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Technology and Team Roots
Galileo mission salvaged in 1991
Galileo Spacecraft launched in 1989, arrived at Jupiter in 1995
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• Manufacturer
– WIP tracking
– Asset tracking
– Inventory
• Distribution Center
– Shipping / Receiving
– Staging Goods
– Inventory
• Retail Store
– Promotion tracking
– Replenishment
– Anti-Theft
– Self-checkout
Business Processes Need Visibility
RFID has the potential but has not delivered
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The Catalyst for ‘Next Generation RFID’
The Opportunity: Track Location Using Passive RFID
• Bring benefits of low cost passive UHF tags to active RTLS space
• Benefit from global EPC standard for open loop supply chains
• New economics for RTLS systems utilizing passive technology
• Broader market for EPC standard Gen2 tagging
• Enable ubiquitous visibility in large scale deployments
Mojix Technology: A Breakthrough for Passive RFID
• Economical, large scale read coverage areas, high capacity deployments
• Long range, NLOS capability
• Location and tracking
• Near 100% accuracy and reliability
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Mojix STAR System
Centralized Long Range Receiver, Distributed Transmitters
Interrogation
Space
Interrogation
Space
Active
Interrogation
Space
Active
Star
Receiver
Centralized Receiver: STAR
- High sensitive reader
reading tags up to 200 m
- Cover spaces up to
20’000 m2 with 1 reader
- Non Line of Sight
- Aggregation of data-
collection
- Single point for command
and control
Distributed eNodes
- Excitation Nodes only
transmit energy
- 4-port external antennas
at each eNode
- Scales very well (pay as
you grow)
eNode
Transmitter
Tag populations
associated to
eNodes
6. STAR: Space Time Array Reader
eNode: excitation Node
4-Port
eNode
STAR
Master Controller
eMux
7. STAR: Space Time Array Receiver
eNode: excitation Node
Mojix STAR™
Mojix 4-port
eNode™
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STAR System Network Architecture
• STAR Receiver:
has 3 physical interfaces
– Ethernet
– Transmit RF (Coax)
– Power
• eMux:
splitter and amplifier for the RF
transmit signal
• eNodes:
up to 4 antennas to excite tags
• Mojix Master Controller:
application server for
configuration, monitoring and
management of up to 8 STAR-
receivers
• COAX cable for power feeding
and management of eNodes
9. Mojix Dock Door Discrimination (DDD)
Warum ist das wichtig?
Konventionelle RFID Reader müssen
die ETSI Frequenz/Band teilen und
sind nicht ausgelegt diese Resourcen
optimal zu koordinieren.
Das führt dann in der Regel bei
konventionellen Readern zu
- Verminderter Leistung der Reader
- Extrem viel Interferenz/Noise
Vorteil 2: Keine Interferenzen
• STAR teilt eNodes/Antennen ein (timeslots)
• eNodes aktivieren Tag, keine Interferenz
• nur 1 STAR Receiver liest alle Tags
Vorteil 1: Eindeutige Zuordnung
• unterscheidet zuverlässig zwischen:
• BEREITGESTELLT
• VERLADEN
• nur relevante Daten werden weitergegeben
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Features: Scalability
• One STAR supports 512 eNodes
• No cost for additional power / network runs
• “Easy to Expand” visibility
• Additional capabilities over time
• Streamlines Data Management
Why is this important?
Conventional reader system’s
“single purpose” limits their utility
to merely barcode replacement.
This leads to:
- Increased total cost of ownership
- Expansion can be a MAJOR project
11. REWE: No. 2 German Food Retailer
Distribution Center Operations
Business Objectives
RFID Performance Requirements
• Management of returnable transport
items (RTIs) between 28 Distribution
Centers and REWE retail stores
• Reduction of shipping operation errors
• Highly accurate tag reads at shipping
dock doors and staging areas
• 100% Dock Door Discrimination (DDD)
and 100% Staging Discrimination
• Coverage of 40,000 square meter DC
with different pallets with dry food and
perishables
RFID Performance Requirements
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Dockdoor Operations
Shipping Dock Doors
Mojix Solution: 99.9% Read Accuracy of pallets and Returnable
Transport Items (RTIs), across 100 dock doors
14. REWE: RTI tracking in Staging Area
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Mojix 4-port
eNode + 4
antennae
15. EPC Standard Based RTLS
A New Paradigm in “Track & Trace”
• Emergence of broader market for EPC standard tagging
– Mojix STAR system enabling new economics with RTLS
systems utilizing passive technology
– Emergence of EPC RTLS solutions in:
• Asset tracking
• Factory/warehouse (WIP)
• Retail Store (inventory, anti-theft)
• Yard management
– Emergence of lower cost battery assisted EPC Gen 2 tags
– Performance improvements in newer passive Gen 2 tags
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EPC Compliant Asset Management
• Real Time view to inventory and
assets
• Real time view to personnel – SAFETY
• True supply chain visibility
• Reduced time to locate and stage
• Improved utilization
• Improved Customer Experience
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18. 1 STAR does it all !
