Intel-Shanghai Modern Logistics-Weishen Electronics to jointly build a modern logistics supply chain
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1 System introduction
Regarding the application of RFID based on the EPC architecture, as a potential trend of supply chain management technology, the system takes China’s largest retailer Bailian Group as the terminal application prospect, and selects one of the largest manufacturers of household chemicals in China. The “White Cat” detergent products of Shanghai Hehuangbaimao Co., Ltd., as the object of collection of item-related information and data, enable Shanghai Modern Logistics Investment Development Co., Ltd., one of the top 50 Chinese logistics companies belonging to Bealead Group, to be able to visualize Provide timely and available “transparent” information services based on a single product to the upstream manufacturing enterprises of the supply chain to the final consumer, and expand the functional links of the “integrated” service of supply chain management through the application of new technologies And depth, optimize the internal business process of the enterprise, improve the efficiency of management decision-making, reduce related costs, and improve the efficiency and competitiveness of the overall supply chain.
RFID technology will speed up the identification and tracking of manufactured products by manufacturers, logistics operators and retailers. This technology will not only improve the transparency of manufacturing operations, but also bring intelligent and advanced data analysis methods to warehouses, shipping channels, retail receiving factories, back-offices, and headquarters of retail and manufacturing organizations. Intel, Shanghai Modern Logistics and their partners worked together to jointly develop, deploy, evaluate and record RFID pilot systems for Hehuangbaimao-Modern Logistics-Bealead retail terminals. In this system, all parties to the cooperation jointly design, implement, operate, evaluate, record and publicly demonstrate a process reform and technology deployment (with the help of electronic product code (EPC) standards and various technologies that support EPC) system, seeking to improve the overall supply The optimization of item turnover rate, item abnormal handling efficiency, inventory management of all parties involved in the chain.
In addition to extending the non-proprietary technology and process experience of this system to other logistics service providers, consumer product manufacturers and retailers, we also hope that this solution replication plan can further expand to Chinese manufacturers and retail industries. Promote the value of EPC standards.
The relevant units for the design and implementation of the system include:
Ietel, system initiator and total technology integrator;
Design and implementation of Shanghai modern logistics and supply chain management service business process;
BEA, RFID control software design and interface design with EXE system (WMS);
Weishen Electronics, RFID hardware design and hardware integration;
Huaquan Technology, EXE system (WMS) and RFID system interface design and application integration.
2 The overall business process of the system
Shanghai Modern Logistics Investment Development Co., Ltd. is a subsidiary of Bailian Group Co., Ltd., the largest retail enterprise in the country, focusing on integrating and optimizing the enterprise supply chain, integrating the investment management, planning information, technical services, software research and development, personnel training and other functions of the modern logistics system. As an integrated logistics enterprise, it provides a full range of logistics services for Bailian Group and its suppliers. Shanghai Modern Logistics Investment Development Co., Ltd. is one of the first batch of 4A logistics enterprises assessed by the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine of the People’s Republic of China, and one of the top 50 logistics enterprises in the country.
As a supplier of Bailian Group, Shanghai Hehuangbaimao Co., Ltd. uses third-party logistics services provided by Shanghai Modern Logistics Company to carry out product storage, transportation, and supply services. Based on the existing experience and the production capacity of the production line, arrange the production of the products, starting from the product offline, directly delivering to Modern Logistics, responsible for completing the stacking pallets of its products, combining with the MIS system of the Huangbaimao company, and completing the delivery of its products. In transit, Changqiao warehouse warehousing, warehouse management, and then according to the sales order of Bailian Group received by Hehuangbaimao Company, arrange its products out of the warehouse, and deliver them to the distribution center or distribution point of Bailian Group.
White cat product delivery process:
(1) Output barcode labels: Based on the product coding rules, a special manager will print the barcode labels of the cargo boxes in the computer room of Hehuangbaimao Company. The barcode output rules are formulated in accordance with the relevant EPC rules.
(2) Paste the label of the container: When the product is off-line and packed, the labels should be affixed to the box in sequence.
(3) The goods are loaded into the pallet: After the pallet is taken out by the palletizer, 40 packing boxes of goods are stacked on each pallet in the order of the barcode number. The RFID-barcode label installed on the pallet used in modern logistics (PVC material, card package, installed on the pallet by pasting), has been encapsulated in advance.
