Foodfrom Farm to Fork”

The RFID from Farm to Fork projectWhat it is

Strengthening SME competitiveadvantage through RFID implementation

RFID - From Farm to ForkAnuga Food Tec

Cologne, 28th March 2012

www.rfid-f2f.eu@RFIDfarmtofork

Winery pilot (Spain)Viña Costeira

Prof. Iñigo Cuiñas

Denomination of Origin Ribeiro

Vitivinícola del RibeiroThe company

• Winery established in 1968– The first “Ribeiro” wine bottled and

labelled: “Pazo”

• Two goals:– Recovering the quality varietals of the

region– Modernise the winemaking techniques

• Production– 5M bottles per year– 40% of the area

– http://www.vinoribeiro.com

Vitivinícola del RibeiroBusiness process

Vineyard

Winery

Distribution

Vineyards

Business flow

PilotRFID/WSN proposal

• At the vineyard– Wireless Sensor Network– ZigBee technology

• At the winery– RFID for traceability purposes “what”, “where” and “when”• Additional benefits: automate data registration , error reduction,

accurate inventory control, better information sharing– Covering different steps of the business process:• Farm: grapes collection• Processing: grapes selection, chute dumping, pressing, must/wine

movements and treatments• Storage and delivery

• For customers– NFC/QR on products to access traceability information via web services

WSNNetwork deployment

WSNNetwork deployment

WSNConnectivity

• Connection among nodes

• Mesh topology• If one node fails

– Automatic reconfiguration

• Problems– Pine trees – Vineyard foliage

WSNConnectivity

• Global System Architecture

RFIDHardware definition

RFIDSoftware

• Most of the data collected by a RFID handheld reader

• Handheld capture application– Separate forms– Each one for each production process

• An EPCIS compliant XML file is generated with the data collected

• Extra information can be introduced– Chemical analysis data, i.e.

• English and Spanish versions of the application

RFIDSoftware

• Not many fields to fill• Possibility of using touch screen or keyboard buttons.• Information presented in an understandable way for the user• Two consecutive readings of EPC and User memory in the same tag

with only one button click

RFIDSoftware

Traceability application

RoI

• WSN– Reduction of time• Yesterday, an operator goes each day to the vineyards to take data• Now, data come to the computer

– Reduction of costs• In personnel• In treatments:– Ambient data used as entry to plague prediction model– Yesterday, 10-12 treatments against mildew– Now, treatments only in hazard time (in 2011 no mildew hazards)

• RFID at winery– Precision• All movements in the winery are registered

– Reduction of time to obtain the traceability history of a product• Yesterday, look among papers, Excel files, and notes (one morning)• Now, instant response from software (few seconds)

RFIDNFC at the bottles

• Final users application• An added value for

selection among wines:– Those F2F tagged will

provide more information than traditionally labelled

• Tests– Samsung Nexus S

Strengthening SME competitiveadvantage through RFID implementation

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Thank youinhigo@uvigo.es

Prof. Iñigo Cuiñas

Strengthening SME competitiveadvantage through RFID implementation

RFID - From Farm to ForkAnuga Food Tec

Cologne, 28th March 2012

www.rfid-f2f.eu@RFIDfarmtofork

Prof. Mira Trebar

Fish pilot (Slovenia)Fonda

Fish Pilot

• SME: Fonda.si.• Fish farm location: northern part of Adriatic sea. • Product: Piran sea bass.• Fish grows for 3-4 years in ”natural conditions”.• Delivery of fish from the sea to a consumer in one day.

Business Process

• All stages of supply chain. • Fresh and smoked sea bass.• Paper tag - Catch date, ...• On sale: Slovenia, Italy, ...

RFID Implementation

Processing Logistics Fishmarket

• Farm: Growing, Feeding, Inspection.• Processing: Sorting by product type, Preparing orders,

Weighing boxes, Printing RFID label, Adding RFID data loggers.

• Logistics: Transport from processing, Receiving at coldstore, Shiping from coldstore, Transport to retail/customer.

• Fishmarket: Receiving, Removing RFID data loggers.

Processing

• PC, Scale, RFID Printer, Handheld RFID Reader.• Wireless Internet Connection.

