Boeing s Impact on the Commercialization of RFID for the Aerospace Industry RFID Journal Live! April 28, 2009 Susan Jordan

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1 Boeing s Impact on the Commercialization of RFID for the Aerospace Industry RFID Journal Live! April 28, 2009 Susan Jordan #BOEING is a trademark of Boeing Management Company. Copyright 2009 Boeing. All rights reserved.

2 Topics Boeing internal goals and collaboration Corporate leadership towards global interoperability Example business and use cases #Copyright 2009 Boeing. All rights reserved. 2

3 RFID Goals at Boeing Enable and institute standardized RFID systems and processes for all the Technology Domain teams. Replicate best practices through LEAN+ initiatives to reduce unit cost, cycle time, and defects. Guide global, interoperable RFID standards development and protect enterprise intellectual property. Develop innovative solutions to enable Boeing customers and suppliers to achieve significant productivity gains Work together on industry standards initiatives with competitors to avoid conflicting requirements with mutual suppliers and customers. #Copyright 2009 Boeing. All rights reserved. 3

4 Standards and Regulatory Oversight International International Organization for Standardization (ISO) International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) International Telecommunications Union (ITU) (United Nations) United Postal Union (UPU) (United Nations) EPCglobal ISO/IEC Joint Technical Committee 1 (JTC 1) TC 122 Packaging TC 104 Freight Containers TC 8 Ships & Marine Tech Regional SC 31 Automatic Data Capture WG 1 - Symbology WG 2 - Data Content WG 3 - Conformance WG 4 - RFID WG 5 - RTLS SC 17 IC Cards ITU-T (fka CCITT) Telecommunications ITU-R (fka CCIR & IFBR) Radio-frequency Issues ITU-D (fka BDT) Telecommunications Development Comité Européen Normalisation (CEN) ODETTE ECMA Comité Européen Normalisation Electrotechnique (CENELEC) Comité Européen Postal & Telegraph (CEPT) National Australia (SAA) British (BSI) French (AFNOR) American (ANSI) German (DIN) Japan (JISC) MHI AIM UCC EIA IEEE INCITS Other Industry T6 B10 FAA ATA EASA IATA JCAB ATC JAA CASC SAE DoD #Copyright 2009 Boeing. All rights reserved. 4

5 A global view of UHF RFID frequencies US and Canada: MHz (915 MHz) Europe: MHz (869 MHz) Middle East: Potential for MHz China: , MHz (862 MHz) Mexico: Typically 915MHz, Case by case basis Japan: MHz Pacific Rim: Singapore , MHz, Taiwan 915MHz South America: Undefined but 915 MHz is typically accepted Northern Africa: MHz (869 MHz) Southern Africa: 915MHz Typically permit FCC approved devices Australia: 915MHz Typically permit FCC approved devices New Zealand: MHz with FCC power levels #Copyright 2009 Boeing. All rights reserved. 5

6 Geographic mobility challenge RFID Tags can be designed to respond to all frequencies in this range. 860 MHz 862 MHz Readers are constrained by national regulation to smaller segments of the spectrum. China 869 MHz Europe 915 MHz USA 924 MHz 953 MHz 960 MHz Singapore Japan #Copyright 2009 Boeing. All rights reserved. 6

7 FAA Policy: RFID Usage on Civil Aircraft Must operate in the passive only mode. Must not radiate (backscatter) harmonics above a level of 35dBuv/m. The frequency assignment must remain outside of the published aviation frequency bands. Harmonic frequencies do not impinge upon any assigned aviation communication or navigation frequency. Use of passive only devices is restricted to ground operations only. Each item of installed equipment must function properly. Designed to operate in an aircraft environment with robust radio frequency stability. #Copyright 2009 Boeing. All rights reserved. 7

8 RFID Possibilities: Process Management Planned interaction between the RFID tag and a business process. Is the item in the right place? Has the tool been returned? Is this what the customer ordered? Is this item past its expiration date? Should this box go into this truck? #Copyright 2009 Boeing. All rights reserved. 8

9 RFID Possibilities: Health and Environmental Management The RFID tag can be connected to external sensors to manage environmental conditions. Birth Record #Copyright 2009 Boeing. All rights reserved. 9

10 RFID Projects: Location Management Where are you? Where am I? Triangulation Big Warehouse Big World #Copyright 2009 Boeing. All rights reserved. 10

11 JAL: Current State of Emergency Equipment Checks JAL maintenance technicians access oxygen generators in PSUs, ceiling panels, seats and crew rests. PSUs Ceiling Panels Seats Crew Rests #Copyright 2009 Boeing. All rights reserved. 11

12 JAL: Current State of Emergency Equipment Checks Mechanics required to check the expiration date located on the firing pin. #Copyright 2009 Boeing. All rights reserved. 12

13 JAL: Future State of Emergency Equipment Checks with RFID Dramatic results were achieved. Before 13 labors hours. 6.5 hour cycle time. Full ship-set of inventory managed as just-in-case and located in Haneda. No as-flying configuration management. Checked as OK or NG. Generators replaced 19 months prior to expiration. 20% loss of product life-cycle yield and greater consumption of product. After 8.5 labor minutes 99% reduction 8.5 minutes 98% reduction 80% reduction, forward deployed to line stations and managed as just-in time. All transactions captured in front-end database. As-flying configuration management allows for generator replacement in weeks or days before expiration. 20% recovery of product life-cycle yield, decrease in product consumption. #Copyright 2009 Boeing. All rights reserved. 13

14 RFID Technology Development Concept Introduced MHz On-Board Evaluation 915 MHz On-Board Evaluation FAA Policy Memo ATA Spec 2000 Standards AS5678 Released Extended User Memory Devices Available #Copyright 2009 Boeing. All rights reserved. 14

15 Thank You! Susan Jordan #Copyright 2009 Boeing. All rights reserved. 15

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