(4) Collection of goods out of the warehouse: use the RF terminal to scan the barcoded outbound order to enter the outbound order number, and scan the barcode number of the pallet label, and then scan the barcode number of any box of goods on the pallet to complete the pallet and the goods. The unique corresponding association of the bar code number and the offline-out operation of the production line, and complete the data storage and transmission.
Picture: Modern logistics warehousing operation process
(5) Modern logistics warehousing.
(6) Goods inspection before warehousing: First, modern logistics staff will inspect the goods to filter out unqualified products.
(7) Re-establish the link between qualified products and pallets: After scanning the barcode numbers of the pallets, scan the barcode numbers of the qualified products in the pallets one by one, re-establish the correspondence between the pallets and the barcode numbers of the qualified goods, and prepare for the storage of qualified goods.
(8) Warehousing operation: When the modern logistics warehouse warehousing operation is carried out, the system will complete the pallet label data collection through the fixed collection system, and complete the collection of the warehousing product information through the established link between the qualified product and the pallet, and will respond accordingly The warehousing information is saved.
(9) Provide EXE system (WMS) warehousing information: form a warehousing list and provide it to EXE system (WMS), so as to realize the operation of qualified goods warehousing and the interface between RFID system data and EXE system (WMS).
(10) Modern logistics outbound.
(11) Import the shipment order of the EXE system (WMS) system and start the warehouse check procedure.
(12) After receiving the shipment order provided by the EXE system (WMS) system, modify the single product data in the original inventory information table in the “pallet category” in the inventory information table according to the principle of reverse order of the original association relationship , Achieve the balance of outbound/inbound, and complete the outbound operation of goods.
3 System architecture
Figure: System module structure
4 Implementation effect
Quickly, real-time, and automatically collect item turnover information, simplify business operations, and improve the efficiency and accuracy of data collection. Due to the use of non-contact RFID tags (TAG) on site, the time for entering the relevant information and data of the goods in the warehouse to the background is greatly shortened, which is conducive to the WMS system to make relevant resource allocation instructions in the shortest time, thus making the site The efficiency of cargo handling and the utilization of shelf space resources can be improved to a greater extent.
(1) Realize the comprehensive tracking of the same batch of goods from the same quality management to the single product information. The single product code compiled according to the EPC rules and standards makes it possible to manage a single product. Different single products have different identification identities, which are more conducive to the management of product expiration and preventing sales Achievement of goals.
(2) The use of pallet RFID tags makes the monitoring of the pallet in and out of the warehouse, distribution and other links more clear, which is conducive to the asset management of the pallet itself. The cross-checking relationship between the pallet and the goods carried on the pallet is synchronized with the on-site operations. When the goods are in and out of the warehouse, the pallet is also delivered, and the delivery is handed over. RFID makes the confirmation of relevant information more real-time and accurate.
(3) Through mining and analyzing the collected business information, provide diversified report display, such as the statistics of the stay time of the items in modern logistics, the time statistics of the items from and the yellow and white cat to the Bailian distribution center, the statistics of abnormal goods transportation, and the current inventory Status statistics, etc.
(4) Realize the docking with the existing WMS system and MIS system, and realize the integration of logistics management to solve the demand. EPC-RFID technology, as the replacement technology of RF-BARCODE (radio frequency-barcode) data acquisition technology, still takes management requirements as the ultimate application purpose. The implementation of this system has verified the feasibility of this kind.
(5) Provide Web Portal function based on WEB, provide diversified report display for the data collected in the whole process, which can be inquired at any time through INTERNET.
(6) Construct EPC network environment and support standard-based docking capabilities with external environments (suppliers, retailer business systems). The application of EPC standard and EPCIS standardizes the large-capacity logistics information, so that relevant companies in the supply chain have a unified “format” of information and data, which enables the integrated operation of the upper and lower ends of the supply chain, and the mutual “information” “Transparency” exchanges become possible.
(7) The mature, reliable, high-performance, and scalable enterprise infrastructure allows IT to better support business development.
This system is currently only used from the offline of the manufacturing company and the control to the delivery center platform. In the next step, we will try to extend it to retail stores and provide the entire supply chain management information based on EPC-RFID reading technology. Serve.
5 Prospects of EPC-RFID Application
Through the research reports provided by INTEL and BEA, the entire RFID industry is currently fully optimistic about the industry’s prospects while continuing to heat up, while still maintaining a clear understanding.
