RFID Supply Chain Management System for Naval Logistics
Abstract
The U.S. Navy is charged with the responsibility of providing a strategic Maritime Pre-positioning Force (MPF). To accomplish this objective the supply chain management system must be designed to allow for real-time accountability, Total Asset Visibility (TAV), rapid deployment and In-Transit Visibility (ITV). The proposed solution consists of a functioning Dynamic Smart Manifest (DSM) embodied in the structure of a Dynamic Smart Box (DSB). A middle-ware called Inteliware interfaces with the RFID components and computers in the DSB and inputs the requisite data into the Dynamic Smart Manifest. The DSB will be housed in a twenty-foot equivalent unit (TEU) which is the Navy's standard shipping container. The TEU will be outfitted with a system of open sourced RFID readers and antennae designed to read the tagged pallets and items that enter or exit the container. A nested architecture of passive/active tags and nested frequencies will create an aggregate inventory of the TEU's content. The ability to track and update inventory as pallets/containers are reconfigured will be demonstrated. The automation of the process of preparing the pallet/container data will result in the DSM, that will in real time provide the ability to sense and respond, count, record, identify, track and locate items, cartons, pallets and containers.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Aug 10, 2005
- Accession Number
- ADA436432
Entities
People
- Alexander Mccredie