Barcode & RFID for Electric Utilities
How Did We Get Here?
Agenda Tracking Unsecured Inventory Put the Pieces Together - Inventory Variances Becoming Proactive - Yard Management What is RFID What about Bar Code Research The Goal The Future
Shouldn t we let the Warehouse know we are taking this? Na, we will account for it when we return.
Accountants Don t Make Good Electricians Either
Where We Were - Tracking Unsecured Inventory Put the Pieces Together - Inventory Variances Becoming Proactive - Yard Management What is RFID What about Bar Code Research The Goal The Future
Start the Search
Count Twice, Document Once
Fingers and Toes
Don t Get Me Started
Investigate the Variances
Operational Help with Discrepancies Do you remember which one we put in last month? The job called for a steel pole. NOPE Poles are PRETTY.
Where We Were - Tracking Unsecured Inventory Put the Pieces Together - Inventory Variances Becoming Proactive - Yard Management What is RFID What about Bar Code Research The Goal The Future
Yard Management
Does it Matter How You Get There
Track Items as They Leave the Yard When barcodes and RFID are used in the business process, procedures are automated to increase productivity and reduce human error.
Leave No Exit Uncovered
Where We Were - Tracking Unsecured Inventory Put the Pieces Together - Inventory Variances Becoming Proactive - Yard Management What is RFID What about Bar Code Research The Goal The Future
Ethernet This is Exciting RFID Reader RFID Tag RF Antenna Network Workstation
What is RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) Direct line of sight is not required, tags can be embedded or hidden. Tags are applicable in harsh environments. Read rate of forty or more tags per second; Bar Codes take half a second or more per bar code. Read distances up to 300 feet; Bar Codes no more than 15 feet.
Expanded Scope
Where We Were - Tracking Unsecured Inventory Put the Pieces Together - Inventory Variances Becoming Proactive - Yard Management What is RFID What about Bar Code Research The Goal The Future
Four Reasons for A Barcode System Error reduction No More transcription and recognition errors. Manual entry via a keyboard, for example, generates ten errors for every one thousand keystrokes. Productivity Improvement Barcode systems reduce personnel overhead and lessen training time. Asset Management Barcodes are the heart of any robust asset management and theft deterrence system. Business Intelligence The humble barcode data, brought into the realm of decision support and planning systems, provides management with the increased awareness of product availability needed for sound decisions and strategic planning.
Barcode Benefits (AICPA) AICPA American Institute of Certified Public Accountants The single biggest benefit of utilizing bar code technology is the reduction of operator errors. Bar code readers are exceptionally accurate and can eliminate the entry of incorrect or transposed codes that is bound to occur from manual data entry. Bar Coding is a technology that is critical to success of any data collection process.
AccountingTools.com An excellent solution to the inventory error problem is to record inventory transactions with bar codes.
Where We Were - Tracking Unsecured Inventory Put the Pieces Together - Inventory Variances Becoming Proactive - Yard Management What is RFID What about Bar Code Research The Goal The Future
Impressive The average person can identify and document 450 twelve digit numbers per hour. If you adjust for errors, 1 per every 300 characters, so 18 of the 450 numbers were incorrect. 432 per hour. The average barcode can be scanned in 2 seconds. 1800 per hour. Barcode will yield an 8-10 fold increase in productivity.
Case Studies Wal-Mart NES Proof of Concept 2011 2013
Wal-Mart RFID Trial shows cut product stockouts by 30% RFID Trial shows 62% increase in efficiency
NES Barcode/RFID Proof of Concept Padmount, Network and Substation equipment. $10,000,000 in inventory value at 26 different locations. The manual inventory counts were conducted by nine employees for ten hours, all on overtime. The Materials Management Supervisor input the hand written inventory count into an Excel spreadsheet and calculates the variances. This was an expense of $25,000 annually. NES worked with two organizations in barcoding and RFID, to conduct inventory counts above. RFID proved to be best at monitoring materials leaving a storage location and that the quickest and most effective tool for conducting an inventory stock count. This technology reduced the amount labor 84%.
NES POC RFID on three poles Place poles on trailer Drive past RFID reader and antenna at 15mph Results - PRICELESS
Where We Were - Tracking Unsecured Inventory Put the Pieces Together - Inventory Variances Becoming Proactive - Yard Management What is RFID What about Bar Code Research Our Plan The Future
Bar Code Weekly Cycle Counts 64-84% Issue Materials 47% Return Materials 47% Transfer Materials (Multiple Locations) 47% Purchase Order Receipts 47% Part Number Review
RFID Cycle Counts (Poles and Transformers) 84% Asset Tracking (Monitoring the Yards) 100%
RFID & Barcode Deployment Pack Mobile handheld devices & OS2 software RFID Fixed Readers Durable printers for RFID/barcode labels Labels and hang tags
Where We Were - Tracking Unsecured Inventory Put the Pieces Together - Inventory Variances Becoming Proactive - Yard Management What is RFID What about Bar Code Research Our Plan The Future
Security Cards for access to secure areas. Not only verifies identity but checks if certain requirements to enter have been met. Wristbands to provide access to unattended buildings.
PPE Personal Protective Equipment
Automated Inventory
Tools and Equipment Tracking
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Questions
Later On Gregg Bolinger Materials Management Supervisor O 615-747-3734 C 615-364-7216 Nashville Electric Service
References http://www.werc.org/ http://www.datasourcemobility.com/ http://www.epcglobalinc.com/ http://www.rfidjournal.com/ http://rfidprivacy.com/ http://www.rfidinc.com/ http://www.buyrfid.com/
NES $34,000,000 in Inventory -$34,000 $300,000 11% Labor - $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$