RADIO FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION AND TRACEABILITY

Outline 1. Introduction 2. What is RFID? 3. RFID technology and standards 4. In what area can RFID provide benefits 5. Practical examples 6. Cost estimates 7. Summary 12 th May 2008 2008 FoodReg AG based on and incorporating material AIM UK Ltd All rights reserved 2

RFID, Introduction RFID = Radio Frequency Identification Practical solutions include Tags, Reader(s), RFID Middleware and Back end application solution 12 th May 2008 2008 FoodReg AG based on and incorporating material AIM UK Ltd All rights reserved 3

RFID, Introduction Many applications in many sectors; Logistics and supply chain management Asset management Access control / security Production management Payment solutions Smart Cards 12 th May 2008 2008 FoodReg AG based on and incorporating material AIM UK Ltd All rights reserved 4

RFID, Introduction Some RFID tags are used for ID only More complex applications of RFID can record information particularly relevant for food traceability including information such as; By whom Where When How 12 th May 2008 2008 FoodReg AG based on and incorporating material AIM UK Ltd All rights reserved 5

What is RFID? Technology to identify individual items, such as containers, pallets, packaging material etc. Supports automated identification and data capture of large quantity of items at the same time with a single reader (unlike bar codes) 12 th May 2008 2008 FoodReg AG based on and incorporating material AIM UK Ltd All rights reserved 6

RFID Technology Classification by frequency Low frequency RFID (<135kHz) High frequency RFID (typ. 13.56 MHz) Ultra High Frequency RFID (typ. 433 960 MHz) Microwave RFID (2.4 GHz / 5.8 GHz) Classification by type Active / Passive Smart Label RFID Smart Active Label RFID Chipless RFID Integrated re-writeable media RFID 12 th May 2008 2008 FoodReg AG based on and incorporating material AIM UK Ltd All rights reserved 7

EPC Electronic Product Code EPC is a numbering system similar to the GS1 (EAN.UCC) system using RFID data carriers 96 bit code 8 bit header, 28 bits source provider identifier 24 bits type of product identifier, and 36 bit unique item ID The EPC initiative has helped push standardisation for RFID and is probably the most important initiative for use of RFID in supply chain management 12 th May 2008 2008 FoodReg AG based on and incorporating material AIM UK Ltd All rights reserved 11

EPC developments 2004: Establishment of consensus for Gen 2 tag spec. 2006: EPC Gen 2 adopted in ISO/IEC18000-6C 2007: General protocol for low-level RFID readers 2007: Ratified global standard for secure real-time sharing of data from RFID systems; The EPCIS standard. This standard should simplify many processes, such as: Container tracking among multiple business partners, Promotions management Electronic proof of delivery 12 th May 2008 2008 FoodReg AG based on and incorporating material AIM UK Ltd All rights reserved 12

Summary RFID technology standardisation has made significant progress over the last 5 years RoI should be carefully considered in each case RFID is increasingly used in supply chain management and retail with documented RoI for retailers through improved outof-stock monitoring Food Traceability applications are dominated by livestock tracking, but other food traceability applications have been demonstrated 12 th May 2008 2008 FoodReg AG based on and incorporating material AIM UK Ltd All rights reserved 24