ME4262 TERM PAPER

RFID APPLICATIONS ON AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY

Name: ZHU KE
Matric No. :U076889J
Lecturer: A/P Lee Kim Seng
 Term Paper Flow Chart
General RFID In
Introduction application
Specific RFID Auto
Industry Applications
Auto Industry

RFID Solution Application on supply

History of RFID By Industry
Providers chain

Auto Industry Application on Real

By
RFID Technology segments Time Tracking
Applications

Control of Assembly
Standardization Process and Material
&Commercialization

Application on
Automotive sales
Problem & Concern

Application on
Automotive distribution
& maintenance
INTRODUCTION
TERM PAPER ON RFID IN AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY

OUTLINE
History of RFID

RFID Technology

Commercialization

Problem & Concern

 History of RFID
1930s A
A simple
simple system
system that
that a
a signal
signal is
is sent
sent to
to a
a transponder,
transponder, which
which wakes
wakes up
up and
and either
either reflects
reflects
back
back a signal (passive system) or broadcasts a signal (active system) done
a signal (passive system) or broadcasts a signal (active system) done by
by Watson-Watt
Watson-Watt

A
A landmark
landmark 1948
1948 paper
paper by
by Harry
Harry Stockman,
Stockman, titled
titled "Communication
"Communication by
by Means
Means of
of
1948
1950s Reflected Power" has solved problems in reflected-power communication
Reflected Power" has solved problems in reflected-power communication

- 1960s
Great
Great advancement
advancement in in Radar
Radar and
and RF
RF communication
communication systems
systems and
and
commercialization to of anti-theft systems using radio wave
commercialization to of anti-theft systems using radio wave
1973
Mario Cardullo's U.S.
Mario Cardullo's U.S. Patent
Patent 3,713,148
3,713,148 in
in 1973
1973 was
was the
the first
first true
true ancestor
ancestor of
of
modern RFID; a passive radio transponder with memory
modern RFID; a passive radio transponder with memory
1983 The
The first
first patent
patent to
to be
be associated
associated with
with the
the abbreviation
abbreviation RFID
RFID was
was granted
granted to
to Charles
Charles Walton
Walton
in U.S. Patent 4,384,288,
in 1983 U.S. Patent 4,384,288, United States had started the largest RFID deployment ever.
1983 United States had started the largest RFID deployment ever.
1999
Two
Two professors
professors David
David Brock
Brock and
and Sanjay
Sanjay Sarmaas established Auto-ID
Sarmaas established Auto-ID Center
Center at
at the
the
Massachusetts
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The Auto-ID Center gained the support of more
Institute of Technology. The Auto-ID Center gained the support of more than
than
100
100 large
large end-user
end-user companies,
companies, and
and finally
finally delivered
delivered low
low cost
cost RFID
RFID Tags.
Tags.

2003 RFID
RFID had
had been
been widely
widely used
used in
in various
various sectors
sectors across
across different
different industries
industries
 RFID Technology
Basic RFID system components
•An antenna or coil
• A transceiver (with decoder)
• A transponder (RF tag) electronically programmed with
unique information

Basic RFID system Process

Reader decodes the data

Emit radio signals, Reader emits radio wave. encoded in the tag’s
Active the tag to read Tag Detects the reader’s circuit. Data is passed to
and write data activation signal the host computer
Standardization &Commercialization

Automotive industry main

standard
Standardization &Commercialization
(Cont’)

 HighFID (13.5445435p;MHz) is at the point of commercial viability.

Applied RFID is an RFID technology leader which designs, develops and
manufactures the Proxima RF™ line of High-Frequency RFID readers
and reader modules. Designed to read 13.56 MHz passive tags
Problem & Concern
Security concerns
RFID tag can be read without your knowledge and could also be read from distance.
This may cause the privacy problem and misuse of RFID Technology.

RFID Reader Collision

Reader collision occurs when the signals from two or more readers overlap. The tag is unable
to respond to simultaneous queries. Systems must be carefully set up to avoid this problem.

Global standardization
The frequencies used for RFID in the USA are currently incompatible with those of Europe or
Japan. Furthermore, no emerging standard has yet become universal .

