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EPC/RFID EnablingTechnology for Next

Generation Supply Chain

Presented by

Mr Tan Jin Soon

Executive Director

EPCglobal Singapore

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EPCglobal standards

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Generation 2Tag

Reader

Air InterfaceProtocol

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Gen 2 Features

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Standard status

1. UHF Generation 2 specifications

approved as EPCglobal standard inDecember 2004

2. The UHF G2 standard has beensubmitted to the ISO process, and

will be incorporated in the ISO/IEC18000 series of standards as

ISO/IEC 18000-6c

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Generation 2Tag

Reader

Regulations

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RFID Regulations

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UHF Band legislations

Not fully harmonized worldwide

Huge progress has been made in last three years

Europe (46 countries) adopted one band for UHF

Japan & Korea released a band for UHF

Singapore approved new regulations in November2004

India approved a band for UHF

China is making progress

A key UHF functionality:

Tags optimised for a certain frequency will bereadable across the whole 860 to 960 MHz range withvery little loss of performance

For example, tags programmed at 915 MHz in the USwill read at 866 MHz in Europe or 950 MHz in Japan

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ITU Region 1 (EU and Africa)

CEPT countries 869.4 - 869.65 MHz : 500mW erp : DC

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ITU Region 2 (Americas)

USA, Canada and Mexico

902 - 928 MHz : 4W eirp FHSS, 500kHz

wide channels permitted relaxed

emission requirements within the wholeband.

Central & South America

Generally similar to North America but

varies from country to country.

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ITU Region 3 (Asia)

Australia 918 - 926 MHz : 1W eirp, FCC emission regs. Insufficient power

New Zealand

864 - 868 MHz : 4W eirp

Japan 952 - 954 MHz : Approved, 4W eirp

South Korea 910-914 MHz

India

865-867 MHz: Approved, 4W erp

Singapore 866 869 MHz: 0.5 W erp; 923 925: 2W erp (licence required

above 0.5W erp)

China Good progress recently; Testing in progress

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Getting involved

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Global membership profile-

June 05Tota l #

M e m be rs % Tota l

Asia 117 20%

North Am e rica 372 64%

Europe 87 15%

M E & Africa 3 1%

La tin Am e rica 5 1%

Tota l 584 100%

One membership per organization at HeadOffice location

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Dramatic growth Jun 05 vs

June 04

Jun 2004 Jun 2005 %Increase

Asia 21 117 557%

North America 132 372 282%Europe 36 87 242%

ME & Africa 2 3 150%

Latin America 0 5 -Total 191 584 306%

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The EPCglobal Network

ORGANIZATION A

Readers

EPCMiddleware

EPCIS

Internal

Systems

(ERP, WMS)

ORGANIZATION B

Readers

EPCMiddleware

EPCIS

Internal

Systems

(ERP, WMS)Discovery

Services(Search, ONS,

Event Registry)

Security

Authentication

Authorization

EPC

Reader Mgmt

EPC

Reader Mgmt

Supply Chain

VisibilityEvent Related Information

Supply Chain

VisibilityEvent Related Information

Tagged Units Moving Through the Supply Chain

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Supply Chain Visibility

The power of event related information

Improved customer availability

Demand driven supply chain

Reduced inventory

Increased productivity

Reduced counterfeit

Improved ability to track and trace

..etc etc

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EPCglobal Architecture Review

Committee (ARC) ARC - Primary Objectives

Overseer of EPCglobal Network Architecture.

Participate in the Standards Development Process.

Established linkage to GDSN

Currently focused on three key deliverables

Architectural Framework

Security

Tag Class Structure

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Network standards (Overseen by ARC)

Search and

Discovery

Event

Registries

GEN 2 AIPGEN 2 AIP

ALE F&CALE F&C

Tag Data StandardsTag Data Standards

Tag Data Translation

Reader Management

Reader Protocols

Tag Data Translation

Reader Management

Reader Protocols

Event RegistryEvent Registry

Application Program

Interface (API)

Application Program

Interface (API)

Security SpecificationsSecurity Specifications

EPCIS protocolsEPCIS protocols

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Asia Adoption Program (AAP)

During the past years in USA and Europe

several EPCglobal Pilot & Implementation

projects had been successfully carried out.

In Asia a few EPCglobal pilots had been

carried out in Japan, Korea and Singapore. In order to help more companies in Asia to

carry out EPCglobal Pilot &

Implementation projects, Asia AdoptionProgram (APP) was formed.

