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The RFID Movement: RFID @ New Heights

The RFID Movement: RFID @ New Heights. Happy Sandhu Martin Voinea Larry Akselrod Neil Nutik. AGENDA. Introduction – Larry Background – Martin Challenges – Martin Accomplishments – Martin Lessons Learned – Happy Budget – Happy Recommendations – Neil

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The RFID Movement: RFID @ New Heights

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  1. The RFID Movement: RFID @ New Heights Happy Sandhu Martin Voinea Larry Akselrod Neil Nutik

  2. AGENDA • Introduction – Larry • Background – Martin • Challenges – Martin • Accomplishments – Martin • Lessons Learned – Happy • Budget – Happy • Recommendations – Neil • Conclusion – Neil • Acknowledgements – Neil

  3. INTRODUCTION • Field Aviation approached SAIT for advice on how they could use RFID in their facility to improve their inventory management system. • Some of the questions that we are trying to answer with our research include: 1. Can RFID increase the tracking and traceability of inventory items from production to the customer? 2. What is the best reader/tag combination to read RFID tags in the Field Aviations environment? 3. What factors affect the readability of the RFID tags, and how can we combats these to give the best readability results?

  4. BACKGROUND • RFID can be used in a manner similar to barcodes, but with expanded functionality and features • Whereas you need to have line of sight of barcodes and close range to read them, RFID can be read regardless of line of sight from a much longer range • RFID can store multiple types of information on tags unlike barcodes • RFID can be read and written to, making them reusable, barcodes can only be written to once

  5. CHALLENGES • Had numerous challenges due to limited information available about using RFID in the manner we wanted for the project • Our biggest challenge was finding software that would allow us to directly interface the readers with the database • Once we were able to interface the readers with the database, we had a challenge in making the software more user-friendly • Due to the group dynamics we had a lot of disagreement on how to approach issues and the steps needed to solve them

  6. ACCOMPLISHMENTS • Our main accomplishment was to finish and prove our working inventory management proof of concept • One of the major accomplishments within our project was to develop software that could interface between the readers and the database independently of our software vendor • Another major accomplishment was to build and validate our website with html5 and use css3 for styling

  7. LESSONS LEARNED • Ensure everyone's definitions of the terminology is the same • It’s always better to under promise and over deliver while making sure you allocate sufficient time & budget • We believed that RFID technology was on the Plateau of Productivity according to the hype cycle, however we learned that it was closer to the Peak of Inflated Expectations

  8. BUDGET – Equipment cost

  9. BUDGET – Operational cost

  10. RECOMMENDATIONS • The Fixed RFID reader performed significantly better than the handheld reader • A handheld RFID scanner is much more versatile than a fixed RFID reader, however the handheld is much more difficult to integrate and the performance is slower and therefore is not recommended • The greater the writable data size the more the tag costs. For this reason the smallest data size is recommended

  11. CONCLUSION • RFID shows great potential in being able to help Field Aviation improve it’s inventory management by improving accuracy and traceability while increased productivity • Using the fixed reader with our solution , a 100% read accuracy was obtained during our site testing at Field Aviation • When faced with a challenge the diverse backgrounds and strengths of the team members where able to collectively produce a viable solution. This solution was ultimately used in the end product

  12. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS • Field Aviation – Mark Lenci for allowing us to investigate his problem and providing access to their facility for testing. • Spectrum Information Systems – John Ingham for providing demo hardware and RFID expertise. • Intermec Technologies – Technical support for providing information and technical support with the hardware and software for the project. • SAIT RFID Lab – Glen Kathler for access to the lab, equipment, and project advice. • Fieldworker Software – For the hours donated in attempting to develop the handheld application. • Jason Fisher & Colin Chamberlain – SAIT Capstone instructor for project guidance. • ARIS – Applied Research and Innovation Services for their funding.

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