Easy disruption on RFID systems

The electromagnetic spectrum for RFID is relatively easy to jam using energy at the right
frequency. It could be disastrous in other environments where RFID is increasingly used, like
automotive industry or in the military .

Case: Automotive Giant: General Motors with unreliable RFID Tags

RFID tags were used for tracking WIP and triggering automatic end of line inspection Since it
was required to handle high temperature, lots of abuse and could take 200 or 300 trips
through the assembly process before it died. It cost trivial for GM during its manufacturing.
GENERAL APPLICATION
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OUTLINE

By Applications

By industry
RFID Applications (By Applications)

Inventory
Inventory
Asset
Asset IT
Tracking
IT
Tracking
Operations
Innovation
/Warehouse
Operations
Innovation
/Warehouse
/Infrastructure
Payment
Supply
Payment
Supply
RFID
RFID
Security
Chain
Systems
Chain
Systems
Standards
Standards
and Access 
Access Control
Privacy
Security andPrivacy Control Privacy
/Infrastructure
 RFID Applications (By Industry)
Aerospace Health
Health
Aerospace Care
Care

Defence Retail Labelling

Labelling
Defence Apparel
Apparel Retail

CPG
CPG
(Consumer
(Consumer Automotive
Automotive Packaging
Packaging Logistics
Logistics
Packaged
Packaged
Goods)
Goods)

Chemical
Chemical Manufacturing
Manufacturing
RFID IN AUTO INDUSTRY
TERM PAPER ON RFID IN AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY

OUTLINE
RFID Solution Providers

Automotive Industry
segments
RFID Solution Providers
Provider Name Provider Description Successful Case
IDENTEC SOLUTIONS is the global leader in VOLKSWAGEN Autostadt
active wireless tracking solutions and (Auto-City)
technology provider for Transportation and
Logistics Oil, Gas and Mining, Aerospace,etc. 

AeroScout is the market leader in Unified Asset Holmgres Bil - Automobile

Visibility (UAV). AeroScout solutions use Wi-Fi- Distributor and Showroom
based Active RFID, sensors, RTLS.

Zebra Enterprise Solutions is focused on Nissan North America Plant

delivering integrated solutions for complex,
high-value "enterprise" challenges.

Ubisense is the world leader in Precise Real- real-time location (RTLS)

Time Location Systems and geospatial technology for Aston Martin
consulting, tracking people and assets.

Be a leading worldwide vendor in the industrial Toyota upgrades with

automation arena, providing top value Datalogic Automation
solutions and, targeting Factory Automation
and Transportation.

IDZ was founded in 2004 and headquartered in Dyess AFB Tool

Austin, Texas. IDZ holds four U.S. patents with Automation(US Air Force)
ten more in process.
 Automotive Industry segments
Supply In-house Sales &
Distribution
Chain Manufacturing Maintenance

Press Body Paint Power Final

Shop Shop Shop Train Assembly

Reduce
Reduce down
down time
time
searching
searching for
for tools
tools or
or
Container
Container Management
Management and
and supplies
supplies
Inbound
Inbound Logistics
Logistics Workcell
Workcell Utilization
Utilization
Asset/vehicle
Asset/vehicle Track
Track vehicle
vehicle location
location to
to
Tracking
Tracking provide
Optimize provide better
better customer
customer
Optimize order
order quantities
quantities and
and experience
experience
reduce on-hand carrying costs WIP
WIP Visibility
Visibility
reduce on-hand carrying costs

Warehouse
Warehouse Vehicle
Parts Vehicle Inventory
Inventory
Parts management
management management
management
Review
Review supplier
supplier performance
performance Replenishment
Replenishment
and
and other analyzer reports
other analyzer reports
SPECIFIC RFID APPLICATIONS
TERM PAPER ON RFID IN AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY

OUTLINE
Application on supply chain
of automotive manufacturing

Application on Control of
Assembly Process and Material
in Automotive manufacturing

Application on Automotive
sales center (Israel's Biggest
Automobile importer)

Application on Automotive
distribution & maintenance
 Application on supply chain of automotive
manufacturing(1)
Apparently,
Apparently, overproduction
overproduction was
was resulted
resulted from
from either
either
miscommunication or poor management.
miscommunication or poor management. amongamong
Due
Due to
to the
the great
great complexity
complexity
In
In supply
supply chain,
chain, if
if the
the any
any point
point supply
supply chain.
chain. in
in Automotive supply chain,
Automotive supply chain,
does
does not come in time, it
not come in time, it may
may delivery
delivery or
or supply
supply do
do not
not
result
result that point to be idle, which
that point to be idle, which come
come on
on requirement.
requirement. It
It will
will
reduces
reduces the
the overall
overall efficiency.
efficiency. overproduction
overproduction cause
cause excess
excess inventory.
inventory.

