The logistics distribution center of Bailian Distribution Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of China’s largest retail giant Shanghai Bailian Group, passed the actual acceptance of the warehouse management system based on RFID technology organized by the Pudong Science and Technology Bureau in November 2006.
The RFID-based warehouse management system project is supported by six companies including Cisco, Verisign, and AutoID. It is composed of Jema Computer Information Technology (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as JMIT or JMIT) and Shanghai Bailian Distribution Co., Ltd. (Hereinafter referred to as’Bealead Distribution’) formed by a working team. Jema is the IT solution development, implementation and service provider of Bailian Distribution, Hualian Jimaisheng, Hualian Lawson and other large modern retail distribution companies. The RFID project is carried out in five phases, of which the first and second phases have been successfully completed. The physical tests and application model field experiments of the existing RFID tags and equipment on the market have been carried out, laying the foundation for future applications. The third phase-the practical phase of the warehouse: completed the pallet-level receiving, putting on shelves, sorting, and shipping in the warehouse. The focus of the fourth and fifth phases will be to open up the upstream and downstream of the supply chain, and realize the information sharing of the complete supply chain through RFID technology. The RFID warehouse management system has strong automatic identification, verification and background supervision functions, which can provide real-time guidance, supervision and error correction for on-site operations. Field operation tests since June have shown that the receiving and shipping capacity of traditional warehouses will more than double after adopting this system. In the near future, Bealead will gradually apply RFID technology to the container level and item level. The development prospects of RFID technology in China’s logistics and distribution industry will be very bright.
The value goal of RFID technology in logistics distribution
Overall goal: This project has conducted a comprehensive research on RFID standards (EPC standards and UID standards) and conducted a comprehensive survey of China’s main RFID equipment, as well as performance testing of some equipment, fully mastered RFID technology and equipment, and has research and development capabilities. The leading domestic RFID-based warehouse business intelligent management system has made its own contribution to the rapid development of the domestic logistics retail industry. The successful implementation of this project has brought a qualitative leap to the efficient management of the retail logistics and distribution industry. According to the ROI assessment of relevant experts, due to the greatly reduced costs of warehouse management in terms of manpower, material resources, and financial resources, the payback period for an RFID application project for a 20,000 square meter warehouse is only over one. At present, more and more logistics companies realize the importance of intelligent warehouse management, and the demand for this project is also increasing.
Actual results
Improved operational efficiency based on the normal operation of the warehouse
In response to various situations such as long time to find cargo location information in distribution centers in the current logistics industry, many warehousing operations errors, low work efficiency, etc., Jiema has researched and developed RFID-based warehouses on the basis of fully grasping RFID technology and equipment. Three-dimensional automatic control system, which will greatly improve the efficient and automated management of the three-dimensional warehouse of the distribution center. The successful implementation of this project plays an important role in improving the management level of my country’s logistics industry and promoting the development of related industries in my country. At the same time, this project has also taken an important step for the development and application of radio frequency identification technology in my country. According to preliminary statistics, the successful implementation of this project will bring about revolutionary changes in warehouse business models and operating procedures. The construction and management costs of a 6000 square meter warehouse can be reduced by 200 in terms of warehouse design and construction management costs. More than ten thousand yuan. Considering the transformation of the existing 10 warehouses of Shanghai Bailian Distribution Co., Ltd., more than 20 million yuan can be saved. Since the application of this project can reduce a large amount of funds for the project application unit, it also drives the economic benefits of this project. It is estimated that this project will directly generate more than 50 million economic income in the next five years.
Research mode
This project takes Jema Corporation as the main research body, and cooperates with the School of Software of Fudan University to conduct project cooperative research. Shanghai Bailian Group Distribution Company as the project application unit provides the distribution center warehouse as the prototype system research and application site. Gemma Company-Bailian Distribution Company-Fudan University Software College formed a close industry-university-research alliance to jointly research and develop advanced warehouse three-dimensional automatic control system. Extensive research and testing have been conducted on RFID standards and equipment. Gemma and Fudan University Software School have spent more than a year comprehensively researching RFID standards (EPC standards and UID standards), and conducted a comprehensive survey of major RFID equipment in China, as well as performance testing of some equipment, which enabled the project team Fully master RFID technology and equipment.
(Jiema owns the independent intellectual property rights of this project and has applied for a patent from the State Intellectual Property Office, patent application number: 200510030063.2)
Bealead RFID Technical Standard
Unique 3D visualization monitoring system
The three-dimensional dynamic tracking system for forklifts, pallets, and turnover boxes in the warehouse is realized. The details are as follows: 6000 square meters of plane positioning, 3500 rack positions, and 2500 commodity pallets.
The tracking and positioning accuracy of the above-mentioned moving objects is 1 meter when moving on the warehouse operation plane. This project uses EPC CLASS0 and CLASS1 GEN2 tags. The reading distance indicators are as follows:
Class 0, 2×2 tag: 0~2.5m
Class 0, 11020: 0~3m
Class 0+4×4: 0~3.5m
Class 1 9238 Squiggle: 0~2.5m
Class 1 9338: 0~3.5m
GEN2: 0.1~3.5m
Operating frequency: 900MHz
RFID tag capacity: 128bits
About Jetma
Jema Corporation is a wholly foreign-owned high-tech enterprise focusing on the development and service of enterprise information technology software, providing enterprises with full service from IT technology to management application. Not only committed to software solutions, IT infrastructure and integration, project implementation. It also includes engineering, operation, maintenance, and design services.
The company’s solutions include computer information systems HW, SW, procurement, installation, wiring and other engineering services; IDC (specific retail users) design, operation, technical support services; technical support center (24-hour Call Center); modern retail logistics, large-scale Chain retail business BPR, ERP, SCM, CRM, EDI, RFID consulting, consulting, system business design services, etc.
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