RFID from Farm to Fork Piero Filippin p.filippin@wlv.ac.uk RFID - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

RFID - From Farm to Fork Strengthening SME competitive advantage through RFID implementation RFID from Farm to Fork Piero Filippin p.filippin@wlv.ac.uk

RFID from Farm to Fork ● Funded by the EU as part of the Competitiveness and Innovation Framework Programme (CIP) ● Information Communication Technologies Policy Support Programme (ICT-PSP) ● 11 partners across Europe ● The purpose is to practically demonstrate AIDC and sensor technologies can provide a ROI to SMEs ● Vertical sector – 12 pilots demonstrating full food traceability from the producer to the consumer www.rfid-f2f.eu

Unique ID - 1 Being able to uniquely identify products is a requirement for traceability ● We stick an unique ID on every product from a “farm” ● Meat, fish, wine, cheese - mostly high value products ● The ID phisically moves with the product through the various processes using different carriers as appropriate ● RFID tag, barcode, QRCode

Unique ID - 2 ● Every event in the supply chain is added to the database against that ID ● Full supply chain visibility and data exchange between the partners, downstream and upstream ● Every step can access the “history” of an ID ● Every step can see what happens to the ID after the product left its premises

Traceability - 1 Unique ID Unique ID Process Item Item Unique ID Additional data E.g. Sensor data An item undergoes a process ● The most common case. Its ID does not change, a timestamped data record is added to a database ● Example:Cooking, Packaging, Delivering, Storing...

Traceability - 2 Unique ID2 Item Unique ID1 Disaggregation Item Unique ID3 Item ID1->ID2 Unique ID4 Item ID1->ID3 ID1->ID4 An item is split into parts ● Each part carries the information of the parent ● Best place to change data carrier ● Examples: Butchering a pig, disassembling a pallet

Traceability - 3 Unique ID1 Item Aggregation Unique ID2 Unique ID? Item Item Unique ID3 Item IDx=ID1+ID2+ID2 Multiple items are merged together ● The child carries the IDs of all the components ● In some cases a new ID is assigned ● Example: Making a cake, assembling a pallet

Pilot ● Identify steps in the supply chain, from the “farm” (origin) to the “fork” (consumer) ● In every step, identify the processes ● Determine the information flow ● Identify the gaps and inefficiencies ● Suggest corrective actions where beneficial

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