Idle
Idle machine
machine or
or
operator Excess
Excess inventory
inventory
operator time
time

Current
Current Challenges
Challenges in
in
Automotive
Automotive supply
supply
Manufacturing&
Manufacturing&
Chain
Chain
Supplier
Supplier Extra
Extra processing
processing
communication
communication

Due
Due to
to the
the complex
complex nature
nature of
of
If
If Information
Information isis not
not properly
properly automotive
automotive supply chain,
supply chain,
conveyed
conveyed during the waste
during the waste extra
extra processing
processing may
may occur
occur if
if
will
will also
also occur
occur onon
Non-value the every product is not
the every product is not
manipulation
manipulation in in terms
terms of
of Non-value added
added Defects
Defects proper
material
material flow
flow proper tracked
tracked or
or labeled.
labeled.

This
This refers
refers to
to the
the redundant
redundant
material
material flow or waste
flow or waste during
during
the Poor
Poor supply
supply management
management may
may result
result in
in
the supply
supply chain
chain of
of
automotive greater portion of supply defects.
greater portion of supply defects.
automotive manufacturing.
manufacturing.
 Application on supply chain of automotive
manufacturing(2)
Real Time Locating Systems (RTLS) Suppliers
Suppliers

Suppliers
Suppliers

Each
Each item
item
contains
contains RFID
RFID

There
There is
is a
a
centralized The
The item
item has
has been
been tracked
tracked all
all the
the
centralized system
system
which time.
time. So that the manufacturer as
So that the manufacturer as
which collect
collect all
all
the RFID
the RFID well
well as
as supplier
supplier knows
knows thethe exact
exact
information
information on on amount
amount andand its
its location.
location. also
also
supplying
supplying items.
items.

Manufacturers
Manufacturers

Real-time
Real-time locating
locating systems
systems (RTLSs)—which
(RTLSs)—which employ
employ RFID
RFID tags
tags to
to automatically
automatically identify
identify
assets
assets and individuals, as well as determine their locations in real or
and individuals, as well as determine their locations in real or near-real
near-real time—
time—
have
have come of age. The benefits for supply chain particularly have been proven: RTLS
come of age. The benefits for supply chain particularly have been proven: RTLS
technology
technology improves
improves visibility,
visibility, which,
which, in
in turn,
turn, enables
enables automotive
automotive manufacturers
manufacturers to to save
save
money,
money, manage supplies, reduce labour waste, and boost communication efficiency with
manage supplies, reduce labour waste, and boost communication efficiency with
suppliers, enabling supply chain partners to share information.
suppliers, enabling supply chain partners to share information.
 Application on supply chain of automotive
manufacturing(3)

Checkpoint Systems
“Checkpoint”
“Checkpoint” Systems
Systems provide
provide visibility
visibility in
in a
a supply
supply
chain
chain by identifying when a supplying vehicle has
by identifying when a supplying vehicle has
passed
passed through
through a a particular
particular ‘gate’.
‘gate’. This
This would
would
typically
typically be
be the
the arrival/departure
arrival/departure gate
gate of
of a
a storage
storage
yard,
yard, but could equally be a ‘gate’ within the yard
but could equally be a ‘gate’ within the yard
where
where a a certain
certain procedure
procedure isis carried
carried out.
out.
The
The RFID
RFID Working
Working Group
Group has
has met
met periodically
periodically to to
review
review and
and understand
understand the
the various
various possible
possible uses
uses
in
in the
the Automotive
Automotive supply
supply chain.
chain.

