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Vision and Challenges for Realising the Internet of Things

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The purpose <strong>of</strong> Traceability Services is to act as a repository <strong>for</strong> item level trace¬ability data<br />

<strong>and</strong> process level data <strong>and</strong> to provide services based on this in<strong>for</strong>mation. This is realised by<br />

utilizing <strong>the</strong> extension point provided by EPCIS St<strong>and</strong>ard [1].<br />

The solution connects <strong>the</strong> steps <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> supply chain toge<strong>the</strong>r <strong>and</strong> provides a common data<br />

model <strong>for</strong> <strong>the</strong> whole supply chain. The solution <strong>of</strong>fers services <strong>for</strong> monitoring environmental,<br />

economic <strong>and</strong> social per<strong>for</strong>mance <strong>of</strong> an organisation.<br />

2.2.1 Traceability Data Repository<br />

The Traceability Data Repository is a set <strong>of</strong> databases <strong>and</strong> data warehouses designed <strong>for</strong> storing<br />

traceability data <strong>and</strong> master data from <strong>the</strong> supply chain. Data warehouses enable detailed<br />

analysis <strong>of</strong> data <strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong> calculation <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> economic <strong>and</strong> environmental KPIs.<br />

TS KPI Calculations are a set <strong>of</strong> configured <strong>for</strong>mulas that are used to calculate economical,<br />

environmental <strong>and</strong> quality key per<strong>for</strong>mance indicators. Different kind <strong>of</strong> <strong>for</strong>mulas <strong>for</strong> KPI<br />

calculations can be fed to <strong>the</strong> calculation engine <strong>and</strong> presented in TS Reports <strong>and</strong> TS Analytics.<br />

The Environmental KPIs used in <strong>the</strong> Indisputable Key are presented in Chapter 3.<br />

2.2.2 Visualisation <strong>and</strong> Analysis <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> traceability in<strong>for</strong>mation<br />

Traceability Services consists <strong>of</strong> a set <strong>of</strong> different business intelligence tools to visualise <strong>and</strong><br />

analyse <strong>the</strong> traceability in<strong>for</strong>mation.<br />

TS Reports <strong>of</strong>fers KPI visualization <strong>and</strong> different reporting possibilities, including export <strong>of</strong><br />

<strong>the</strong> reported data <strong>for</strong> local use by <strong>the</strong> researcher. TS Reports is implemented on Per<strong>for</strong>mance<br />

Point Server <strong>and</strong> Micros<strong>of</strong>t Office Sharepoint Server 2007. By using TS Reports <strong>the</strong> user can<br />

monitor <strong>the</strong> per<strong>for</strong>mance <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> organisation.<br />

TS Analytics provides a user interface through Pro Clarity tool to advanced users <strong>for</strong> detailed<br />

analysis <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> collected data exploiting <strong>the</strong> data from TS Repository database <strong>and</strong> data warehouses.<br />

ProClarity Analytics provides a powerful yet simple to-use analysis tools to cover everything<br />

ranging from ad-hoc querying to sophisticated analytic modelling. In Figure 4.9-4<br />

<strong>the</strong>re is an example where <strong>the</strong> user compares log diameter measurements in <strong>the</strong> <strong>for</strong>est <strong>and</strong> in<br />

<strong>the</strong> saw mill. Based on this in<strong>for</strong>mation a company can calibrate its measurement devices<br />

automatically.<br />

Figure 4.9-4: Analysing in TS Analytics.<br />

2.2.3 Integration to source systems<br />

The integration to source systems is realized with adapters to acquire <strong>and</strong> share <strong>the</strong> traceability<br />

data toge<strong>the</strong>r with <strong>the</strong> process data. Traceability Services allows integrating EPC compliant<br />

readers into <strong>the</strong> system by supporting <strong>the</strong> Reader Protocol [RP 1.1] st<strong>and</strong>ard [2]. The new in-<br />

CERP-IoT – Cluster <strong>of</strong> European Research Projects on <strong>the</strong> <strong>Internet</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Things</strong><br />

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