Logistics

Receiving Shipping

• PC, Fixed RFID Reader, 2 Reader Antennas.• Internet Connection.

Cold chain

’RFID data logger’ with Temperature

Sensor (IDS d.o.o)

Cold store Transport

Consumer

• Presentation of results at Fishmarket.• Important information:

– Place of origin, – Freshness, – Quality.

• Consumer scans QR code – receives the data.

Conclusions

• Replacement of manual based collection of data.

• Improved business processes.

• Labour savings, employees like the new system.

• ROI can be identified during longer period.

• Traceability data is available – web page.

• Consumers confidence is considerably improved.

http://www.wmrfid.org/farm2fork/tracenew.html?uri=tag/302D6D4306800780000F4A7E

Strengthening SME competitiveadvantage through RFID implementation

RFID - From Farm to ForkAnuga Food Tec

Cologne, 28th March 2012

Thank youmira.trebar@fri.uni-lj.si

www.rfid-f2f.eu@RFIDfarmtofork

Principles

• Ownership of information– Originator of data owns information– Controls how much (or how little) is released

•Organisation– One transnational system• Don’t need different system for different retailers• Don’t need different systems for different countries• Independent, so trustable

How it works

Products are serialised• Each product (unit) gets its own web site• The website gives

– marketing information– origin– suppliers– dates and times– cold chain information– etc, etc

• Web site can be accessed on in shop terminal (extended barcode)• Can be accessed on mobile phone or tablet (QR code)

Technical details

• Fully conforms to EPC global specs• Provides information sharing between companies

using shared database• Control and ownership of information

Membership

Payment model is ‘per hit’– costs more the more you get from it– will also need to fund production tracing and

equipment

Membership– will organise group membership with

appropriate organisations– biggest advantage for early adopters

Collateral benefits

•View through the supply chain– efficient information sharing system

– suppliers can ‘see’ both ways through the supply chain

•Benefits of process traceability– what you need depends on what you have

– process depends on uint tracking (RFID, barcodes), process modelling, sensing technology

– Often when installed this increases efficiency– better control

– able to track product when needed

Shared and private

How does an open, shared system provide individual businesses with competitive advantage?

Open common infrastructure

Productiondata gathering

Productiondata gathering

Productiondata gathering

BusinessProductivityApp

BusinessProductivityApp

BusinessProductivityApp

ConsumerPresentationConsumer

PresentationConsumerPresentation

•Common open infrastructure– Maintained by Farm to Fork Foundation

• Database

• Services

• Protocols and standards

•Business specific systems– Produced by accredited systems integrators

• Production tracking systems

• Business productivity apps

• Branding and Marketing in customer information

FARM TO FORK

Set of open tools and standards to:• Manage products, assets, locations and documents

– Create and manage barcodes and RFID tags

• Collect and query information about sensor data, procedures and processes– Condition monitoring– Hazard analysis and critical control points

• Share information with business partners– With your customers as well– Bidirectional exchange

Developed with over 10 years experience on the SMEs marketPilots running in major food sectorsDeployed across all of Europe

- the system

FARM TO FORK

• Farm2Fork is about information– Collecting– Exchanging– Sharing

• Collecting this information is mandated by the law– It does not create additional work

• Paper based document handling is a false economy– You cannot use the information you produce

- why do you need it?

FARM TO FORK

• It lets you use the information you collect– Quality control– Better use of resources– Avoid costly mistakes– Food safety

• Large savings in terms of time– Time is the most precious of your assets, the most

costly of your ingredients

- information is not a burden

Call for expression of interest

•Farm to Fork Foundation– Needs national organisations, grow by affiliation

•Producers and retailers– Early adopters gain most advantage

•Systems integrators– To build business specific systems

FARM TO FORK

Come to speak with us today!

We are at:

Hall 10.1 Stand C076a

- If you want to know more…

Strengthening SME competitiveadvantage through RFID implementation

RFID - From Farm to ForkAnuga Food Tec

Cologne, 28th March 2012

www.rfid-f2f.eu@RFIDfarmtofork

Thank youinfo@rfid-f2f.eu