Real
Real time
time control
control of
of inflow/outflow
inflow/outflow of
of
supply amount
supply amount

Reducing
Reducing labor
labor on
on inbound
inbound logistics
logistics

Greatly
Greatly improve
improve the
the accuracy
accuracy and
and
efficiency
efficiency
A RFID integrated supply chain
Application on supply chain (Case Study)
Company RFID Application Description RFID
Name Supplier
Ford Motor Company of Canada has deployed
WhereNet's active RFID real-time locating
system (RTLS) technology at its Oakville
Assembly Complex (OAC) in Ontario, Canada.
With flexible manufacturing, inbound parts
Ford Motor shipments from suppliers are smaller and more Zebra
Company frequent By automating the check-in/out Enterprise
procedures, the system saves Ford several
of Canada Solution
hours a day processing deliveries and increases
efficiency within the supply chain. The system
gives Ford the agility to manage its inbound
supply chain on a minute-by-minute basis to
support flexible manufacturing processes and
rapidly adjust to shifting market demands.
 management
management
•• Assembly sequence could have errors at times under manual control.
Assembly sequence could have errors at times under manual control. sequence
sequence
•• Management
Management is
is in
in low
low quality
quality due
due to
to low
low visibility
visibility of
of the
the entire
entire complex process.
complex process. Assembly
Assembly
•• Asset could not be easily indentified when it enter hazardous area
Asset could not be easily indentified when it enter hazardous area
manufacturing
Security
•• Long
Long Response
Response time
time when
when hazardous
hazardous event
event occur
occur during
during the
the manufacturing
Security
process.
process.
•• Tooling
Tooling in the assembly process are too many/complex to be manually
in the assembly process are too many/complex to be identified.
manually identified. search
Tooling search
Tooling
•• Tooling
Tooling location could
location could not
not be
be easily
easily tracked
tracked when
when in
in urgent need.
urgent need.
•• With highly, labor could not be easily tracked in
With highly, labor could not be easily tracked in a big factory,
a big factory, Visibility
Labor Visibility
Labor
•• Labor could
Labor could also
also not
not be
be identified
identified easily which
easily ,, which result poor
result poor HR management.
HR management.
•• Material its
Visibility
Material needed for manufacturing are not easily to tracked due its
needed for manufacturing are not easily to tracked due
Visibility
•• Material misuse.
Material
Material could be
could be misused
misused and
and also
also could
could not
not be
be indentified
indentified the
the misuse. Material
Assembly Process
Current Challenges in Automotive
Application on Control of Assembly Process and Material(1)
 Application on Control of Assembly Process and Material(2)

Track:
Track: Web-based
Web-based graphical
graphical interface
interface
provides
provides user
user friendly
friendly mapping
mapping tools
tools for
for
Automotive Assembly tagged assets. Users can easily search
tagged assets. Users can easily search
for
for vehicles,
vehicles, parts,
parts, containers
containers and
and other
other
Plant with RFID equipment
equipment by multiple properties, view
by multiple properties, view
their
their real-time
real-time and
and historical
historical location
location
and
and create
create custom
custom reports.
reports.

Alert
Alert :Numerous
:Numerous events
events trigger
trigger
multiple
multiple alerts
alerts and
and notifications
notifications
for
for automating and improving
automating and improving
business process.
business process.

Manage:
Manage: Assets
Assets categories,
categories, site
site
maps
maps and
and user
user permissions
permissions and
and rights
rights
are fully configurable
are fully configurable
Application on Control of Assembly Process and Material(3)

Benefits for RFID integrated

Automotive assembly process
Increase
Increase production
production throughput
throughput

Minimize
Minimize production
production and
and assembly
assembly disruptions
disruptions

Improve
Improve utilization
utilization levels
levels of
of work
work cell
cell and
and equipment
equipment

Optimize
Optimize flow
flow space
space by
by enabling
enabling just
just in
in time
time container
container
delivery and improved inventory visibility
delivery and improved inventory visibility

Optimize
Optimize flow
flow space
space by
by enabling
enabling just
just in
in time
time container
container
delivery
delivery and
and improved
improved inventory
inventory visibility
visibility

Improve
Improve quality
quality by
by reducing
reducing manual
manual errors
errors and
and mis-
mis-
processing
processing

