La Piattaforma Applicativa RFID

Giuseppe RussoProduct Marketing Manager

Giovanni ZoffoliBusiness Solutions Industry Marketing Manager

Agenda

Componenti di una architettura RFID

Criticità evidenziate dai clienti

La strategia MBS verso RFIDAxapta 4.0

Navision 5.0

Come ingaggiarci

RFID System Components

Tags Antenna Readers “Middleware”Business

Applications

RFID Hardware DomainRFID

MiddlewareDomain

BusinessApplication

Domain

• Device consisting of an electronic circuit and integrated antenna

• RF used to transfer data between the tag and the antenna

• Receives and transmits the electromagnetic waves

• Wireless data transfer via air interface

• Communicates with the tag via antenna

• Provides power supply to passive tags

• Translates radio waves into digital information

• Reads/writes data from/to the tags through the reader

• Filters, stores and evaluates obtained data against business process

• Links the transceiver to applications, e.g. ERP

RFID – Quali criticità

Integration with business applications Dealing with data floodComplexity

Lack of Business Case for ManufacturersHigh costs of tagsHard costs versus soft benefitsLimited scale of initial deploymentsWhere can manufacturers derive value?

Lack of Standards and Technology ChallengesEPC Class 1 Gen 2 products only emergingLimitations of RFID QC, read reliability

Microsoft / MBS RFID Product and Partner Strategy

ProdottoAxapta 4.0

Navision 5.0

PartnersLato MBS una specifica iniziativa sui verticali

Ingaggio differenziato per tipologia di partner (ISV, SI, VAR, etc…)

Axapta 4.0 RFID - 1H CY06

Device Service Provider Interface (DSPI)

Rules Engine / Runtime

• Store & schema• Filters and aggregation• Alerts and rules• Lookup and synchronization• Report generation and analysis • Auditing and logging

Reader Config. & Mgmt.

• Discovery and configuration• Health and monitoring• Management UI• Software updates

Data Store

RFID Object Model

Data Look-upEPCIS

Data Synchronization

Partners

Hardware Partners

Partners Partners

• UI Elements for Server, Device Discovery, Configuration & Management

• Tables for new RFID data • EPC Number Management• Tagging Rules (By customer, product, sales order

line etc)• Business Logic for handling RFID Events (Pick,

Pack, Ship incl. ASN, Receive)• Connector

Axapta 4.0 RFID Embedded RFID Services

Comprehensive Device ManagementDevice and Server Health MonitoringFlexible Rules Framework to flexibly define Data Management capabilities (Filters, Rules and Alerts)Local Data StoreCentralized Server Monitoring and Integration via ConnectorEasy extensibility (custom / partners)

Core Axapta ApplicationElectronic Product Code Number Assignment and Management as part of ERP

Electronic Product Code (EPC) compliant (96-bit)Define by customer, stock keeping unit, sales order if tagging (and at what level) is requiredOut of the box integration with core processes (pick, pack, ship, receive)

Support for tag@ship process including ASN generationCaptures EPC numbers in core application for improved traceability and control

Support for pallet, case and item level tagging (2 dimensions)Extensive collaboration capabilities (incl. ASN based on AX12)Easy extensibility (custom / partners)

Navision 5.0 RFID* - 2H CY06

Device Service Provider Interface (DSPI)

Rules Engine / Runtime

• Store & schema• Filters and aggregation• Alerts and rules• Lookup and synchronization• Report generation and analysis • Auditing and logging

Reader Config. & Mgmt.

• Discovery and configuration• Health and monitoring• Management UI• Software updates

Data Store

RFID Object Model

Data Look-upEPCIS

Data Synchronization

Partners

Hardware Partners

Partners Partners

• EPC Number Management• 96 bit EPC Data Structure• Packing• ASN Report• Data Extraction & Integration

• EPC Numbers• Data Model (MD + Obj)• Transaction Feeds

• (Serialization)

Come ingaggiarci…

Mandate driven RFID deployments in manufacturing and distribution (pursue other opportunities, i.e. asset management opportunistically)Consumer Goods, Wholesale & Distribution (as well as Life Sciences, Automotive and High Tech, Parts Suppliers i.e. Aerospace & Defense)Engage with ISVs building RFID middleware on .NET and convert to RFID Services – build vertical extension / real-time edge appsOffer out of the box compliance solutions comprising software, hardware, services (trad. MBS VARs and RFID systems engineering)