This document discusses using RFID technology to track gas cylinders in Malaysia. It notes that the current system lacks visibility into cylinder conditions like expiration dates and number of fillings. RFID could provide a contactless way to uniquely identify each cylinder and record its history during the registration, filling, distribution, and disposal processes. This would improve safety, asset control, and efficiency by enabling visibility into cylinder status and location, optimizing supply chain management, and preventing issues like illegal refilling and dumping. RFID could also help investigations by providing tag data if an accident occurred.

1. GAS Cylinder
Tracking with
RFID Technology

2. Houses or restaurants
in Malaysia

3. Supporting
6.39 million households

4. But…

9. Deteriorating paint and rusty

10. Number of
Expiry fillings?
date?
Number
of uses?
Manufacture
d date?

11. Total turnover?

12. Missing

13. Illegal dumping

14. Difficult to know
actual conditions

15. Safety
Asset control
Efficiency

16. We recommend
RFID technology

17. My ID number is 1234567.
Production by factory A.
Expiry date is Aug. 2015.

18. My ID number is 1234567.
Production by factory A.
Expiry date is Aug. 2015.
Contactless

19. Simple
to use!!

20. 1 2 3 4
Registration LPG filling Distribution Use Disposal
Record Record Record Record
Unique ID number Location, status info. Time stamping
D/B storage information
• Unique ID number
• GAS Cylinder information
• Location information
• Filling history
• Status information etc.

21. 1 Registration
Apply tag, Issue UID
Registration of GAS
cylinder information
 Manufacturer, Manufacture
date, Type, Expiry date
 Location information etc.
Remarks information

22. 2 LPG Filling
Tag reading
Record information
 GAS filling, inspection
information
 Time and location
information etc.
Remarks information

23. 3 Distribution
Tag reading
Record information
 Distributor information
 Time and location
information etc.
Remarks information

24. 4 Disposal
Tag reading
Disposal, Record info.
 Disposal date
 Person in charge etc.
(Encode the data into Tag)

25. Improve SCM

26. Benefits?

27. Visibility
 Identify individual LPG
cylinder
 Individual LPG cylinder’s
status, location
 Individual history
(Number of filling etc.)

28. Track & Trace
 Individual history,
movement
 Data analysis (lost, cost,
turnover etc.)
 Optimization

29. STOP illegal
refilling!!

30. Consequences of Illegal Refilling
Lost of revenue
Damage of Branding and
Company Reputation
should accident happened

31. Work efficiency
 Increases productivity
 Reduces human error
 Optimizes Supply
Chain Management

32. Environment
 Prevent illegal
dumping
 Paperless operation
 Waste reduction

33. Investigation
into the cause of
the explosion
from tag data!!

34. As a result,
Safety
Asset control
Efficiency

35. RFID can help
resolve your
problems!