Direct
Direct labor
labor saving
saving s
s through
through reduced
reduced search
search time
time and
and
automated processes
automated processes
Application on Control of Assembly Process and Material(3)

Video Demonstration by Leading

RFID Solution Provider
Application on Control of Assembly Process (Case Study 1)

Company RFID Application Description RFID

Name Supplier
With RFID integrated, Land Rover has been
benefits greatly. They utilized WhereNet
battery-powered RFID tags operate at 2.4 GHz
and comply with the ISO 24730 standard for
real-time locating systems. During assembly, if
Land an operator notices the quantity of a specific Zebra
Rover,UK part dwindling, he or she presses a WhereCall Enterprise
button on an active RFID tag on the assembly
(2007) Solution
line. The RFID system simplifies the process of
locating vehicles that need to be tested,
(WhereNet
serviced, stored or shipped, by tracking each is a
vehicle's location history and status. is subsidiary
reducing the amount of labour needed to track of Zebra)
vehicles in its yard, as well as ensuring vehicles
aren't shipped at the wrong times.
Application on Control of Assembly Process (Case Study 2)

Company RFID Application Description RFID

Name Supplier
The company will use active tags to help it
track auto parts, manufacturing processes and
finished vehicles. Besides, This RFID
technology will help it track inbound auto
parts, as well as new vehicles rolling off the
assembly. Nissan uses WhereNet's Vehicle Zebra
Nissan, Tracking and Management System (VTMS), an
Enterprise
application companies can leverage to track
North the locations of vehicles. VTMS is unitized to Solution
America track and manage pre-assembly, assembly (WhereNet
and post-assembly operations—including test
(2007) and inspection processes, any repairs done to
is a
the cars to ensure quality, and storage and subsidiary
shipping processes. of Zebra)
 Application on Distribution & Maintenance

Long
Long Delivery
Delivery time:
time: In
In huge
huge Difficult
Difficult on
on location
location tracking
tracking of of Long
Long processing
processing time:
time: For
For instance,
instance,
automotive
automotive distribution center,
distribution center, with
with vehicles: For huge distribution
vehicles: For huge distribution the
pure the verification process required the
verification process required the
pure manual
manual support,
support, the
the efficiency
efficiency centres,
centres, it
it is
is very
very difficult
difficult to
to locate
locate aa [port]
to [port] supervisor
supervisor to
to climb
climb on
on the
the
to deliver
deliver one
one vehicle
vehicle because
because it
it vehicle in a thousands of
vehicle in a thousands of squaresquare
truck
takes
takes time to track the location,
time to track the location, fetes
fetes area.
area. ifif the
the information
information is is not
not truck platform
platform and
and read
read the
the VINs
VINs
amount from
from the
the [paper]
[paper] sheet.
sheet. Obviously,
Obviously, itit
amount also
also record
record down
down the
the properly
properly recorded. Besides, there is
recorded. Besides, there is
changes.
changes. no
no real-time
real-time tracking
tracking for
for security.
security. extends the processing time.
extends the processing time.

Poor
Poor quality
quality control:
control: For distribution
For distribution Poor
Poor Customer
Customer service:
service: Due
Due
&maintenance
&maintenance centre, there is
centre, there is no
no High
High Labor
Labor hour:
hour: During
During the
the
inadequate
inadequate information
information ofof the
the
tracking for the vehicles throughout
tracking for the vehicles throughout distribution
distribution procedures,
procedures, high
high labor
labor
customers,
customers, the
the customer
customer service
service
the
the delivery
delivery process
process or
or the
the should
should physically
physically present
present for
for
could
could not
not be
be further
further improved
improved atat a
a
maintenance
maintenance process.
process. The
The reason
reason is
is checking
checking and
and process
process the
the vehicle
vehicle
lower operating cost. Besides,
lower operating cost. Besides, thethe
the quality could not be centrally
the quality could not be centrally in/out
in/out flow. This also increase labor
flow. This also increase labor
long
long response
response time
time could
could reduce
reduce
controlled
controlled without
without real-time
real-time hour
hour and
and labor
labor cost
cost correspondingly.
correspondingly.
customer
customer service
service quality.
quality.
visibility.
visibility.