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Asia Adoption Program (AAP)

The Co-Chairs of AAP are:

- Mr. Fang Shir of Yuen Foong Yu

Paper MFG Co Ltd

- Mr. Casey Cheng of HP

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AAP Activities

From survey conducted a list of Top 10 AAP Priorities was selected

Call-in on 15.7.2005, determined to focuse on the Top 3 priorities:

- 1. Business case for AP (include focus on manufacturing): Led

by GS1-Japan, Mr Tatsuya Yoshimura Sony Corp Japan

-2. ROI calculator (EPC Value Model): Led by GS1-Hong Kong,Ms Anna Lin

- 3. Implementation cookbook, specific to AP: Led by GS1-

Singapore, Mr Tan Jin Soon

AAP physical meeting was held in Tokyo on 6 & 7 September 2005.

The next AAP physical meeting will be held in Taipei on 10 January

2006.

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AAP Asia Cook Book WG

Members of AAP Asia Cook Book WG are as follows:- Mr Tan Jin Soon (GS1 Singapore)

Chairman of EPCglobal Asia Cook Book Working Group

- Mr Jack Tay (Printronix)

- Mr Kenneth Chung (Tyco)- Mr Adrian Chan (GS1 Hong Kong)

- Ms Elva Wang (YFY)

- Mr Takashi Matsumoto (GS1 Japan)

- Mr Tatsuya Yoshimura (Sony)

- Mr Ho Min Kang (GS1 Korea)

- Mr A. Ogawa (Omron)

- Mr Shigeki Ohtsu- Ms Sofi Lin (GS1 Taiwan)

- Ms Mia Chu (GS1 Taiwan)

- Ms Marisa Lu (GS1 Taiwan)

Please contact any of the above for information on AAP Asia CookBook.

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AAP Asia Value Model WG

Ms Anna Lin of GS1 Hong Kong is Chair

of EPCglobal AAP Asia Value Model

Working Group

This WG is focusing on a survey to

develop a value model for the retailers,manufacturers and Up-stream suppliers. It

is based on the USA Value Model. Please contact Ms.Anna Lin of GS1 Hong

Kong if you need more information to

participate in this WG.

C G

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AAP Asia Business Case WG

Mr Tatsuya Yoshimura is Chair of

EPCglobal AAPAsia Business Case WG. This WG has receive 17 business cases

from Asia during a survey conducted

during 15 September to 7 October 2005.

Please contact Mr Tatsuya Yoshimura of

Sony Corp Japan if you want toparticipate in the AAP Asia Business

Case WG.

EPC l b l C k B k

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EPCglobal Cook Book

EPCglobal Cook Book WG has compiled and edited the EPCglobalCook Book based on documentation produced from many of the

working groups within EPCglobal, members of which also include

many early RFID adopters.

The EPCglobal Cookbook has been published and announced to

the EPCglobal subscriber community.

This Cookbook provides easy access to the available information

around the implementation of EPC. For companies who already knew about RFID and intend to get

involved in using the EPCglobal technology, the EPCglobal

Cookbook is designed to help them quickly get started by taking

advantage of learnings already captured by the EPCglobal CookBook.

EPCglobal Singapore is an active participant of the EPCglobal

FMCG P&I Cook Book Working Group.

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EPCglobal Cook Book (Cont) Among the tools and information listed in the EPCglobal Cook

Book are:- Getting Started: EPC Essentials, Implementation Guidelines,

etc.

- Tools: Standards, Cost Tutorial, Gen2 Information, etc.

-Measuring Performance: Key Performance Indicators, KPIScorecard

- Practice Briefings: Readers and Infrastructure, Applications,

Systems and Processes

- Reference Material: Glossary, FAQ's, Key Learnings, etc.

This Cook Book will explain concepts, components, applications,

how to get started, benefits, costs, business cases, business

practices etc

The Purpose of publishing the

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The Purpose of publishing the

EPCglobal Cook Book1.The 1st edition of this EPCglobal Cook

Book was released in September2005.

2.The Purpose of publishing theEPCglobal Cook Book is to help

companies to have a betterunderstanding on how to organize a

pilot trial and how to avoid mistakes

committed by early adoptors.

The Content of EPCglobal Cook Book

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The Content of EPCglobal Cook Book The content includes the following:

1. EPCglobal Essentials

2. The 5 Phases of Adoption

3. EPCglobal Public Policy Overview4. Data Synchronization

5. EPCglobal Specifications and Standards

6. Value Model for calculating ROI7. Get Started/Implemented Cost Analysis

8. EPCglobal Architecture Framework

9. EPCglobal Network Architecture

10.Certification


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11. Vendor Profile

12. Key Performance indicator13. EPCglobal Pilot Planning

14. Practice Briefings CASE/Pallet

packing, Optimizing Tag Location

15. Scaling from Pilot Implementation

16. Hand Held Readers17. Glossary

18. Feedback Survey Form

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How to access the EPCglobal Cook Book

The Cookbook can be accessed at two levels.

