Generate RFID Tag IDs and Upload to iRAPT Report

Explanation

Use this activity to generate RFID tag IDs in Defense RFID Information page and upload them to the RFID tab in Defense iRAPT Report page.

It is a requirement of Department of Defense (DoD) for their suppliers to generate RFID tags and affix passive RFID tags at case (shipping and exterior containers) and pallet (palatized unit load) level for shipment of specific commodities sent to specific locations.

The RFID tag IDs are generated for the handling units at Shipment Handling Unit Structure page. The Defense RFID Information page has the handling units which are added in the Shipment Handling Unit Structure page and RFID tag IDs are generated there.

To generate RFID tag IDs, the RFID Serial No and Object Type should have information.

As default the RFID serial number is equal to the handling unit ID and it is possible to add a RFID serial number manually as well. The Handling unit ID is a unique ID in the application and If the RFID serial number is added manually then the serial number should be less than or equal to 68719476736 (2^36 binary value).

The object types are defied in the ‘United States Department of Defense Suppliers’ Passive RFID Information Guide (Version 15.0)’.

Object Type (mentioned as Filter)

• Pallet
• Case
• Unit Pack

These three object types are inserted as Handling Unit Categories at Handling Unit Categories page. If Handling Unit Type is from one of above categories, then system will automatically fetch the Object Type. If not the Object Type should be selected before generating the RFID tag ID.

When RFID Serial No and Object Type has values, the Generate RFID Tag ID command is enabled.

If the parts are packed in to the handling units at the time of RFID Tag ID generation, the RFID Tag ID will be uploaded to the RFID tab at Defnese iRAPT Report. If parts are packed after generating the RFID Tag ID, it will not be included to the RFID tab automatically and it will be indicated as NO in Included in Report column. It is possible to include the RFID Tag ID by selecting the Include in Report option.

The command will generate the RFID Tag ID using folowing steps according to ‘United States Department of Defense Suppliers’ Passive RFID Information Guide (Version 15.0)’.

RFID Tag ID is built by combining the following fields;

• First Field (Header) – This is a fixed value “2F”, which is the DOD-96 Identifier.The value is 8 bits long and will use the following binary value;
• 0010111

• Second Field (Filter) - Object Type. This value is 4 bits long.The logic will translate the text value in the Object Type to the corresponding binary value listed below
  • Pallet = 0000
  • Case = 0001
  • Unit Pack = 0010

• Third Field (Government Managed Identification) - CAGE code of the Prime Contractor from the Defense Contract Order Details associated with the line. The system will retrieve the Prime contractor CAGE code from the Defense Contract Order Addresses.
  • The connection is the Customer Order Number on the Shipment Line will be connected to the Defense Contract Order.
  • The CAGE will be converted to a binary code using the binary values of ASCII codes (ASCII Caracter to CAGE Code Character Mapping). The length of this value is 48 bits.
  • The CAGE Code will consist of six characters. If the CAGE field less than 6 characters, “space” will be inserted into the first character positions to the left of the CAGE in the RFID Tag ID.

• Fourth Field (Serial Number) – Retrieved from the RFID Serial No. The RFID Serial Number will be converted into a binary value. After being converted to the binary value, the result will be padded to the left with zeros to create a 36 bit value.

• Combination - The 4 data elements will be combined to create the 96 Bit binary value for the created RFID Tag ID.

Example from Above:

Header	Filter	CAGE Code	RFID Serial No
8 bits	4 bits	48 bits	36 bits

In the final step, the 96 bit binary value will be converted into a hexadecimal format.The result will be a 24 character ID that will be placed in the RFID Tag ID column for each Handling Unit ID (which will always begin with 2F due to the fixed value for the DOD identifier)

Prerequisites

• The customer order line connected to the shipment line should have been connected to the defense contract order.
• Handling units must have been connected to the Shipment handling unit structure.

System Effects

As a result of this activity:

• RFID tag IDs are generated and uploaded them in to the RFID tab in Defense iRAPT Report page.

Pages

Defense RFID Information

Activity Diagrams

External IUID Traceability and Package RFID Support