PUTTING EPCIS AND VISIBILITY DATA TO WORK

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1 PUTTING EPCIS AND VISIBILITY DATA TO WORK

2 TOPICS Quick Refresher GS1 and EPCglobal Standards and how they relate Visibility in the Physical World

3 GS1 AND EPCGLOBAL STANDARDS FRAMEWORK 3

4 GS1 US VISIBILITY FRAMEWORK REFRESHER GS1 US Visibility Framework Provides Coherent Architecture of Standards Enabling Convergence of Multiple AIDC Technologies

5 WHAT HAPPENS WHEN WE ADD NEW AIDC TECHNOLOGIES? The way we identify our goods and locations can change a little Still use GS1 Company Prefix as the root for GTIN and GLN We may use serial numbers to add granularity (Not just one of these, but this one of these) and we may change the carrier 2D DataMatrix DataBar RFID tag The way we define and share descriptive information stays the same Standard GTIN attributes through GDSN and a certified data pool Standard GLN attributes may be shared through GS1 US GLN Registry The way we transact with our partners may change a little Same EDI messages for order-to-cash Partner may request serial numbers as part of the ASN The way we share visibility information changes completely 5

6 EPCglobal Standards Framework Certificate Profile Pedigree *Discovery Services Object Name Service (ONS) Share EPC Information Services (EPCIS) Core Business Vocabulary (CBV) Application Level Events (ALE) Discovery Configuration & Initialization (DCI) Low Level Reader Protocol (LLRP) Reader Management (RM) Capture Tag Protocol UHF Class 1 Gen2 Tag Data Standard (TDS) Tag Protocol - HF Class 1 Gen2 Tag Data Translation (TDT) Identify Data Standards Interface Standards *Standards in Development

7 VISIBILITY AND GS1 STANDARDS UHF Gen2 Air Interface Protocol HF Gen2 Air Interface Protocol Low Level Reader Protocol Reader Management Application Level Events 7

8 VISIBILITY AND GS1 STANDARDS EPC Information Services Standard Common Business Vocabulary Std. 8

9 KEY TAKEAWAY GS1 System Standard and EPCglobal technical standards are both designed as interoperable systems We can move fluidly between AIDC technologies by keeping our focus on the identification system and the data sharing standards Both barcode and RFID can be the source for EPCIS read events 9

10 VISIBILITY INTO THE PHYSICAL WORLD Business decisions are made at the company headquarters data center but there s an awful lot of important action here EPCIS information exchange can bring awareness of the physical world Factory Warehouse Distribution Center

11 VISIBILITY INTO THE PHYSICAL WORLD THE FOUNDATION OF ACTIONABLE INTELLIGENCE If you can t see it, you can t measure it If you can t measure it, you can t control it If you can t control it, its probably costing you too much money And you probably don t even don t know how much

12 ANSWERING A SIMPLE QUESTION Where s my stuff? Did the right stuff in the right quantity get to the right place at the right time? What condition is the stuff in? Is it scheduled for maintenance, refurbishment or retirement? If something went missing, where was the last known place when we could see all the stuff? Is it exactly the same stuff I saw last week? Who had access to the stuff? Answering this question with objective data changes the conversation about items in the physical world

13 IT S ALL ABOUT THE DATA (EPCIS FOR FUN AND PROFIT) 13

14 STRIVING FOR BUSINESS PROCESS COMMONALITY GS1 Standards & EPCglobal Framework Traceability/ Authentication Visibility Events Presence/ Inventory Management Lifecycle Management Pharmaceutical epedigree Farm-to-table food traceability Aircraft spare part authentication Cold chain compliance Brand protection Advanced ship notice preparation Shipment reconciliation On-shelf availability Vendor-managed inventory Promotions execution Aircraft part authentication/birth records Warranty and repair operations Expiry date management Material recycling

15 EPC-BASED VISIBILITY DATA (EPCIS) EPC Events answer 4 questions What, Where, When, and Why What Where EPC number (can leverage master data) Manufacturing Data (lot, batch, expiration date) Transactional Data (PO, Shipment, Invoice) Location (can be fixed or moving leverage master data) When Event Time Record Time Why Business Process Step e.g.: Receiving, Shipping Product State e.g.: Saleable, Active, In Transit Current Conditions e.g.: Temperature

16 EPCIS DATA FROM TRADING PARTNERS Like putting a recording device on your goods in transit Some in the community are making EPCIS events available to trading partners Pushed to neutral interface point Some support live query Some in pseudo-epcis format Different retailers expose different levels of detail and numbers of events

17 TYPICAL PHYSICAL EVENTS Receipt/check-in at distribution center Shipment from distribution center Receipt/check-in at back of store Available to merchandise (back of store to front of store) Empty case to recycling Inventory updates at POS for restock Most event types available with item level tagging

18 WHAT CAN BE LEARNED FROM EPCIS DATA? What do we have? Time stamped data about uniquely identified goods/assets at uniquely identified locations recorded during commonly understood business processes What can it tell us? Dwell times Process execution confirmation

19 DWELL TIME EXAMPLES Inventory holding times Safety stock levels (safety stock vs. flow ) SLA confirmation with 3PLs Available to sell Shelf-life calculation Demand signal reconciliation

20 PROCESS EXECUTION EXAMPLES Counterfeit prevention FIFO compliance On Floor stock management Purchase order/accts payable reconciliation (electronic proof-of-delivery) Promotion execution Demand signal matching (POS vs. physical stock on hand)

21 FOR THE GS1 COMMUNITY THERE IS A COMMON LINK Visibility requires a common understanding of physical event data What When Where Why Electronic Product Code (EPC) ISO Time/Date stamp GLN (or serialized GLN) EPCIS business vocabulary EPC is an RFID-friendly container for existing identification schemes All GS1 system keys have an EPC representation Traceability requires uniqueness at the instance level EPC adds serialized versions of GTIN and GLN (all other GS1 keys are serialized) EPCIS supports the dynamic, short-hand exchange of visibility data Requires the pre-staging of static descriptive information Present GTIN through data pools and GDSN Future GLN through GLN Registry EPCIS business vocabularies developed by same end user companies that drive GS1 Common business steps for common supply chain processes Extensions for industry-specific operations ObjectEvent Time = 1:23pm 15 Mar 2004 EPC = urn:epc:id:sgtin: bizstep = shipping bizlocation = urn:epc:id:sgln:

22 KEY TAKEAWAYS EPC/RFID isn t a science project anymore Companies are deriving real benefit from the enhanced visibility into the world of physical goods afforded by EPC/RFID Applications aren t limited to just supply chain or to just logistics All of this is made possible by EPCglobal technical standards and the GS1 System Standard 22