Clive Rossiter Zo Lowrie-Nunes ANU Department of Engineering November 2006

1. Co-operative Research Centre forAdvanced Automotive TechnologyAutoCRC1. Automotive Supplier Excellence Australia2. Wireless Supply Chain Tracking Clive Rossiter Zo Lowrie-Nunes ANU Department of Engineering November 2006

2. Presentation Overview • The AutoCRC • Background • Research • Education • ASEA Project • Aims • Background • Stages • Status • Wireless Supply Chain Tracking Project • Aims • Background & Technology • Overview • Status • Other ANU–AutoCRC projects

3. AutoCRC

4. AutoCRC • Currently 70 CRCs with >250 companies involved • AutoCRC • Formed in December 2005 • $38m grant over 7 years • 23 projects underway Mission: Through strategic industry-led research collaborations, AutoCRC will deliver smarter, safer, cleaner manufacturing and vehicle technologies for Australia’s benefit.

5. AutoCRC – Participants Industry Researchers Supporters

6. AutoCRC - Research Program Theme 1: Materials and Sustainable Manufacturing • Process optimisation • New materials and applications Theme 2: Powertrains, Fuels and Emissions • Conventional powertrain enhancements • Hybrid systems Theme 3: Safety and Intelligent Vehicle Systems • Occupant protection • Human-machine interfaces Theme 4: Virtual Design and Manufacturing • Virtual engineering, prototyping, training • Knowledge management Theme 5: Supplementary funding bid - Telematics

7. AutoCRC – Education & Training Program Postgraduate • Masters & PhD Scholarships for exploratory projects • Students available for contract projects, exchanges Undergraduate • Final-year engineering projects – target 50 in first year • AutoCRC facilitates, provides cash for project expenses • Available to companies outside CRC • Vacation employment, industry placements • Curriculum development Industry Short Courses • Targeted to emerging skills gaps

8. Automotive Supplier Excellence Australia ASEA Project

9. Automotive Supplier Excellence Australia Project Aims: • To establish a competitive future state for the Australian Automotive Industry, based on a thorough scan of the short- & long-term, national and global horizons. • To develop a flexible, robust strategic pathway to create this future state, mapping the industry position for the short-, medium- & long-term future. Primary Deliverables: • An Industry Roadmap based on local and global needs • A supply-base assessment • Targeted supply base (and chain) interventions Involvement: MVPs (Holden, Ford, Toyota & Mitsubishi) , Suppliers (ACPs), Government, AutoCRC (Research Providers) & Specialist Resources

10. Stage 1 – Industry Roadmapping Identification of industry direction and development of a roadmap for achieving industry goals Stage 2 – Supplier Evaluation Global benchmarking and client assessment of suppliers in relation to industry roadmap Stage 3 – Intervention Development Development of mechanisms to support supplier transition to world-class capability and competency 0 3 Months 6 Months 9 Months 12 Months 15 Months ASEA - Project Overview Three primary project stages: • Industry Roadmapping – Alternative Futures + Strategic Planning • Supplier Evaluation – Assessment + Global Benchmarking • Intervention Development – Implement Industry Roadmap based on Supplier Evaluation

11. Stage 1 – Industry Roadmapping Identify ‘potential futures’ for the industry and strategies/ initiatives to encourage favourable futures and discourage unfavourable ones Objectives: • Develop an overall sector roadmap for the Australian automotive supply base • Develop a number of priority area roadmaps based on the top-level roadmap Outcomes: • Identify critical business drivers, key competitive areas and key markets for the auto industry, now and to 2015 • Develop a strategic vision for the auto industry going forward • Initiate processes and actions to strengthen the Australian automotive industry as a whole Where does the industry need to be?

12. Roadmapping

13. Stage 2 – Supplier Evaluation An industry-wide supplier evaluation, incorporating benchmarking against a global standard Objectives: • Develop a holistic supplier evaluation • Increase data sharing and communication between OEMs and the local supplier industry Outcomes: • A framework for communication between supplier and customer focused on key metrics • A categorisation of suppliers • Understanding of the current capability/competence and potential capability/competence of suppliers Where is the industry now?

14. Stage 3 – Intervention Development Implementation of mechanisms to support suppliers transition to ‘world class’ capability and competence. Objectives: • Establish an industry resource to provide mechanisms and interventions to assist supplier capability and competence development Outcomes: • A range of government and industry supported mechanisms/programs to provide expert supplier assistance • Transferal of best-in-class process and system technology into the Australian automotive supply chain • A foundation for the future implementation of state-of-the-art technology and innovation to support new product development How can the industry get there?

15. ASEA - Status Early phases of Stage 1 • Developing & testing roadmap architecture and process • Coordinating industry participation Planning Scoping Budgeting Stages 2 & 3

16. Wireless Supply Chain Tracking

17. Wireless Supply Chain Tracking Project Aims: • Conduct a production pilot on tracking stillages • Develop a business case and framework for broader implementation. • Investigate system integration of wireless tracking technologies throughout the supply Involvement: • Primary: • AutoCRC, Toll Logistics, ANU • Secondary: • MVPs, Tier 1 Suppliers

18. Why Stillages? • Stillages cost $$$ • Lose Approximately 20% of stillage stock over 7 year period • High value item: justification for current relatively high costs • Potential for future implementation over entire supply chain

19. Wireless Tracking Overview

20. Requirements • Stillage • Laboratory • Starter Kits • Single Site (X-Dock) • Tags & Readers • Multi-Site • OEM–Toll–Supplier(s) • Tags & Readers Phase 1 Phase 2 Phase 3 Phase 4 Technology Evaluation Operational Validation Production Pilot System Integration • Technology Report • Recommendation • Tracking Results • Technology Confirmation • Business Case • System Design Go? No-Go? Go? No-Go? Go? No-Go? Outcomes Project Overview

21. Phase 1 – Technology Evaluation Primary Tasks: • Application Definition • Technology Evaluation Outcomes: • Quantitative evaluation of current and emerging wireless tracking technologies • A defensible recommendation of technology/vendor selection for implementation of the production pilot

22. Phase 1 – Expected obstacles • Which Technology is the best to use? • Higher frequencies vs Low frequencies • Active vs Passive • Types of antennas • Other Wireless Technologies • Chip-less wireless tech. • Surface acoustic wave • Polymer based RFID etc • Implementation Environment • Scattering of walls/metal surfaces • Onsite radio interference • Human Interference • etc

23. Wireless Tracking Issues

24. ANU-AutoCRC Projects

25. Other ANU-AutoCRC Projects End-of-Life Vehicle (ELV) Management • Strategic study into ELV management in an Australian context • Collaboration with RMIT – 2 PhDs at each university • ANU Contact: Paul Compston/ Victor Pantano Material Data and Knowledge Acquisition System • Investigate and design a material data and knowledge acquisition and application system for the AutoCRC • ANU Contact: Jeremy Smith Software Complexity Management • Improve and develop software to meet the demand for increasing functionality and shorter development horizons. • ANU Contact: Clive Boughton Vision Based Collision Avoidance • A range of collision detection systems will be developed focusing on vision recognition of stationary and moving objects. • ANU Contact: Rob Mahony

26. Questions? References:AutoCRC - www.autocrc.comASEA Project – project website coming soon!