RFID integration at Toyota Parts Centre Europe

1. Jurgen Geys

2. Index
• Toyota Motor Corporation (TME)
• What is RFID?
• The RFID protocol
• The goal of RFID integration in the supply chain
• How to integrate RFID?
• Technical overview of RFID
• Demo
– Barcode VS RFID
– How RFID works
– Capturing RFID data on the network with WireShark
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The integration of RFID in the Toyota Parts
Centre Europe

3. Toyota Motor Corporation
TOYOTA - LEXUS
• Japanese Company
• Automotive Industry
Toyota Parts Centre Europe
• TPCE => Logistics
• TPCE => 800 employees
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The integration of RFID in the Toyota Parts
Centre Europe

4. RFID
• RFID = Radio Frequency IDentification
• Tag
• Reader antenna
• Reader
• Middleware
• RFID ISO standard
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The integration of RFID in the Toyota Parts
Centre Europe

5. RFID tag
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The integration of RFID in the Toyota Parts
Centre Europe

6. 3 types of RFID tags:
• Passive tag
• Semi-Passive tag*
• Active tag*
*including a battery
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Centre Europe

7. RFID reader-antenna
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The integration of RFID in the Toyota Parts
Centre Europe

8. RFID reader
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The integration of RFID in the Toyota Parts
Centre Europe

9. RFID middleware
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The integration of RFID in the Toyota Parts
Centre Europe

10. RFID ISO standard
• GS1/EPC Global => GEN 2
• Frequency ISO standard:
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The integration of RFID in the Toyota Parts
Centre Europe

11. What is the goal of RFID integration in the supply chain?
• Efficiency => Manpower(loading and unloading of trailers)
• Elluminate incorrect scans => facturation
• Safety => one person(forklift driver) by loading and unloading
instead of an extra employee for manual barcode scanning
• Information(more data) on parts (RFID tag) => RFID-chip
RFID @
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De integratie van RFID in het Toyota Parts Centre Europe
The integration of RFID in the Toyota Parts
Centre Europe

12. How to integrate RFID?
• Control the environment(metal racks) => electromagnetic
interference (Faraday shield)
• Create a pilot
• Network site survey => extra access points
• Final integration of RFID
• Training and coaching of employees => operators/IT
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The integration of RFID in the Toyota Parts
Centre Europe

13. Technical overview of RFID
• Modify the environment (network)
• Network overview
• Hardware
• AS400
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The integration of RFID in the Toyota Parts
Centre Europe

14. Modify the environment (network)
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Centre Europe

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Centre Europe

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Centre Europe

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Centre Europe

18. AS/400 => IBM
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The integration of RFID in the Toyota Parts
Centre Europe

19. Demo
• Impinj Speedway reader
• Workabout Pro (PsionTeklogix)
• Networksniffing/Packet analyzer
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The integration of RFID in the Toyota Parts
Centre Europe

20. Demo board
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Workabout Pro
(PsionTeklogix)
RFID reader-antenna
The integration of RFID in the Toyota Parts
Centre Europe

21. Thanks for watching!
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Special thanks to:
• Peter Vaes(CVO de Oranjerie)
• Yves Sterckx(CVO de Oranjerie)
• Psion Teklogix Benelux
• Aucxis Trading Solutions
• Toyota Motor Europe
The integration of RFID in the Toyota Parts
Centre Europe