Points out the actual extend of RFID Deployment in Global Suppy Chains concerning associated Opportunities, Challenges and Risks.

1. Fachhochschule für Ökonomie und Management - University of Applied Siences Slide No. Master of Business Administration (MBA) Master Thesis Defence on the Topic Supervisor : Prof. Dr. Soumit Sain Referee : Prof. Dr. Matthias Klumpp Student: : Volker Girrulat Student ID-No.: 174770 Essen, 08.05.2009

2. Fachhochschule für Ökonomie und Management - University of Applied Siences Slide No. I. Objectives of the Thesis and Introduction of the Topic

6. Fachhochschule für Ökonomie und Management - University of Applied Siences Slide No. II. Supply Chain Management on a Global Scale

8. Fachhochschule für Ökonomie und Management - University of Applied Siences Slide No. Purchasing Production Logistics Controlling Information Technology Supplier Second Tier Supllier First Tier Own Company in the Global Supply Chain Network Customer First Tier Customer Second Tier

10. Fachhochschule für Ökonomie und Management - University of Applied Siences Slide No. Low Low High High Costs Service Level Source: Boston Consulting Group Trade-off between Service and Costs

11. Fachhochschule für Ökonomie und Management - University of Applied Siences Slide No. Supply Chain Dynamics Customer Demand Retailer Orders Distributor Orders Production Plan

13. Fachhochschule für Ökonomie und Management - University of Applied Siences Slide No. Supply Chain Visibility Supplier Collaboration Supply Chain Costing International Transportation Management Trade Compliance Customer Collaboration Risk Management Source: Aberdeen Group, 2006 % of Respondents Supply Chain Investment Areas

15. Fachhochschule für Ökonomie und Management - University of Applied Siences Slide No. Pull-Call-off-to-order Pull-Call-off-to-order (Component Level) Pull-Assemble-to-order Pull-Customize-to-order Push/Pull-Make-to-Stock Push-Make and Ship-to-Stock COP 1 COP 2 COP 4 COP 5 COP 6 COP 3 Postponement Local Stock Component Warehouse Tier Ones Finished Products Stock Abroad Source : Bliss and Haddock, 2008 COP = Cross-over Point

16. Fachhochschule für Ökonomie und Management - University of Applied Siences Slide No. Traditional On Demand Source: IBM Institute for Business Value, 2004 Static Supply Chain Functional Optimization Horizontal Process Integration and Automation External Collaboration, Optimization, Flexibilization Demand-Driven Supply Chain Demand-Driven Supply Chain Development

17. Fachhochschule für Ökonomie und Management - University of Applied Siences Slide No. III. RFID Technology and Architecture

18. Fachhochschule für Ökonomie und Management - University of Applied Siences Slide No. RFID-Reader Reader Antenna Transponder Tag Tag Antenna Air Interface Source: Balkovich, Bikson et al., 2005 to Information Systems

19. Fachhochschule für Ökonomie und Management - University of Applied Siences Slide No. Passive RFID Tag Active RFID Tag

20. Fachhochschule für Ökonomie und Management - University of Applied Siences Slide No. Electric Waves Radio Waves Infra-Red Visibke Light Ultra Violet X-Rays Gamma Rays Cosmic Rays Radio Spectrum 9kHz 30 kHz 300kHz 3000kHz 30Mhz 300Mhz 3000MHz 30GHz 300GHz 3000GHz VLF LF MF HF VHF UHF SHF EHF Not designated 125-134 kHz 13.56 MHz 860-930 MHz 2.4 & 5.8 GHz Electromagnetic Spectrum Source: Zheng, 2008

21. Fachhochschule für Ökonomie und Management - University of Applied Siences Slide No. Common Frequency Bands of RFID

23. Fachhochschule für Ökonomie und Management - University of Applied Siences Slide No. RFID-Tag RFID-Reader Savant (Middleware) EPC Information Service External Software Applications Object Naming Service (ONS) Domain Name Service(DNS) Protocol PML PML PML Source: Flörkemeier, 2005 EPC Network Architecture Data Capturing Filtering Transmitting to other Systems Product-related Data Disemination troughout the EPC Network Points out the adequate Adress of the Data Source

24. Fachhochschule für Ökonomie und Management - University of Applied Siences Slide No. IV. Benefits and Challenges of RFID in the Global Value Chain

25. Fachhochschule für Ökonomie und Management - University of Applied Siences Slide No. Information available Latest Information Information demand Subjective Information Reqirements Objective Information Reqirements Source: Picot et al. , 1998, p.82 Information Demand and Supply

28. Fachhochschule für Ökonomie und Management - University of Applied Siences Slide No. Costs Coordination Intensity Total Costs Autonomy Costs Coordination Costs K 1 K 1 : Piont of optimal Coordination Intensity Costs Source: Frese, 1995, p. 101

29. Fachhochschule für Ökonomie und Management - University of Applied Siences Slide No. Abstract View on Privacy Risks in The EPC Network Source: Adapted from Garfunkel et al. , 2006 Privacy Concerns:

30. Fachhochschule für Ökonomie und Management - University of Applied Siences Slide No. Technology Acceptance Model (Davis, 1986) Public Acceptance:

31. Fachhochschule für Ökonomie und Management - University of Applied Siences Slide No. Security Issues: Summary of Security Evaluation

33. Fachhochschule für Ökonomie und Management - University of Applied Siences Slide No. V. Current Best Practice of RFID Deployment

34. Fachhochschule für Ökonomie und Management - University of Applied Siences Slide No. WLAN GPRS UMTS GPS Gallileo RFID Reader Node in Sensor Network Sotware Agent/Gateway RFID Tag Information Systems Source: Laur and Lang, 2005 RFID/Sensor Network

35. Fachhochschule für Ökonomie und Management - University of Applied Siences Slide No. VI. Future Outlook

36. Fachhochschule für Ökonomie und Management - University of Applied Siences Slide No. Integration Depth Integration Range Integration Range Diffusion Direction Single Item Pallet Level Case Level Supplier First Tier Supplier SecondTier Supplier Third Tier Domestic International Global Derived from Fleisch and Strassner, 2005 Pipelines Transportation Level RFID Diffusion in Global Supply Chains

37. Fachhochschule für Ökonomie und Management - University of Applied Siences Slide No. VII. Conclusion

38. Fachhochschule für Ökonomie und Management - University of Applied Siences Slide No. 2004 2005 ca. 2006 + ca. 2010 + Supply Chain Optimization EPC Trails EPC Mandates Accurate Inventory Counterfeit Detection Shrinkage Avoidance Grey Market Detection Verifiable Secure Supply Chains Case / Pallet Level Item Level Source: HP invent, 2005 RFID Adoption Timeline

39. Fachhochschule für Ökonomie und Management - University of Applied Siences Slide No. Position of EU Countries in Adopting RFID in 2007

41. Fachhochschule für Ökonomie und Management - University of Applied Siences Slide No. Thank You

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