Oracle
Oracle Solutions for Retailers’ RFID Mandates
Qiming HuangSenior Strategic Development [email protected]
RFID Market DriversRetail Mandates
RetailerRetailer RFID InitiativeRFID Initiative Companies AffectedCompanies Affected
Mandate for suppliers to ship pallets and cases with RFID tags January 2007
600’s of CPG and Manufacturing Companies
Mandate for suppliers to ship pallets and cases with RFID tags January 2006
100’s of High Tech and Electronics Companies
Mandate for suppliers to ship pallets and cases with RFID tags Spring 2005, 2007
100’s of CPG and Manufacturing Companies
Mandate for suppliers to ship pallets and cases with RFID tags April 2005
100’s of CPG and Manufacturing Companies
Mandate for suppliers to ship pallets and cases with RFID tags November 2004
100’s of CPG and Manufacturing Companies
Mandate for suppliers to ship pallets and cases with RFID tags September 2004
100’s of CPG and Manufacturing Companies
RFID Market DriversOther Mandates
Agency / GroupAgency / Group RFID InitiativeRFID Initiative Companies AffectedCompanies Affected
By 2010, all pallets and cases shipped to large depots run by the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) will have to have passive RFID tags.
40,000+ CPG and Manufacturing Companies
Endorsed use of RFID to track all drugs at the unit level by 2007 to create an electronic "pedigree” to reduce counterfeiting
All Pharmaceutical companies and potentially all pharmacies and healthcare providers
Endorsed use of RFID tags for US-Visit program, Smart and Secure Tradelanes, U.S. Customs Container Security Initiative (CSI), Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism (C-TPAT), Operation Safe Commerce.
All companies shipping goods to and from the US
Cooperate to set standards for using RFID and other auto-id technologies for parts tracking and identification
Airlines, parts suppliers, regulatory agencies and third-party maintenance repair and overhaul shops, which do contracted maintenance on behalf of airlines
Two Deployment Solutions
Oracle Sensor Edge Server & Compliance Workspace 10.1.3 Only
Included in Fusion Middleware RFID Printer – e.g. Zebra RFID Reader – e.g. Symbol Light Stack –Optional, e.g. Patlite
Oracle Sensor Edge Server 10.1.3 & Oracle WMS 11.5.10
Included in Fusion Middleware and EBS Enabled RFID in WMS RFID Printer – e.g. Zebra RFID Reader – e.g. Symbol Light stack – Optional, e.g. Patlite
RSCW ArchitectureRFID Supplier Compliance Workspace (RSCW)
Sensor Edge Server
Oracle Application Server
Sensor Data Repository
Oracle Database
ComplianceServices
ComplianceWorkspace
Custom Apps
Label Printing
RSCW Workflow
Data Import
RFID Tag
Association
Verification
Oracle RFID Supplier Compliance Workspace
EPC
GenerationData Export
Supplier
Label
Printing
Oracle ApplicationsPackaged Applications
Legacy Applications
RSCW Pros & Cons
For non-WMS customers or lower-version-WMS customers
Stand-alone compliance solutions Minimum impact to current system and business Part of Application Server JE, SE, EE and EDA Small footprint and easy deployment–3 to 5 days Turn-key solution integrated with hardware Supporting all EPC encodings Extensible and Flexible Requires integration with ERP system (Optional)
Sensor Edge Server
Disp
atchers
Device D
rivers
Driver
Driver
Driver
InternalQueue
Streams
JMS
SOAP
HTTP
E-Business Apps
Even
tP
rocesso
r
Streams
De-queue, parse and prep API calls
WMS Enabled• Receiving• Shipping
Existing APIs• Inventory• QA• WIP• EAM• and others
The current E-Business Apps release (11i10) includes support for WMS Receipt and Shipping transactions. RFID enabling other transactions is possible via enhancement and could leverage existing API calls.
Groups
Filters & Rules
WMS ArchitectureWarehouse Management System (WMS)
Load of pallets and / or cartons with RFID tags on each
Drive load through RFID Reader in Receiving Dock
Oracle Sensor Oracle Sensor Edge ServerEdge Server
Interface to readers, clean and filter data, then pass IDs to application
WMS RFID WMS RFID Event Event
ProcessorProcessor
Access objects associated with the ID's (e.g. LPN's on ASN) then raise correct Business Event
WMS WMS Application Application
APIsAPIs
Process the Business Event, e.g. Receipt of pallet or carton
Access associated source document, e.g. the PO’s ASN
WMS WMS Response & Response & Exception Exception HandlingHandling
Confirm success or failure, e.g. trigger green light or sound buzzer
Putaway, rescan or divert material
WMS Shipping & Receiving (WMS 11i10)Built-In Support for High-Volume Business Flows
WMS Pros & Cons
For WMS customers with WMS version 11.5.10 Built-in compliance solutions in WMS Large footprint and complicated deployment- 3 to
5 days for enabling RFID only Dependency on SES Turn-key solution integrated with hardware Supporting all EPC constructs Extensible and Flexible Out-of-box integrated with WMS and other ERP
flows
“After two months of research and analysis, we selected Oracle Sensor Edge Server as our compliance solution. At the time, we had absolute no experience with RFID and EPC technology. Within one day, the Oracle team showed us how to deploy the system and integrate with the necessary hardware. In the next two months, one of our IT staff members installed and configured Oracle Sensor Edge Server in our warehouse and connected it with Zebra RFID printers and Alien RFID readers. Since we started shipping products to retailers requiring RFID tags, we have not been contacted about any read rate complaints. The system runs stable without a dedicated maintenance resource. With Oracle Sensor Edge Server as part of Oracle Event Driven Architecture (EDA) Suite, we finished the project successfully on time and within budget.”
-- Steve Yokoyama, IT Program Manager, Gateway Computer
Reference CustomerChallenges Meet the retailers’ mandates in a
short period of time with limited budget and no RFID experience.
Ship products to multiple retailers with different RFID tag encodings.
Print RFID labels with varied label layouts, contents, and dimensions.
Verify shipment with RFID labels automatically.
Benefits Fast deployment and easy
implementation. 100% acceptance rate on all shipments
to RFID enabled retailers. Plug and play framework for hardware. Low maintenance cost due to stable
system. Supporting multiple tag encodings and
label formats with flexible and configurable system.
Reduced shipping time and errors with auto-verification.
RFID Successful StoriesOperationControl
Identity & AssetManagement
Retail & Supply Chain Aviation
RFID Partner EcoSystemConsultingIntegration
Infrastructure Platforms
Network
TagsReadersPrinters
Information Infrastructure
Applications
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