5.1 International mainstream applications and innovative applications
In June 2005, Wal-Mart CIO Linda Dillman stated that 104 Wal-Mart supermarkets, 36 Sam’s Clubs and 36 distribution centers in the United States have already used RFID technology. More than 100 suppliers have participated in the operation of this system, with 55,000 pallets and 1.89 million labeled containers. On the conveyor belt of the distribution center, the retailer has achieved a reading rate of 95%. In the last link of the distribution operation, which is the process of unpacking the container into the compressor, the reading rate has reached 98%. The biggest problem at present is the reading rate of reading all the container labels on the entire pallet, which is only 66%. Dillman said that in January 2006, Wal-Mart’s top 200 suppliers will use RFID tags on outer packaging boxes and pallets, accounting for 20% of Wal-Mart’s entire RFID roadmap.
2005 was the year when the US Department of Defense issued relevant policies and regulations, actively experimented, and prepared for large-scale implementation in 2006. In February 2005, DoD has begun to receive goods with RFID tags on packages through two logistics agents equipped with RFID equipment replenishment stations. DoD already has a document for explaining to the supplier, the document includes what type of label the supplier should use, the data in the label required by the DoD, and the location of the label on the goods. DoD has modified the standard electronic format transmission protocol for 865 EDI sharing supply chain data, which will include the unique code on the RFID tag. The supplier will be required to first send an advance shipping notice via EDI so that DoD can associate the label with the goods in the box when receiving the goods. In the schedule of the Ministry of Defense’s RFID final policy, the implementation of RFID passive tags is scheduled for January 2006. DoD will require suppliers to use RFID passive tags on packaging boxes such as cargo boxes, gasoline packaging boxes, lubricating oil tanks, fuel tanks, and chemical tanks. DoD suppliers can use any tag provided by the tag supplier, as long as it meets the requirements of the 64- or 96-byte EPC Class0 or Class1 tag. Since January 2007, all boxes and pallets of goods shipped to DoD are required to be affixed with RFID tags before they can be released.
In 2005, the international innovative applications of RFID mainly included the following aspects: medical and drug management, positioning and tracking, anti-counterfeiting and identification, dangerous goods management, production line management, refueling management, etc.
5.2 Domestic application status
Domestic RFID applications have developed from being relatively rare in the past two years to being seen in many fields, but overall it is still in its infancy. The main indicator is that there are fewer applications in industries that have reached a certain scale and fewer successful cases. At present, domestic applications are mainly concentrated in two aspects, which are convenient for daily life and anti-counterfeiting and anti-theft.
So far, the largest and most profitable RFID industry application in China and even in Asia is the Automatic Train Number Identification System (ATIS). The system can collect train number, train number and arrival information in real time, realize the tracking management of railway wagons, locomotives, trains and containers, meet the requirements of the railway information management system for basic information such as trains and vehicles, and enable the management of current trains in my country’s railways. Entering the world’s advanced level has produced huge social and economic benefits. At present, 18 railway bureaus across the country have adopted this system, which adds more than 200 million yuan in revenue to the Ministry of Railways each year. It also plays a huge role in real-time tracking of railway vehicles and providing passenger car punctuality. The core technology of the system is a passive ultra-high frequency (UHF) RFID tag with independent intellectual property rights and reflection modulation signal receiving technology. The maximum identification distance can reach 6 meters, and the maximum speed can reach 160 kilometers. At present, domestic small-scale applications are gradually increasing and spreading to various fields. Typical applications are electronic ticket, document anti-counterfeiting, access control, equipment management, mail transshipment and animal husbandry supply chain supervision. Daily life applications include various transportation cards, such as electronic tickets (bus and subway tickets, all-in-one card tickets) have been used in many cities. In this type of applications, the card reading rate is high, reaching 100%, which can make the public Gradually understand and accept RFID technology in use.
The 2005 China International RFID Technology Application Forum held in Shanghai on November 3 showed that the application of RFID in Shanghai has developed rapidly. Shanghai established the RFID and IoT Industry-University-Research Alliance in September 2005, hoping to make Shanghai occupy the commanding heights of RFID and IoT technology and industry through the interactive cooperation of production, learning, and research. At present, a number of applications have come into practical use, with a certain scale and relatively successful ones such as gas cylinder management and livestock identification and tracking systems.
Generally speaking, whether at home or abroad, due to high cost, lagging standards, immature technology, insufficient demand and other factors, the application of RFID technology will develop in a steady growth trend, and there should be an objective and clear understanding of this. .
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