RFID integration at Toyota Parts Centre Europe

RFID INTEGRATION AT TOYOTA PARTS CENTRE EUROPE

Jurgen Geys

The integration of RFID in the Toyota Parts Centre Europe

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Index

• Toyota Motor Corporation (TME)• What is RFID?• The RFID protocol• The goal of RFID integration in the supply chain• How to integrate RFID?• Technical overview of RFID• Demo

– Barcode VS RFID– How RFID works– Capturing RFID data on the network with WireShark


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Toyota Motor CorporationTOYOTA - LEXUS• Japanese Company• Automotive Industry

Toyota Parts Centre Europe• TPCE => Logistics• TPCE => 800 employees


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RFID

• RFID = Radio Frequency IDentification• Tag• Reader antenna• Reader• Middleware• RFID ISO standard


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RFID tag


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3 types of RFID tags:

• Passive tag

• Semi-Passive tag*

• Active tag*

*including a battery


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RFID reader-antenna

UHF UHF


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RFID reader


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RFID middleware


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RFID ISO standard

• GS1/EPC Global => GEN 2 • Frequency ISO standard:


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What is the goal of RFID integration in the supply chain?

• Efficiency => Manpower(loading and unloading of trailers) • Elluminate incorrect scans => facturation• Safety => one person(forklift driver) by loading and unloading

instead of an extra employee for manual barcode scanning• Information(more data) on parts (RFID tag) => RFID-chip

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De integratie van RFID in het Toyota Parts Centre Europe


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How to integrate RFID?

• Control the environment(metal racks) => electromagnetic interference (Faraday shield)

• Create a pilot• Network site survey => extra access points • Final integration of RFID• Training and coaching of employees => operators/IT


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Technical overview of RFID

• Modify the environment (network)

• Network overview• Hardware• AS400


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Modify the environment (network)


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AS/400 => IBM


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Demo

• Impinj Speedway reader

• Workabout Pro (PsionTeklogix)

• Networksniffing/Packet analyzer


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Demo board

Workabout Pro (PsionTeklogix)

RFID reader-antenna


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Thanks for watching!Special thanks to:

• Peter Vaes(CVO de Oranjerie)• Yves Sterckx(CVO de Oranjerie)

• Psion Teklogix Benelux• Aucxis Trading Solutions• Toyota Motor Europe

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