Introduction to UID and DPM

1
UID TACOM Logistics Symposium Dearborn, Michigan
Bob Crazythunder Vice President 16 March 2006
2
Commercial versus Government

• Different approaches
• Different players
• Different environments
• Different motivations
• Common/Same technology

3
Compliance Documents

• Department of Defense Unique Identification (UID)
  Implementation Plan for DoD Maintenance Depots,
  May 2005
• Acting Undersecretary of Defense (USD) (ATL)
  Memorandum, Policy for Unique Identification
  (UID) of Tangible Items New Equipment, Major
  Modifications, and Reprocurements of Equipment
  and Spares, July 29, 2003
• Acting USD (ATL) Memorandum, Update to Policy
  for Unique Identification (UID) of Tangible Items
  New Equipment, Major Modifications, and
  Reprocurements of Equipment and Spares, November
  26, 2004
• Acting USD (ATL) Memorandum, Revision of Update
  to Policy for Unique Identification (UID) of
  Tangible Items New Equipment, Major
  Modifications, and Reprocurements of Equipment
  and Spares, December 22, 1994
• Acting USD (ATL) Memorandum, Policy for Unique
  Identification (UID) of Tangible Personal
  Property Legacy Items in Inventory and
  Operational Use, Including Government Furnished
  Property (GFP), December 23, 2004
• USD (ATL) Memorandum, Policy Update for Item
  Unique Identification of Tangible Personal
  Property, Including Government Property in the
  Possession of Contractors, 12 May 2005
• Department of Defense Standard Practice
  Identification Marking of U.S. Military Property,
  MIL-STD-130M
• Office of the Principal Deputy Under Secretary of
  Defense (ATL), Department of Defense Guide to
  Uniquely Identifying Items, Version 1.4, April
  16, 2004
• Office of the Principal Deputy Under Secretary of
  Defense (ATL), Department of Defense Guidelines
  for the Virtual Unique Item Identifier (UII),
  Version 1.0, December 29, 2004
• Office of the Principal Deputy Under Secretary of
  Defense (ATL), Department of Defense Guidelines
  for Engineering, Manufacturing and Maintenance
  Documentation Requirements for Unique
  Identification (UID) Implementation, Version 1.0,
  December 6, 2004

4
Depot Plan

• Establish Integrated Project Team (IPT)
• Prepare the IPT
• As-Is Process Mapping
• Linking to UID Registry and Dynamic Data Bases
• Establish Uniqueness of Data Elements
• Establish a Local Database
• Establish the Capability to Mark the Parts
• Drawing Changes
• Engineering Analysis for Marking Approval
• Modify Shop Routers
• Acquire Part Marking Equipment and Systems
• Implement Part Marking Equipment and Systems
• Integrate Part Marking Equipment and Systems
• Collect Metrics

5
Commercial Plan

• Form Cross-functional Team
• CFO
• Quality
• Accounting/finance
• Human resources
• Operations/manufacturing
• IT
• Manufacturing and Process Engineering
• Shipping Receiving
• Program Management
• Data Management
• Contracts
• Supply Chain Management
• Supplier Quality
• Six Sigma Experts

6
Commercial Plan (cont.)

• Senior operational manager must support.
• Operators will determine success
• Most work for him/her
• Removes many potential roadblocks

7
Commercial Plan (cont.)

• Develop Implementation Plan
• Upgrades to legacy systems
• Integration with production process
• Migration/cutover to ERP
• Training/education
• Many small successes are better than one big one
• Identify roadblocks and plan for dealing with
• Advertise

8
Commercial Plan (cont.)

• Every organizations UID response is unique, no
  cookie cutter solutions
• Marking
• Verifying
• Reading
• Compute/Communication

9
Commercial Plan (cont.)

• Develop a Business Case
• Touchstone document
• Establish organizational priority
• Establish funding priority
• Benefits can heavily outweigh costs
• Not all benefits/applications need to be
  identified upfront
• Two or three pages!

10
Commercial Plan (cont.)

• Plan for process and procedural changes.

11
Commercial Plan (cont.)

• UID as a part of continuous process improvement.

12
Commercial Plan (cont.)

• Migrate UID to
• Suppliers
• Service Centers
• Field users
• Clients
• Iterate/replicate

13
Commercial Plan (cont.)

• Train cross-functional team/consult
• Define UID requirements
• Marking, Reading, Verification, Training,
  Maintenance, Outsourcing, Metal data plates
• Evaluate Readiness
• Organizational
• Systems and equipment
• Infrastructure
• Contractual/WAWF
• Suppliers Compliance
• Develop Concept of Operations
• Develop Marking Specification
• Develop requirements for UID integration into
  business processes
• Develop comprehensive communication plan
• Define milestones and intermediate objectives.

14
Types of Support Needed

• Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM)
• Full line of marking equipment and systems
• Lasers, Dot Peen, Electro-chem etch,
  Micro-millers
• Control systems, UID verification/validation, UID
  registration
• Distributor
• Integrator
• One-stop Shop

15
Services To Look For

• Total Solutions Hardware/Software/Services
• Marking problem analysis and solutions
• On-site marking teams
• Off-site marking services
• Site surveys
• UID System Design
• System Installation Integration
• Software development
• System startup and test
• UID and DPM Training
• Post-installation support including Help Desk
• Project management support services

16
Stepping Stones To Compliance

• Technology
• Technical Know-how
• Experience

17
Step One Technology

• Good news
• Technology available for purchase, rent, lease
  from multiple technology vendors.
• Technical services available (on-site, off-site).
• UID-compliant data plates available on demand.
• Scalable.
• Some existing part marking systems are
  upgradeable.
• Bad news Existing infrastructures not likely
  upgradeable.
• Too old.
• Too expensive.
• Too hard.
• Need to replace.

18
Mix And Match Standalone and Integrated
19
Technology Platform Example Laser Integrated
20
Technology Already In The Hands of DoD
21
Step Two Technical Know-how

• Hands-on implementation expertise.
• New processes and procedures
• Integration into existing processes.
• Wide-range of material marking.
• Almost everything can be marked.
• Integration of marking, verifying, and reading
  technologies.
• Implementation of new systems.
• Integration with data systems.

22
Step Three Experience

• Successful implementations over time.
• Knowing what needs to be done.
• Single implementations to complex integrations.
• Cant buy time, but you can buy help.
• Consulting services.
• Training.
• Over-the-shoulder assistance.

23
Contact Information

• Bob Crazythunder
• Vice President
• Monode Pryor Traceability, LLC
• 7620 Tyler Blvd
• Mentor, OH 44060
• [phone]
• [phone]
• bob_at_monode.com
• bob_at_mpt-traceability.com