RFID in future packaging

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RFID in future packaging

• Sami Liponkoski
• Area Sales Manager North Europe
• UPM Raflatac RFID

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Contents

• UPM Raflatac
• RFID visibility when is the package RFID
  active?
• Practical tests done
• And the business case

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UPM Raflatac

• Raflatac and UPM Rafsec are together UPM Raflatac

Labelstock business area
RFIDbusiness area
World leader in high-quality RFID tags and inlays
Pressure sensitive solutions for branding and
information transfer
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Rafsec RFID Tags and Inlays
We produce both HF and UHF tags
We offer various delivery formats dry inlay wet
inlay paper-faced tag In-mould tag
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Focus Segments
Apparel Item Authentication
Transportation
Pharmaceutical Industry
Mass Transit Event Ticketing
Media Management
Retail SCM
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Understanding the Tag

• Service Offering
• Understanding
• Tag Behaviour
• Tag Characterization

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Factors of Transponder Readability
LOCAL REGULATIONS
TRANSPONDER
READER
READABILTY
PROTOCOL
PORTAL CONFIGURATION
READER ANTENNA
ENVIRONMENT
END USE PRODUCT
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G2 tags for RTI

• Tagging plastic trays is one of the challenging
  areas in case level tagging. Tags are normally
  located very close to each other which usually
  has a significant influence on performance.
• Handling of plastic trays requires high
  durability against mechanical wearing and
  resistance to humid and high temperature
• Due to the high requirements of the environment
  UPMRaflatac offers an superior In Mold tag
  solution for new trays. Existing trays can be
  tagged by Retrofit tag solution in order to ease
  the adoption of RFID

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RFID Tagging of Plastics

• What is the Short Term Impact on Plastics
• -Case-like Plastic Containers will be Tagged
• -Returnable Plastic Assets will be In-Mold Tagged
• -Plastics Housings for Expensive Components will
  be In-Mold Tagged
• -Existing Returnable Assets will need Tagging
• -Pallet Shrink Wrap Trash will have Tags

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RFID Tagging of Plastics

• What is the Long Term Impact on Plastics
• -Molders will be asked to In-Mold tag All
  Containers
• -RPC will have a permanent GRAI and password
  changeable SSCC
• -RFID Tag Cost will Approach Bottle Cost
• -In-moldLabels will have RF Tags Embedded
• -Everywhere tags are handled, validation occurs
• -Most Recycled Plastic will still have RFID
• -RFID can be used for Recycle Auto-Sorting

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RFID Tagging of Plastics

• Recycling Considerations
• -Business Case Drivers (Out of Stock, Warranty,
  Self Checkout) required RFID tags near impossible
  for consumers to remove
• -IMT RFID and RPC will have essentially the same
  life span
• -IMT RFID will require "milling" to remove
• -Economics will likely drive IMT RFID on bottles
• -Grinding of Recycle will make RFID tags
  unremovable by specific gravity
• -Is there a technology to remove In-Mold Labels
  today?

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G2 for Corrugated Cases

• Frog has shown very high performance in dock door
  case level tagging
• 100 readability even with 100 tag population
  (macaroni)
• min 95 readability with 95 cases (candy boxes)
• DogBone has shown very high performance in dock
  door case level tagging
• 100 readability even with 150 tag population.
  Paper products
• 100 readability in mobile phone application
  (population 70 tag/70 cases)

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Dense Reader Environment10 Portal Test - Cages
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Dense Reader Environment 10 Portal Test - Tagged
Trays on Dollies
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10 Portal Tests - Test 3 Results

• 10 Portals 3 Channels
• 26 Tags per dollie
• 17 simultaneous Passes
• Walking pace
• 170 total passes
• 102/170 read 100 tags
• 95 Tag read
• 100 Dolly read

No read periods missed
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Potential benefits for suppliers

• Increased Sales
• Efficient Production Planning
• Smart Recalls
• Improved Inventory Control / Reduced Inventory
• Efficiencies
• e.g. Faster Receiving And Shipping

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Potential benefits for DCs

• Automated Inventory Count
• Faster Receiving And Shipping
• Improved Quality Inspection At Distribution
  Centers

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Business case in theory- How about in practice

• Things heard in the industry
• 80-100 processes RFID has influence on - Best Buy
• Double digit increase in turnover in the pilot
  stores - MS
• 90 of the "red lights" are caused by not
  received or faulty EDI dispatch advice. - Metro
• In most of the OOS situations we know we have the
  goods, we just don't know where?- WalMart
• We know the technology is not 100 at the moment
  however we are 100 sure that we need it. -
  WalMart
• Items selling 1 15 units / day will have up to
  30 improvement in out of stock University of
  Arkansas

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Rafsec Tags Ute I Världen
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TACK!!!www.upmraflatac.comsami.liponkoski_at_upmra
flatac.com358 204 168243
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