UHF logistics management solution

First, the application background:

Today, the supply chain has become a key area of ​​competition among enterprises. The integration and management of the supply chain also means that the company will face a series of new technical challenges. Factors such as increased market competition and volatility in demand have prompted product manufacturers and sales traders to continually accelerate their pace, launch personalized and flexible products, ensure commitment, deliver on time, and respond quickly to changing customer requirements. , hobbies and the economic competition environment of the outside world. In the supply chain solution, the integration of speed, efficiency, correct rate and information is the key goal of the program.

Reasonable and efficient supply chain management can capture customer needs and share information throughout the supply chain, enabling companies to accurately predict the likelihood of inventory shortages and replenish them in a timely manner to avoid any delays that may result, ensuring planning from start to finish Synchronization with execution. Through the synergy of the supply chain, companies can reduce the size of inventory, shorten the return on investment cycle, improve the quality of products and services, and accelerate the company's response to the market.

The supply chain refers to the movement of all physical objects from raw materials to end users. Includes supplier selection, purchasing, product planning, material processing, order processing, inventory management, packaging, shipping, warehousing and customer service. Successful supply chain management seamlessly integrates all partners into the supply chain.

In the management of supply chain, the most critical technology is the tracking of goods. At present, the information identification tracking technology commonly used in supply chain management systems is bar code technology, and various shortcomings of bar code technology, such as reading one label at a time, the amount of data is limited. Poor environmental adaptability and the same bar code of the same product limit the efficiency of the supply chain.

This solution can solve these problems better by using electronic tag (RFID) technology.

RFID is a kind of radio frequency data acquisition technology, which is the best means of cargo tracking. It is superior to bar code recognition technology in that RFID can dynamically recognize high-speed moving objects and recognize multiple electronic tags at the same time. The recognition distance is large and can be adapted. Harsh environment. At the same time, because the electronic tag can uniquely identify the goods, it is possible to track the goods throughout the supply chain and grasp in real time which part of the supply chain the goods are in.

Implementing an electronic labeling system solution can achieve the following objectives and achieve the expected economic benefits:

1. Shorten the operation process

2, improve the quality of inventory operations

3. Increase the throughput of the distribution center

4, reduce operating costs

5. Logistics tracking in the supply chain

6. Increase the transparency of supply chain management

7. Capture data on the process

8. The transmission of information is faster, more accurate and safer.

Commodities flow throughout the supply chain. The most frequent operations are outbound/inbound operations and warehouse management. The following focuses on the application of RFID in the outbound/inbound management to fully introduce the electronic label system solution.

Second, the system introduction

In the face of repeated receipts and warehousing work every day, how can we quickly complete the rapid check and collection of large quantities of goods?

How to quickly find the specified goods in the warehouse? Now most of the warehouses still distinguish the goods by handwritten cards on the shelves, which is a time-consuming and laborious task for these warehouses. Moreover, mistakes in taking the wrong goods and repeatedly picking up the goods often occur.

Is it necessary to stop the inventory before it can be carried out? The losses caused by the shutdown of large warehouses are obvious, and enterprises are absolutely unwilling to bear. However, it is not the case that the managers of the enterprise are unwilling to face the fact that they do not carry out the inventory and cannot truly grasp the situation of the warehouse. Is there a way to carry out warehouse inventory without affecting the normal work of the company?

Can the forklift's dispatching be more reasonable? The forklift's resources are relatively scarce throughout the warehouse operation. How to make full use of it is a key to improving the efficiency of the entire warehouse. In order to make full use of the forklift, the forklift must be dispatched through the management system so that it is always fully loaded on the most efficient line.

The well-designed RFID application system we provide will find a good solution to these problems.

Warehousing flow chart:

Warehouse application system framework

(1) Packing and labeling system

Set the packing area before the goods are put in storage (this step can also be done on the product line).

According to the actual warehouse management application requirements, the corresponding items are packaged into separate packages according to the specified quantity, and the operation information is written into the label, and the label and the package are hung or attached.

