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Increase remaining shelf life - combining data from multiple EPCIS systems in the supply chain
Øystein Gran LarsenScanpack 2009, Göteborg20. October 2009
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Project background
Temperature monitoring project with BAMA
• recording movements of products with exact identities
• RFID tags on mixed salads
• monitoring temperatures from cold stores along the chain
• storing information, including expiration dates
Extension: Smart Vareflyt and NorgesGruppen add a retail store
• EPCIS from Matiq for movements at store
Application: Product Champion for monitoring remaining shelf life
• uses expiration date
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urn:epc:loc:gln:7080000068647.202.405
applications
GTNet
BAMA Salatfabrikken Lier BAMA Kalbakken Lager
EPC middleware
productmovements
temperaturereadings
Project overview
RFID movements:• Intermec (HW)• IBM (SW)• Telenor (hosting)temperature readout:• Tormatic• IWMAC• Datek (via Telenor)
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Overall GTNet infrastructure
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Case 1: Chain from factory to store
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This is a look back into history doneby the product manager at Lier andthe shop manager at Meny (together)
1: configure the search multiple locations + single product
2: play with the sorting of the acceptable-column to find the natural fragmentation from source to destination (3524 -> 61 -> 3)
3: inspect the items that went all the way and see that they spent few days in store and had good remaining shelf life -> “good balance”
4: inspect items that spent too long time before being forwareded -> “we have a problem”
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Case 2: Items sent from Kalbakken
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This is a look back into history, by the warehouse manager
1: configure the search one location + all products
2: inspect the results, show that 17 items of Ost/Skinke had few days in store and long remaining shelf life = GOOD!
3: inspect single item of “unacceptable” status
4: many days in store and short shelf life is not good = BAD!
5: use Navigator to look for other problems - both the station log and the temperature graph is OK – no other problem
Conclusion: It should have been stopped!
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Case 3: Inventory at Lier
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This is “today's” inventory, by the warehouse manager
1: configure the search one location + all products
2: inspect the results and give attention to items close to expiration
3: inspect details about a selected item (bad) too many days in store and too short shelf life remaining to be sellable
Conclusion: Don't sell, use in the canteen
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urn:epc:loc:gln:7080000068647.202.405
applications
GTNet
BAMA Salatfabrikken Lier BAMA Kalbakken Lager
EPC middleware
productmovements
temperaturereadings
Analytical:understand relationships + identify problems + measure activity
Operational:good warehouse management + measure activity + identify problems
Potential
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Finding more material
More about Smart Vareflyt at http://www.smartvareflyt.no/
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Thank you!