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    Rolls-Royce tested RFID to track parts within its supply chain. An 8-week pilot tagged parts between UK warehouses and found RFID read tags 99.7% of the time, though some interference occurred when tagging metal parts. Rolls-Royce plans to extend RFID tracking between international sites and eventually to customer premises to track engines and parts using passive and active RFID.

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    Rolls-Royce tested RFID to track parts within its supply chain. An 8-week pilot tagged parts between UK warehouses and found RFID read tags 99.7% of the time, though some interference occurred when tagging metal parts. Rolls-Royce plans to extend RFID tracking between international sites and eventually to customer premises to track engines and parts using passive and active RFID.

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    Rolls-Royce tested RFID to track parts within its supply chain. An 8-week pilot tagged parts between UK warehouses and found RFID read tags 99.7% of the time, though some interference occurred when tagging metal parts. Rolls-Royce plans to extend RFID tracking between international sites and eventually to customer premises to track engines and parts using passive and active RFID.

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    RFID's Potential

    to Drive Supply Chain

    Mahathir Mohiuddin
    1915413660
    Overview
    Internationally recognized manufacturer of
    gas turbines, engines and parts used in Headquarters in London
    aircraft, ships
    and submarines worldwide.

    Decision to test RFID to Save cost, time and effort


    track internal Supply Chain
    RFID can show us where problems are in
    advance, to help us manage the problems.

    Andy Higginson
    Logistics Service Line Manager,
    Defense Aerospace Division
    RFID Trials commence
    8 week pilot phase in
    2007

    Technical Assessment Testing RFID Hardware


    With help from IBM to define Six Vendors including Nine
    its information passive and Four active RFID
    requirements so it would not tags and interrogators
    be overwhelmed with data In Derby and Bristol.
    collected via RFID.
    What did the
    TESTS reveal?
    No RF Interference from packaging of aircraft parts

    Later trials revealed some specific interference


    issues
    When tagging bags of fasteners or other small
    components, to avoid RF interference with tagged
    bags of metal screws (metal is known to interfere
    with RF
    signals), the bags of screws needed to be placed in
    double bags, with the components in one end and
    an RFID tag on the other, to provide tag/metal
    separation.
    Live trial employing ultrahigh-frequency (UHF) EPC
    Gen 2 tags from Alien Technology for tracking parts
    between Bristol and Ansty.

    Existing tracking mechanism for the inbound


    pipeline
    (based on bar-coding technology and a supply
    chain system from Exostar) already provides
    sufficient
    visibility, and that there would be less incremental
    benefit from using RFID technology at this stage.
    Tags were read successfully 99.7 percent of the
    time
    Future Prospects
    RFID pilot to track parts in an extended
    supply chain between its warehouses in Bristol, Derby and Indianapolis, and its MRO facility at East
    Kilbride, Scotland. The pilot will most likely employ passive UHF EPC Gen 2 tags. The parts will
    also be tracked internally, within the Scottish MRO site, between a warehouse and the repair operations areas.
    In the future, Rolls-Royce plans to extend the supply chain test to incorporate customers' premises
    and include the tracking of both engines and piece parts, utilizing a combination of passive and
    active RFID technologies. Specifically, active tags will be used on high-value engine assets to
    provide more accurate tracking and location visibility, and to potentially carry engine configuration
    and maintenance history.

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