1. An EPC based relief supply visibility system in disaster area Shigeya Suzuki shigeya@wide.ad.jp Auto-ID Lab Japan at Keio University 2013/3/19 at GS1 Conference

2. 2 © Auto-ID Labs Japan Presentation Outline Agricultural product traceability Relief supply management for disastrous situation –We developed this as a “mode” of Agricultural traceability system 2

3. Agricultural Traceability

4. 4 © Auto-ID Labs Japan Background: EPC Testbed development 4

5. 5 © Auto-ID Labs Japan Motivation Mobile and stationary sensors posts data to different platforms –Mobile sensor posts data to EPCIS repository through capture interface –Stationary sensor posts data to another data base and combined to products with SGLN By combining these separately collected data into a single system, we can achieve better visibility of products Combination of such a visibility system and E-commerce system will be very attractive 5

6. 6 © Auto-ID Labs Japan Agricultural Traceability Trial Powered ID (Temperature sensing) Box ID Tag Melon ID Tag (SGTIN)+QR code 6

7. Relief supply management

8. 8 © Auto-ID Labs Japan Relief supply management in devastated area Discrepancy between needed supplies and given supplies –Immediately after the disaster ： Food, water, blankets –Several months after: Appliances and products to sustain living Large amount of supplies had to be discarded 8

9. 9 © Auto-ID Labs Japan Relief supply management in the devastated area 9 http://sp.walkerplus.com/tohokuwalker/volunteer/interview02.htmlhttp://ameblo.jp/refashion-intern/entry-11413154873.html http://www.vill.takizawa.iwate.jp/news230331

10. 10 © Auto-ID Labs Japan Relief supply management Category based transactions –Blanket 100 –Water bottle 500 –SGTIN specified transactions are rare Dynamic aggregation topology –Prefecture level –City level –Town level –Community level 10

11. 11 © Auto-ID Labs Japan Selection of Product category code 11 Long Term International Deployment –GPC (Global Product Classification) and GDSN. Short Term Domestic Deployment –JAN(GTIN) -> 6 digit category code + Product name + etc –JICFS (JAN Item Code File Service) –Number of registered product 5,809,454 Usage –Retailer 4,762 –Whole Sale Retailer 694 Manufactures, system integrator 439

12. 12 © Auto-ID Labs Japan System overview 12

13. 13 © Auto-ID Labs Japan Prototype development 13

14. 14 © Auto-ID Labs Japan Summary We have developed a testbed based on EPC, and applying it to agricultural products traceability We also have developed a relief supply management system as a “mode” of the above system We will provide our findings in these application areas 14

15. Backup Slides

16. 16 © Auto-ID Labs Japan Temperature profile in logistics 16

17. 17 © Auto-ID Labs Japan Multiple-carrier logistics visualization 17