The Report on RF tags application for Electric Home Appliances in Japan

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The Report on RF tags application for Electric
Home Appliances in Japan

• 2005-08-27
• Editor T. Yoshioka
• Co-editor K. Kobashi

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CONTENTS
- Supply Chain Model of Electric Home
Appliances - Product Information Management
System for Electric Home Appliances with RF tag
Photo 1 Reading test of RF tags attached on
packages (from FY2002 Trial Project) Photo
2 Reading test of RF tags attached on products
(from FY2002 Trial Project) - Schema of Retail
Shop Application Trial Project (FY2003) Photo
3 Reading test of RF tags attached on products
(from FY2003 Trial Project) Photo 4 Reading
test of RF tags in retail shops (from FY2003
Trial Project) - Schema of Products Information
Database System in Electric Home Appliances for
Guarantee of Products Safety - Schema of Trial
Project of Products Information System (FY2004)
Photo 5 Reading test of RF tags attached on
parts circuit board (from FY2004 Trial
Project) - Model Flow of Japanese Electric Home
Appliances in SCM
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Supply Chain Model of Electric Home Appliances
OBJECTIVES of RFtag Installation
(Future)
Information Sharing
Feedback of Sales
Product Tracking
Material Tracing
Quality management of Products, Maintenance
Service
Feasibility Study
FY2002Communication distance measurement,
Logistics Application (by 2.45GHz Tag)
FY2003Communication distance measurement,
Logistics Application Retail
Shop Application (by UHF Tag)
FY2004-1Information Systems for Logistics
Application Retail Shop Application
FY2004-2Information Systems of Parts Management
for Products Safety
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Product Information Management System for
Electric Home Appliances with RF tag (Objective
Reuse, Reduce and Recycle of Electric Home
Appliances in Japan - FY 2002)
Information Management Center
Corporate Database
Product Manufacture
DB
Handheld Terminal for RF tag
Center DB
RF tag
Write Product Code
Logistics
DB
Leasing company
Internet
Retail Shop
DB
Customer Information
DB
Recycle company
Distribution
Service Information
DB
Maintenance service
Retail
Service company
Collecting
Consumer
DB
DB
DB
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Communication Adapter
Online Service
By AEHA Association for Electric Home Appliances
in Japan
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Photo 1 Reading test of RF tags attached on
packages (from FY2002 Trial Project)
Entering and Dispatching from Warehouse
RF tag
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Photo 2 Reading test of RF tags attached on
products (from FY2002 Trial Project)
Measurement of Communication distance and angle
Max 65cm (2.45GHz tag)
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Schema of Retail Shop Application Trial Project
(FY2003)
(1)Checkout counter operations

-Multi reading -Time crunch
(4)Hot-selling products

-Counting up of pick-up number of times



(2)Crime prevention


-Detection of shoplifting
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(5)Backyard operations
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-Stock check -Acceptance check of products

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(3)Costomer services

-Product information service


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Display terminal
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Photo 3 Reading test of RF tags attached on
products (from FY2003 Trial Project)
RF tag is on the inside of front panel (UHF tag
Japanese regulation)
100 Reading distance max 100cm 80 Reading
max 225cm
(Better than 2.45GHz tag)
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Photo 4 Reading test of RF tags in retail
shops (from FY2003 Trial Project)
RFID Checkout counter
Backyard stock check
(Multi)
(Single)
Reading test
Prevent shoplifting
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Schema of Products Information Database System in
Electric Home Appliances for Guarantee of
Products Safety
Products manufacturer
Parts manufacturer
Market
Search System
Product Design DB
Inquiries
-Product Information -Tracking
Tracing -Influence -etc.
RFID
-Particular materials -Hazardous substances
Information services
Products Information Database
Parts Information Database
Parts Quality Information
Parts Management
Shipping Management
Production Management
Material DB
Parts Acceptance
Production
Shipping
RFID
Material Industries
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Schema of Trial Project of Products Information
System (FY2004)
Product Manufacturer
Ingredients data Management System
Inquiries
Parts Manufacturer
Search Trace System
Investigation of the causes
Answers
Identify the impact
Market Consumers
Ingredients report
Traceability Database
Quality Information
Shipping data
Acceptance data
Production data
Product Shipping
Assembly
Parts Acceptance
Combine product with recipient
Combine parts with product
Identify parts individually
RFID Reader
RFID
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Photo 5 Reading test of RF tags attached on
parts circuit board (from FY2004 Trial
Project)
Circuit board RF tag Parts RF tag reading
after assembly
Parts RF tag reading at parts acceptance
Combine parts data with circuit board
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Model Flow of Japanese Electric Home Appliances
in SCM
Package Tags
Product Tags
Package Tags
Product Tags
Transportation Tags
Warehouse
Tag C Transportation tag
Factory
STORE
Tag C
Tag A
Tag B Package tag
The Container with RFID Tags are mixed with the
container with bar-code labels.
Tag B
Repair
Tag A Product tag
Product Tags
Product Tags
Recycle Factory
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