Current Challenges in
Automotive Distribution &
maintenance
 Application on Distribution &
Maintenance A typical huge outdoor parking lots
for automotive distribution center
for automotive distribution center
Seamless
Seamless Indoor/Outdoor
Indoor/Outdoor
Tracking
Tracking with Same
with Same Tag
Tag

Customer
Customer kiosks
kiosks enable
enable
customer
customer to
to locate
locate their
their
desirable product instantly
desirable product instantly

For
For incoming
incoming maintenance
maintenance vehicles,
vehicles,
Chokepoint
Chokepoint Location
Location for
for maintenance
maintenance centre employees can
centre employees can
Exits and Individual Spaces
Exits and Individual Spaces provide
provide that
that individual
individual with
with
personalized
personalized service
service through
through RFID
RFID tag
tag
information pre-installed on the vehicle.
information pre-installed on the vehicle.
 Application on Distribution &
Maintenance
Benefits of RFID solution
Seamlessly
Seamlessly track
track vehicles
vehicles in
in both
both indoor
indoor and
and outdoor
outdoor environments
for automotive distribution environments

&maintenance center
Provide
Provide precise
precise zone
zone level
level separation
separation in
in regards
regards to
to particular
particular parking
parking
spaces and floors within a building
spaces and floors within a building

Provide
Provide alert
alert message
message capabilities
capabilities for
for events,
events, such
such as
as cars
cars leaving
leaving an
an
Flow
Flow Chart
Chart for
for RFID-enable
RFID-enable area
area or
or completed
completed servicing
servicing
distribution
distribution and
and maintenance
maintenance center
center
Enable
Enable users
users to
to maintain
maintain the
the constantly
constantly shifting
shifting inventory
inventory from
from new
new
arrivals,
arrivals, incoming and outgoing rentals, and vehicles leaving the
incoming and outgoing rentals, and vehicles leaving the
facility
facility for
for test
test drives
drives or
or off-site
off-site servicing
servicing

Track
Track vehicles
vehicles and
and mobile
mobile service
service equipment
equipment in
in real-time
real-time

Deliver
Deliver the
the ability
ability to
to search
search for
for particular
particular vehicles
vehicles and
and view
view this
this data
data
from
from mobile
mobile handheld
handheld devices
devices as
as well
well as
as other
other terminals
terminals (such
(such as
as
employee
employee desktops
desktops andand customer-accessible
customer-accessible kiosks).
kiosks).
Application on distribution & maintenance (Case Study 1)

Company RFID Application Description RFID

Name Supplier

Colmobil, Israel's largest importer of automotive

vehicles, is employs an RFID system provided by
BOS to reduce labor and expedite the movement
of automobiles as they are brought into the

Colmobil
country at two ports. Colmobil imports cars made BOS
by Mercedes Benz, Mitsubishi Motors, Mitsubishi
Group Fuso and Hyundai. At its huge storage parking lot,
(2009) each automobile is identified by its vehicle
identification number (VIN). With the new system,
installed in March 2009, the identification of cars
can be accomplished more easily. Colmobil also
offers vehicle maintenance and repair services to
car buyers, and RFID technology use is planned to
notify it that a particular automobile has arrived at
the servicing center, as well as the identity of that
vehicle's owner, so that employees can provide
that individual with personalized service—for
example, welcoming him or her by name.
Application on distribution & maintenance (Case Study 2)

