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1 INFRATAB FRESHTIME I 3/12/2008
INFRATAB, INC.
Answering “Is it fresh?”
2 INFRATAB FRESHTIME I 3/12/2008
INFRATAB, INC.
Market: Perishables
Driver: Too much temperature abuse
Products: Smart RFID sensor tags and affordable software for monitoring, tracking and tracing the condition of perishables
Brand: Infratab Freshtime™ tags and software
Answering ―Is this fresh?‖ and ―How fresh?‖
Benefits:
– Quality-driven cold chains,
– Perishable traceability by a perishable’s condition,
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MARKET: PERISHABLES
BULK: PRODUCE, MEAT, POULTRY, FISH,
COFFEE, WINE, BEER, ORGANICS
FOOD
MEDICAL/PHARMACEUTICALS
FLORAL
INDUSTRIAL/OTHER
VACCINES, BLOOD, PHARMA
CUT FLOWERS
FILM, ADHESIVES, PAINT, CHEMICALS
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DRIVER: TOO MUCH TEMPERATURE ABUSE
PAIN POINTS
• Temperature abuse = $ billions
per year and growing.
• Retail grocery shrink =~6% of
perishable sales—with some
products >40%
FRESHTIME™ BENEFITS
• Reduced shrink
• Lower processing costs of
invoice disputes & claims
• Inventory management based
upon first in/least shelf life out
• Track & trace of all tagged
items—using EPCglobal network
• No need for costly RFID
infrastructure Product integrity monitoring--longer shelf life
5 INFRATAB FRESHTIME I 3/12/2008
PRODUCTS: RFID EPC TAGS & SOFTWARE
Freshtime Mobile
MS Windows Mobile GPRS, wireless
Freshtime Reports
Control collaborative software for
real-time alerts, reports, queries,
Freshtime PC
READERS
FRESHTIME TAGS
Best Use of RFID to enhance a
Product or Service
April 2007
Best Use of RFID to enhance a
Product or Service
April 2007
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FRESHTIME™ RFID: “WHAT, WHERE, WHEN & HOW IS IT? “
Back
Room
Mfg Dist.
Center
Retail Dist.
Center
Short
Haul
Store
Floor
Long
Haul
Mfg
Freshtime™ EPC G2 TAGS
3rd Party EPCglobal RFID READERS
Freshtime™ Tracker SOFTWARE
REAL-TIME condition monitoring
+
+
=
EPCglobal NETWORK
+
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INFRATAB FRESHTIME™“: HOW IS YOUR PRODUCT?”
• Infratab Freshtime™ = Knowing “How‖ fresh “When‖
• Infratab Freshtime™ = Monitors, tracks and traces a perishable’s condition* at
the farm or factory and throughout the cold chain.
* and also provides data for HAACP compliance
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SOLUTION: INFRATAB FRESHTIME™ + EPC
Each perishable has a unique spoilage rate (shelf life).
Perishable producers use shelf life to determine an expiration date.
The spoilage rate is based upon the principal that a perishable’s microbiological
& biochemical deterioration varies in response to temperature.
Infratab correlates temperature and time to determine %-shelf-life-used.
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Shelf life data in the tag
A Live Date
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HOW IT WORKS--PREPARATION
EPC Gen2 RFID tag
Button to start,
check status
Red/green
LED (display)
Temperature sensor,
Lettuce shelf life
profile
Alerts
Histogram
Log
RFID AntennaTag Preparation
Via RFID reader:
• Add lettuce profile into tag
• Add alerts into tag
5 shelf life alerts,
4 temperature threshold alerts,
2 time alerts
LETTUCE
THE TAG
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HOW IT WORKS—FIELD TO PACK
Field
Location: Lettuce field #1
• In the field: Start tag EPC#1111 (button or RFID)
• Location: Field1
• Date/time: 2/7/08 08:02
• BatchLot: 1234
• Pick Date=Start date/time of tag
• In the cooler (tag at work)
• Sense temperature every 10 minutes
• Calculate shelf life used
• Check if alert conditions triggered
• “How is it?” RFID check
• Location:Cooler2
• Last temperature: 46F
• Shelf life left: 62% (ie 4 days left)
• Life Alert1: PACK SOON!!!!
Field Pick Bin
CoolerTag EPC #: 1111
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HOW IT WORKS--IN TRANSIT
How is it?
Freshtime™ 99% 97% 97% 96% 96% 92%
Current Temp 1 C 10 C 0 C 1 C 3 C 8 C
FT Life Alert START 1 2 3 4 5
Temp & Time
Thresholds
History
(in sensor memory)
EPC # +
Freshtime™
Quick Data
* Quick Data answers ―how is it?‖
It is stored in RFID user memory
& read at time EPC# is read CADL N37U0892 7/10
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HOW IT WORKS—TRACKING, TRACING, REPORTING
WebSphere
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Infratab, Inc.
4347 Raytheon Road
Oxnard, CA 93033
(805) 986-8880 x 219