(2) Inbound and outbound inspection system

1. System composition:

● In and out of the library RFID: fixed reader Reader / antenna, sensor system, process controller, indicator light, alarm, indicator panel (indicating receipt and delivery information, loading information, etc.)

● Label selection and installation: pallet label RPC, package label (paste type) warehouse entrance and exit configuration map:

2. The benefits of RFID for warehouse management

(1) The management personnel shall grasp the status of import, sale and storage of inventory materials in real time, and realize the information management method of transparent information.

(2) It is not necessary to carry out traditional inventory work, thereby reducing the backlog of materials, accelerating capital turnover, and facilitating production guidance.

(3) Solving the traditional management mode that human statistics are prone to human error and information exchange is not timely.
(4) Reduce the workload of manual statistics and improve work efficiency

(5) To curb the occurrence of misconduct from technical means

The following is the statistics of a palletized goods arriving at the warehouse for receiving operations:

data collection

Data acquisition method operation time-consuming

Manually enter the custodian to receive the receipt and receipt of the receipt by the computer operator for 10 minutes.

The barcode scanning clerk points the receipt and receipt to scan the barcode for 3 minutes.

When the long-distance radio frequency identification goods arrive at the warehouse, the data is entered into the database and read in real time for less than 1 second.

Work efficiency:

Quantity 1 pen 10 pen 100 pen 1000 pen

Entry method manual entry 10 seconds 100 seconds 1000 seconds 2 hours

Barcode scanning 2 seconds 20 seconds 200 seconds 33 minutes

Long-range radio frequency identification 0.1 seconds 1 second 10 seconds 1 minute 40 seconds

If the warehouses of each enterprise and each branch of the branch are equipped with long-distance radio frequency identification equipment, and realize the network connection within the system, it has automatic identification, automatic access, real-time recording, authorization, illegal entry and exit alarm, information inquiry, data analysis, etc. A variety of functions. It will play an active role in grasping the flow of materials in real time, accurately and completely, and improving the efficiency of scientific management. The implementation of long-distance radio frequency identification technology will help the logistics system to achieve reliable security. It has become a powerful partner in enterprise information management, and will better achieve the unification of “effective supervision” and “improving efficiency”.

(3) Forklift stacking and picking system

1, system composition

● forklift stacking and picking RFID vehicle terminal (WLAN), Reader/antenna,

● Label selection and installation: pallet label RPC

2, typical application process

Forklift stacking and picking systems are typically used on pallets and large containers, and Reader/antennas are connected to industrial-grade vehicle terminals (with built-in WLAN).

3, application income

Automated pallet stacking and picking to improve pallet handling, planning, and forecasting capabilities.

(four) inventory

The staff uses the handheld terminal to read the data in the pallet label. The pallet label records the actual quantity of the goods carried by the pallet, and can realize real-time data transmission through the wireless network, or collect the data in batches after collecting data for half a day. The way of processing is transferred to the background management system.

Therefore, through the automatic collection method of RFID technology, it is possible to realize automatic real-time and partition counting without manual intervention, and to ensure the rapid operation of inventory operations and the accuracy of inventory data.

(5) RFID system application

Although the application of various management links in the supply chain is diverse, the application of RFID technology can be summarized into several abstract processes. It is: for different packaging levels (single items, packing boxes, pallets), to solve such problems as conveyor belt sorting and identification, inbound and outbound product receipt and delivery, product information collection during packaging; collection during forklift operation, mobile data Acquisition and other processes. For each process facing different packaging levels, companies have different income conditions.

A conveyor belt

B out of the library

C packaging

D high altitude collection

E mobile acquisition

F car collection

G print label

(6) RFID investment income model income increase

● Increase in income

● Increase inventory availability by 5% to 10%

● Sales will increase by 3% to 7% due to increased availability of inventory

● Increase customer retention by 0.3% to 0.5%

● Increased recovery rate in logistics management will increase profits by 25% to 40%