Company RFID Application Description RFID

Name Supplier
High-performance car manufacturer Aston
Martin employs RFID to track the movements of
its custom-made vehicles as they pass through
the finishing process to ensure they are
produced according to the demands of the
Aston automaker's customers. Aston Martin's Ubisense
employees can then go online to see where the
Martin
vehicle is located. The Ubisense server
(2009) provides a map of the facility, with an icon
indicating each car's specific location. The
company is able to know where all of its
vehicles were in real time, and to understand
the dwell time at each step, as well as which
model numbers took more or less time at any
particular station. Basically, the company can
track the time spent on particular procedures,
and then make business decisions related to
delays vehicles experience during specific
processes.
 ••When
When a
a customer
customer arrives
arrives to
to pick
pick up
up his
his car,
car, the
the tag
tag is
is removed
removed and re-
and re- Delivery
Delivery
used.
used.
Check-in
Check-in
••When the car is ready for delivery, The RFID-enabled platform
When the car is ready for delivery, The RFID-enabled platform is then
is then Auostadt
Auostadt
automatically activated
automatically activated and
and takes
takes the
the car
car to
to the
the car towers.
car towers.
Storage
••Next, the car is taken to an ILR®-enabled storage facility; it
Next, the car is taken to an ILR®-enabled storage facility; is
it is Temporary
automatically detected
automatically detected entering
entering the
the facility
facility and
and its
its status
status is automatically
is automatically
updated to
updated to the tag.
the tag.
•• The car is then brought to an ILR®-enabled cleaning station; it
The car is then brought to an ILR®-enabled cleaning station; is
it is wash
Car wash
Car
automatically detected
automatically detected entering
entering and
and leaving
leaving this
this area
area and
and its
its status is
status is
automatically updated
automatically to
updated to
•• An ILR®-enabled van equipped with a laptop drives around the parking
An ILR®-enabled van equipped with a laptop drives around the parking Parking Lot
Parking Lot
lot. When the van approaches the desired
lot. When the van approaches the desired car,
car, the
the laptop
laptop emits
emits a beep
a beep
and the
and the tag
tag inside
inside the
the car
car begins
begins to blink.
to blink.
•• When
When aa car
car leaves
leaves the
the production
production area,
area, an
an electronic
electronic routing
routing slip that
slip that Start
Start
includes the vehicle ID and predelivery tasks
includes the vehicle ID and predelivery tasks is
is written
written to
to the
the tag. And
tag. And
the car
the car is
is moved
moved toto aa holding
holding parking lot.
parking lot.
(Volkswagen Autostadt (Auto-City) )
Application on distribution & maintenance
Application on distribution &
maintenance (Volkswagen Autostadt (Auto-City) )
Company RFID Application Description RFID
Name Supplier
VOLKSWAGEN Autostadt (Auto-City) had its
grand opening. This unique project allows
customers to pick up their vehicle and see
new trends in the automobile industry. The
solution must be able to quickly locate the car
in the holding lot and track its progress
through pre-delivery activities. IDENTEC IDENTEC
SOLUTIONS has optimized the workflow for SOLUTIONS
Volkswagen
the delivery of manufactured automobiles to
Autostadt the customer. All tasks involved in the delivery
(Auto-City) process are stored on an electronic routing
slip (i.e. tag) temporarily attached to the
(2000)
vehicle. Each time the vehicle moves through
an RFID-enabled process station, the worker
immediately knows its location and its current
status.
CONCLUSION
TERM PAPER ON RFID IN AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY

OUTLINE

Future Prospective

Reference
 Future Prospective T he
F ut u r
Dec. 14, 2009 Mark Roberti, Editor & Founder, RFID Journal
e of
The talented writers and editors of RFID Journal were imagining what the
RFID
world will look like in 2030, when radio frequency identification will be
ubiquitous.
Easy item returns
how a different aspect of life and business is enhanced when RFID is
involved? A family goes shopping in a mall and uses the technology to
locate a parking spot, find information on items, speed up returns and
much more. Emergency responders employ RFID to identify and manage
victims in an industrial accident, coordinate the arrival of ambulances, and Smart appliances
assign patients to hospitals based on real-time visibility into the availability
of beds and equipment. The CEO of a midsize automotive parts
manufacturer utilizes RFID to manage outsourced production, rate on-time
delivery performance and product defects, and develop a more collaborative
relationship with a large customer. Personalization

We also look at what travel, education and home life will be like when RFID
becomes ubiquitous. In all of the future scenarios we paint, most RFID
technology described is available today, and the rest is being tested or is Easy shopping
currently in development in labs around the world—that is, the applications
do not require passive tags that can be read from, say, 10,000 feet away, or
active tags that can be read through five feet of lead.
Super-efficient
Our goal in writing these stories was to make vividly plain why we believe Automation
radio frequency identification will be ubiquitous in 20 years. You might not
want to be on the bleeding edge of RFID adoption today, but some firms
are, because they have figured out how to utilize the technology to reduce
costs, streamline processes, improve custom service and boost sales. The
benefits are real, and there is no turning back.
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