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3 Usecases:
- Dockdoor
- Staging
- Inventory
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STAR
19. Warehouse (3) Shelf/Rack Inventory
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Mojix
eNodes
eNodes
mounted at the
ceiling above
aisles allows
locating items
on which shelf
20. Tracking goods in staging area
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Mojix 4-port
eNode + 4
antennae
21. Perishable Foods Track & Trace
Fresh Produce Production Operation
Business Objectives
RFID Performance Requirements
• Real-time product condition information
• Verification of freshness throughout
processing
• Ability to trace contaminated, packed product
back to its origin
• Reduce operational inefficiencies, scrap
levels and overall risk
• Reduce redundant purchases and theft
• High water content products
• High read rates required
• Dock door and inventory staging accuracy
• Track and trace throughout the production
process
Mojix e-Node
+ 4 antennas
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Fresh Produce Production Operation
Bin Dumping Lines
Receiving Door & Ramp
Area
Staging
Area
Bin Dumping Lines
Staging Area
Star
Receiver
e-Nodes
e-Nodes
e-Nodes
23. Perishable Foods Track & Trace
Leading US Produce Supplier
• Mojix eNodes excite RFID tags on raw-
product bins
– entry into the facility at dock doors
– through the inventory staging area to
the bin dumpers
Mojix Solution: Real-time tracking of tagged goods and plastic bins using
passive RFID, as items move from receiving through the facility
• 99.9% tag reads on bins moving
through processing
• Location of the tagged bins in the
inventory staging to facilitate
proper FIFO processing
*Mojix
e-Node +
antenna
24. Backroom Sales Floor
Check-out
Fitting
Room
Front Door
SALE
SALE SALE
SALE
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One STAR-reader for entire Retail-Store
Observe the entire floor plan 100% of the time
EAS
Perpetual
Inventory
Inventory
Management
26. Shipyard (Netherlands)
Re-engineering Shipbuilding & Logistics
Business Objectives
RFID Performance Requirements
• Automated real-time visibility to outbound parts
shipments
• Eliminate inefficient, error prone and costly
manual processes
• Ensure timely and accurate shipments
• RTLS coverage in outbound staging areas
• Identify and locate goods staged for loading on
sea-containers for worldwide shipping
• Accuracy of locating goods of less than 2 meters
27. Shipyard (Netherlands)
Re-engineering Shipbuilding & Logistics
• Metal parts, liquids (oil drums) and mixed
pallets tagged with flag tags
Mojix Solution : passive RTLS with low-cost passive EPC Gen 2 Tags
providing visibility of staged pallets before shipping
• Goods stacked on top of each
other can be identified and located
28. Perpetual Inventory
Item Level Tracking, Mojix STAR system
Visibility throughout
apparel store
480 DVDs flush on
rack,100% read rate
Mojix e-Node
Mojix e-Node
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Features: Wireless eNodes
• Pole mount create interrogation zones
• AC or Solar powered
• Attain as little or as much coverage needed
• Pay as you grow approach
Features: IP-65 Certified
• Outdoor / Ruggedized Hardware
• EPC tags for AT/RTLS
applications
• Active Technology benefit s with
Passive costs
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MOJIX enabling the True Promise of RFID
• Ubiquitous VISIBILITY
– Wall to wall, floor to ceiling, fence to fence!
– Range of reading tags of 200 meters (even in NLOS)
• Passive RTLS
– Location and Tracking of passive EPC Gen 2 tags!
– Low-cost EPC tags based on global standards instead of high tag costs for
proprietary infrastructure only suitable for closed loop solutions
– Active RFID features/performance with passive technology
• Near 100% Accuracy and Reliability
– Mission critical business process to recognize true ROI
– Seamless integration of STAR solution with business process
• STAR: Fully Centralized Data Collection Network Appliance
– Central read point on a single network element
– “All-in-one” without aggregation middleware
– Save OPEX & CAPEX
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