● Improvements in recycling management will increase total revenue by 1% to 2%

Cost reduction

●40% to 50% loss due to theft

● Delivery speed increased by 10%

●Reduce the labor cost

● Site management reduced by 30%

● Reduce the labor cost of item storage up to 65%

● Reduce inventory costs by up to 25%

● can reduce cycle calculation cost up to 25%

● Improve the throughput of warehouse products up to 20%

● Reduce the damage rate and the sales of expired goods up to 20%

● Reduce complaints caused by lost packages up to 98%

(VII) Problems in the implementation of RFID projects

Successful application of RFID technology in logistics supply chain

RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) Inventory Tracking System refers to the automatic storage and transmission of information such as component specifications and serial numbers by attaching RFID tags to pallets, boxes or components. RFID tags can pass information to RF readers within 10 feet, eliminating the need for warehouse and shop floor scanners to scan component and work-by-product barcodes one by one, which reduces omissions to a certain extent. Occurs and greatly improves work efficiency. The application of RFID can significantly reduce costs and clear obstacles in the supply chain. The technology is closely linked to the logistics supply chain and is expected to replace barcode scanning technology in the coming years.

1. Market orientation and trends

Because Wal-Mart's strong advocacy and requirements for suppliers must use radio frequency identification (RFID) technology before 2006, many application system developers have upgraded programs, Sun, SAP, Oracle and IBM, HP, MICROSOFT, etc. are also beginning to be mainstream in the company. Integrated radio frequency identification (RFID) technology is integrated into the product.

Wal-Mart recently said that it will no longer purchase goods from suppliers that do not use RFID technology, which is extremely shocking to the application industry. Wal-Mart's decision affects RFID applications throughout the world, such as Oracle's database and application servers and SAP's R3 system. Sun decided to integrate RFID into the SunOne integration platform, and IBM's DB2 will also send data from RFID readers. To the enterprise application system.

Nowadays, the identification of retail goods is realized by bar code. When the goods are sold, they are identified by the bar code reader, and the data of the bar code is only recognized once in the whole circulation process. On the other hand, RFID does not require manual identification of the tag, and the reader can read location and item related data from the RF tag every 250 milliseconds. Some readers can read 600 tags per second, which is more than 1,000 times faster than traditional scanning.

SAP and Procter & Gamble are working together on a series of technological innovations to incorporate RFID data into the SAP R3 system. The system is called AutoID, which protects the system from only valuable data and avoids interference from erroneous data.

IBM recently announced the company's RFID system, providing a complete solution for RF identification, eliminating the need to cross-system implementation from the manufacturer's production, to the distributor's warehouse, and then to the retailer's full suite of business processes.

2, technology implementation and technology trends RF IC manufacturer Richardson Electronics is helping customers to implement RFID technology applications. The company's RF and wireless communications group has seen a 35% increase in RFID application revenue over the past year. They have six key customers working on RFID readers and tags for use in warehouses, clothing and toll roads.

2.1 Logistics Service Providers Adopted and Provided RFID Technology Logistics Service Provider DHL replaced RFID scanning with RFID technology in its logistics center at the end of 2004. This network will track the entire process from receipt to delivery. The company has been testing since 1998 and started a pilot project with Nokia in March this year. RFID technology enhances every aspect of the process. The system is suitable for any aspect of material handling. The scanner can automatically read and transfer information without having to read the barcode.

DHL uses the company's high-frequency passive technology in its labeling projects in Belgium, Finland, Germany and the UK, which is in compliance with ISO15693 international standards. DHL pays more than 60 cents per label and expects to have 1.5 billion packages tagged each year. In 2006, the deployment of RFID projects in China began.

Nokia is the first to test DHL's RFID project in Finland. It passes the electronic label printer on the phone

2.2RFID in HP

As part of its in-house business, HP launched a pallet-level RFID project at its inkjet printer distribution center. The company recently launched a second project at its cartridge factory, which plans to tag both the box and the tray with RFID tags. The third pilot project is planned to be carried out at HP's printer distribution center in Brazil, as well as at the pallet and package level. In China, HP printers in Suzhou and Shenzhen have implemented RFID projects.

Hewlett-Packard also began to explore the system integration of RFID in the actual manufacturing process. It ensures the correct components are used in manufacturing. After the RFID tag is used, the correctness of the selected components is automatically ensured by verifying the component series code.

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