At the highest level, it is publicly available on the EPCglobal Inc.

website (http://www.epcglobalinc.org/RFID_Cookbook/index.html);

this includes the entire document structure and providescomprehensive summaries of all the chapters and sections.

At a more detailed level, the cookbook provides links to full reports

and documents, detailing specific aspects of the implementation of

EPC.

These documents are stored within the eRooms and are only

available to EPCglobal subscribers. As such, the Cookbook can

be a valuable tool in the promotion of EPCglobal in your localmarket.

Potential subscribers can get a good understanding of the type of

information they would get access to if they were to subscribe to

EPCglobal.

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EPC/RFID Pilot & Implementation Planning

Process/Check List The EPCglobal FMCG Business Action Group has

recommended the following 20 steps in the planning of

EPCglobal Pilot & Implementation project as follows:

1. Understand business drivers (compliance vs. transformation)

2. Identify use cases and map supply chain process

-Frame business cases

- Best Practices

- Pilot / Rollout approach (lab, four-wall pilot, pilot with

business partners)

3. Form RFID team (Part Time vs. Full Time)

4. Comprehensive spectrum analysis and product / tag

placement analysis

EPC/RFID Pil t & I l t ti Pl i

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Process/Check List (cont)5. Identify baseline work processes and measurements (time,

frequency, cost)

6. Decide which sustainable process / data changes should be

made going into pilot

7. Define which EPC reading to be added to the baseline

8. Define the result measures and success criteria for the pilot9. Categorize product, packaging and shipping container

characteristics

10. Obtain EPC Manager Numbers

11. Evaluate solution providers (turnkey vs. do-it-yourself)

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Process/Check List (cont)

12. Define EPC numbering scheme / data architecture

13. Hardware / tags / software selection

14. Run the pilot and collect the data

15. Analyze the in-process data (read rates, tag yield, reads @

supplier/retailer)16. Analyze and report the result measures

17. Review the unexpected results

18. Identify business impacts resulted from EPC/RFID (cost

and benefit)

19. Solidify adoption strategy (may create more use cases and

begin at step 1)

20. Develop communication plan (internal and external)

EPCglobal 5 Phase Adoption FrameworkP t A tiA l i A ti

B i A tiK l dP

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Ongoing collaboration

with trading andtechnology partners on

process/data flow

improvement.

Refine business cases

for targeted RFIDinitiatives.

Measure and track

improvement of keymeasurements / key

performance indicators.

(KPI)

Develop a

scoreboard ofmetrics to adjust

implementation

parameters

Engage in

phased orcategory based

rolloutDeploy

Coordinate testing w/

trading partners.

Select technologypartners for pilot and

rollout.

Analyze the in-process

data (e.g. read rates &

locations)

Validate performance in

end-to-end systematic

testing.

Decide which EPC

reading to be added to

the baseline.

Develop a long term plan

based on pilot result.

Verify adoption

strategy and cost

items (products,

quantity, how and

where to tag)

Develop a

scalable rollout

solution

Pilot

Identify cost drivers.

Form a cross-functional

RFID team.

Develop communicationplan. (at least for internal

purposes)

Define EPC system/

data architecture, and the

EPC numbering scheme.

Obtain EPC Manager

numbers.

Document EPC/RFID

impact to business

processes.

Define testing success

criteria before going into

the pilot.

Define and map the

current processes.

Examine process

and environmental

related issues in the

field.

Test targeted

applications in

the field (1 - 3

locations)

Trial

Identify technology

partners.

Test various RFID

products. (hardware, tags,

software)

Conduct tag placement

analysis.

Categorize

product/packaging

characteristics

Identify baseline work

process and key

measurements/ KPI(time, frequency, cost,

benefit, etc.)

Understand the

technology and

information flow.

Gain hands-on

experience in the

labExperiment

Learn about available

resources in the EPC/RFIDcommunity.

Form a research based

RFID project team.

Identify use cases.Understand business

drivers. (compliance vs.transformation)

Secure Executive

sponsorship & funding.

Learn about

EPC/RFIDtechnology.

Develop

RFID/EPCknowledge

Investigate

Partners ActionsAnalysis ActionsBusiness ActionsKnowledge

Actions

Purpose

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Thank you !

Contact :

Mr Tan Jin Soon

Executive Director

EPCglobal Singapore

Email: [email protected]