1. PNOs-Suppliers Technical Interfaces Heidelberg, 3 March 1998 1 Deliverable 5 Guidelines on Hardware Traceability for Telecommunication Systems W. Deichmann, Deutsche Telekom

2. PNOs-Suppliers Technical Interfaces Heidelberg, 3 March 1998 2 Hardware Traceability Hardware Traceability - Address - Management Suggested Readers: Quality departments Procurement departments

3. PNOs-Suppliers Technical Interfaces Heidelberg, 3 March 1998 3 Hardware Traceability Hardware Traceability - The Goal - To know – what – what is owned – where – where is placed – how – how it works

4. PNOs-Suppliers Technical Interfaces Heidelberg, 3 March 1998 4 Hardware Traceability Hardware Traceability - Features - Inventory Traceability Reliability Maintenance Spare part management Disposal management

5. PNOs-Suppliers Technical Interfaces Heidelberg, 3 March 1998 5 Hardware Traceability Hardware Traceability - Objects - 4 1 2 3 5 Cabinets Frames Slots PCBAs & Units Components Switching System (structure) Hardware Items

6. PNOs-Suppliers Technical Interfaces Heidelberg, 3 March 1998 6 Hardware Traceability Hardware Traceability - Data - Attributes of Hardware Items (Identity) manufacturer / supplier's name product identifier (standard part number) place of production date of production contract number serial number

7. PNOs-Suppliers Technical Interfaces Heidelberg, 3 March 1998 7 Hardware Traceability Hardware Traceability - Data - Data Processing Input Data from supplier Handling – Wand scanning labels – Transferring data to database PNOs Database – Statistics

8. PNOs-Suppliers Technical Interfaces Heidelberg, 3 March 1998 8 Hardware Traceability Hardware Traceability - Coding - Code types – Talking Code – Non Talking Code Bellcore (ECI, CLEI) Other

9. PNOs-Suppliers Technical Interfaces Heidelberg, 3 March 1998 9 Hardware Traceability Hardware Traceability - Marking - – Bar Code 3 of 9 (bulky) – Checkerboard Symbols Datamatrix ECC 200 (high density) Labels for Items

10. PNOs-Suppliers Technical Interfaces Heidelberg, 3 March 1998 10 Hardware Traceability Hardware Traceability - Future Solutions - Info Device –Memory EEPROM ROM RAM

11. PNOs-Suppliers Technical Interfaces Heidelberg, 3 March 1998 11 Hardware Traceability Hardware Traceability - Future Solutions - Department 2 Department x Department 1 Online Inventory Monitoring Central Data Base Repair Shop Storage, Disposal

12. PNOs-Suppliers Technical Interfaces Heidelberg, 3 March 1998 12 Hardware Traceability Hardware Traceability - Future Solutions - Radio-frequency identification –Transponder off-line availability independent of item fast response data available in case of defective item

13. PNOs-Suppliers Technical Interfaces Heidelberg, 3 March 1998 13 Hardware Traceability Hardware Traceability - Recommendation - European wide standardisation – Unique coding system Standard part number e.g. Bellcore (CLEI) define a European system by an other institute e.g. ETSI