La Piattaforma Applicativa RFID Giuseppe Russo Product Marketing Manager Giovanni Zoffoli Business Solutions Industry Marketing Manager

Agenda Componenti di una architettura RFID Criticità evidenziate dai clienti La strategia MBS verso RFID Axapta 4.0 Navision 5.0 Come ingaggiarci

RFID System Components Tags Antenna Readers “Middleware” Business Applications RFID Hardware Domain RFID Middleware Domain Business Application Domain Device consisting of an electronic circuit and integrated antenna RF used to transfer data between the tag and the antenna Receives and transmits the electromagnetic waves Wireless data transfer via air interface Communicates with the tag via antenna Provides power supply to passive tags Translates radio waves into digital information Reads/writes data from/to the tags through the reader Filters, stores and evaluates obtained data against business process Links the transceiver to applications, e.g. ERP

RFID – Quali criticità Integration with business applications Dealing with data flood Complexity Lack of Business Case for Manufacturers High costs of tags Hard costs versus soft benefits Limited scale of initial deployments Where can manufacturers derive value? Lack of Standards and Technology Challenges EPC Class 1 Gen 2 products only emerging Limitations of RFID QC, read reliability

Microsoft / MBS RFID Product and Partner Strategy Prodotto Axapta 4.0 Navision 5.0 Partners Lato MBS una specifica iniziativa sui verticali Ingaggio differenziato per tipologia di partner (ISV, SI, VAR, etc…)

Axapta 4.0 RFID - 1H CY06 Device Service Provider Interface (DSPI) Rules Engine / Runtime Store & schema Filters and aggregation Alerts and rules Lookup and synchronization Report generation and analysis Auditing and logging Reader Config. & Mgmt. Discovery and configuration Health and monitoring Management UI Software updates Data Store RFID Object Model Data Look-up EPCIS Data Synchronization Partners Hardware Partners Partners UI Elements for Server, Device Discovery, Configuration & Management Tables for new RFID data EPC Number Management Tagging Rules (By customer, product, sales order line etc) Business Logic for handling RFID Events (Pick, Pack, Ship incl. ASN, Receive) Connector

Axapta 4.0 RFID Embedded RFID Services Comprehensive Device Management Device and Server Health Monitoring Flexible Rules Framework to flexibly define Data Management capabilities (Filters, Rules and Alerts) Local Data Store Centralized Server Monitoring and Integration via Connector Easy extensibility (custom / partners) Core Axapta Application Electronic Product Code Number Assignment and Management as part of ERP Electronic Product Code (EPC) compliant (96-bit) Define by customer, stock keeping unit, sales order if tagging (and at what level) is required Out of the box integration with core processes (pick, pack, ship, receive) Support for process including ASN generation Captures EPC numbers in core application for improved traceability and control Support for pallet, case and item level tagging (2 dimensions) Extensive collaboration capabilities (incl. ASN based on AX12) Easy extensibility (custom / partners)

Navision 5.0 RFID* - 2H CY06 Device Service Provider Interface (DSPI) Rules Engine / Runtime Store & schema Filters and aggregation Alerts and rules Lookup and synchronization Report generation and analysis Auditing and logging Reader Config. & Mgmt. Discovery and configuration Health and monitoring Management UI Software updates Data Store RFID Object Model Data Look-up EPCIS Data Synchronization Partners Hardware Partners Partners EPC Number Management 96 bit EPC Data Structure Packing ASN Report Data Extraction & Integration EPC Numbers Data Model (MD + Obj) Transaction Feeds (Serialization)

Come ingaggiarci… Mandate driven RFID deployments in manufacturing and distribution (pursue other opportunities, i.e. asset management opportunistically) Consumer Goods, Wholesale & Distribution (as well as Life Sciences, Automotive and High Tech, Parts Suppliers i.e. Aerospace & Defense) Engage with ISVs building RFID middleware on.NET and convert to RFID Services – build vertical extension / real-time edge apps Offer out of the box compliance solutions comprising software, hardware, services (trad. MBS VARs and RFID systems engineering)