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Strengthening SME competitive advantage through RFID implementation

RFID - From Farm to Fork Piero Filippin p.filippin@wlv.ac.uk

RFID from Farm to Fork

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

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 - 1

Unique ID Item Process Unique ID Item

Unique ID Additional data E.g. Sensor data

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 - 2

Unique ID1 Item Disaggregation

Unique ID4 Item Unique ID3 Item Unique ID2 Item ID1->ID2 ID1->ID4 ID1->ID3

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

Traceability - 3

Unique ID2 Item Unique ID? Item Unique ID3 Item Unique ID1 Item

IDx=ID1+ID2+ID2

Aggregation

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

Strengthening SME competitive advantage through RFID implementation

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