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Welcome to the RFID Detox Oasis
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RFID & Bar Code Co-Existence
Lessons learned from AIDC Technology Adoption
Presented by:
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Overview of AIDC
Technologies
Presented by:
Paul Bergé
Principal at Paul Bergé International LLC
and Past Chairman AIDC 100
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A Brief Commercial
• AIDC 100 is a not-for-profit, self-sustaining, nonpolitical, international organization of automatic
identification and data capture (AIDC)
professionals and others who have significantly
contributed to the growth and advancement of the
industry.
• The organization is a technical and business
resource - with emphasis on education - whose
primary goal is to enlarge the business
community's knowledge and understanding of
AIDC.
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Overview of AIDC Technologies
(There is more to AIDC than meets the RFID eye!)
Common to all AIDC Technologies:
They IMPROVE
Productivity
Profitability
Accuracy
Customer Service
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These are the Enabling AIDC
Technologies
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bar codes – Linear and 2D
radio frequency (RFID)
magnetic stripe
voice recognition
smart card
biometrics
optical character recognition (OCR)
real-time location service (RTLS)
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AIDC is everywhere
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retail
manufacturing
distribution
healthcare
financial
military
casino gambling…
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Military…….?
It’s here
somewhere
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Casino Gambling?
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What it is and what it is not
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AIDC is NOT the right solution for every problem
AIDC is NOT a cure for bad business practices
AIDC is NOT all things to all businesses
AIDC does NOT always have a clear ROI
• However…..
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However....
• AIDC are highly capable technologies
when implemented carefully
• AIDC are enabling technologies
• AIDC challenges current business
practices
• AIDC is proven and able to deliver a
measurable ROI in most cases
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What are the problems?
Leading Administration Errors2
Error Type
Incidence
Wrong Dose
27%
Wrong Drug
12%
Missed Dose
8%
Wrong Time
7%
Known Allergy
6%
Wrong Choice
4%
Wrong Frequency
2%
Adapted from a system analysis of a prospective cohort study of medication error reports on admissions
from 11 medical and surgical units in two tertiary care hospitals over a 6-month period (N=4,031
nonobstetrical adult admissions).
Medication
Errors in the
Hospital
51% of
hospital errors
occur during
administration
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AIDC to the Rescue
Bar code-enabled
systems have been
shown to reduce
medication errors
by
by
64.5% (at V facility)
71% (at North Colorado
Medical Center)
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You ARE going to use AIDC...
• either because someone else will
FORCE you to,
or
• you want to run your business
BETTER
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It’s all about the Data
• Alphanumeric representation of things or
events
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Part numbers
Expiration Date
Employee numbers
Lot numbers
Serial numbers
Net weights
Etc.
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So the Purpose of AIDC is…
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They all Fit In the Supply Chain
TRANSPORTATION
Active
RFID
Wide Area
(GPS, cellular/satellite)
Mid-Range
Passive
RFID
Real-Time
Locating
Systems
Voice
Bar Code/RFDC
CONTAINERS
ITEMS
Bar Code/RFDC
Short-Range
Passive RFID / EPC
Voice
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Bar Coding
0103045
• is one form of automatic data capture
• can be thought of as
keyless data entry
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What makes AIDC so good?
• all forms of AIDC are extremely robust
• error rates are orders of magnitude
less than with human data entry
– keyboard 1 in 300
– bar codes1 in 3,000,000
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For example...
CODE 39
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A
Character level
1
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Word level
5 bars & 4 spaces
quiet zones
2 wide bars, 1 wide space
start/stop characters
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Error Correcting
QR Code
PDF417
Datamatrix
MaxiCode
Aztec Code
Han Xin Code
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35+ Years of Bar Code Evolution
Aztec Code
Data Matrix
QR Code
60’s
70’s
80’s
90’s
90’s
Late 90’s
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One Solution
• Portable data file
Acme Mfg. Packing Slip
To:
UMC Corp. 1345
111 Main
Anywhere, Mich 48881
Frm: EZ Co. 221
23 Elm St.
Bozum, Mo. 23454
07/01/92 B/L# 09645322
Jones Transfer # 45688762
Part #
Qty
342118 Bearing
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345556 Armature 225
446577 Brush
100
445739 Harness
560
457783 Housing
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556677 Connector 100
557474 Cover
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5 ctns 548#
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2D Codes are everywhere
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Direct Part Marking (DPM)
• Direct marking of
2D symbols - UID
• Usually on metal
• Laser etched or dot-peened
• Most common: Data Matrix
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Future of Barcodes
• Barcode is the lowest cost AIDC technology
– They save lives
– They keep food safe
– They make sure shelves are stocked
– They allow packages to be shipped overnight
– They keep track of people and goods
– They help smoothing supply chains
- They co-exist happily with other AIDC
technologies
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Card Technologies
• Optical Cards
• Smart Cards
• Magnetic Stripe
Biometrics
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Biometrics
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OCR: Optical Character Recognition
• Text that may be easily read by humans
and with OCR scanning equipment
• Essentially two fonts:
OCR-A (stylized):
1234567890
and OCR-B:
• First commercial use in 1955
• Retail tags in the 70’s - 80’s
• Forms
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Magnetic Ink Character
Recognition (MICR)
• Not optical (except for humans)
• Magnetic Ink recognition
• Primarily used on Checks in US, Canada,
UK, Japan and more
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Voice Data Communication
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Hands-free, personal voice dialogs.
Used for commands and numbers
Primarily in warehousing and distribution
Pick & Place
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Then there is RFID…
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AIDC Technologies
Optical
Character
Recognition
Biometrics
RFID
Bar codes
Smart cards
Voice Data
Collection
Cost
Low
Medium
Medium to
high
Low
Medium to
high
Medium
Risk
Low
Medium
Medium
Low
High
Medium to
high
Maturity
Mature
Recent
Medium
Mature
Fairly New
Fairly New
Deployment
Extensive
Increasing
Limited &
Increasing
Limited
Very limited,
increasing
Limited,
increasing
Level of
automation
Some
Some
Some
Some
Some
High
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Coming up…..
• 2D codes in-depth
• Mobile Commerce
• Learning from History: AIDC technologies
in Harmony
• Demystifying RFID and other AIDC
technologies
• Crossing the Chasm towards co-existence
• Mapping your AIDC Future
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Questions?
Questions?
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For more information On…
See any of our members
or:
www.aidc100.org
Speaker’s
company
logo here
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For more information
Paul Bergé International LLC
3262 Hardisty Ave.
Cincinnati, OH 45208
Phone: (513) 871 6657
Fax: (513) 871 6433
email: pberge01@gmail.com
www.PaulBergeInternational.com
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