KR20080060564A - A system of pos for electronic tag in military supplies management and a method thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

A system and a method for managing military logistics with an RFID(Radio Frequency IDentification) tag are provided to manage the military logistics of military supplies makers from order to delivery by attaching the RFID tag including a military supply code to military supplies and recognizing the RFID tag with an RFID reader. A military supplies RFID information server generates and transfers an RFID tag to a military logistics part(S_100). The military logistics part makes/inserts a military supplies code, a security code and a maker code into the RFID tag, and transfers the RFID tag to a maker(S_200). The maker makes military supplies corresponding to the RFID tag and attaches the RFID tag to the military supplies(S_300). The maker delivers the military supplies to a warehouse(S_400). RFID tag information of the military supplies is checked through the RF network(S_500). The server collects, processes, and manages military supplies RFID information(S_600). Additional security is applied to utilize the military supplies RFID information(S_700). The military supplies RFID information is stored in a database(S_800).

Description

Method and system for military logistics management using electronic tag {A SYSTEM OF POS FOR ELECTRONIC TAG IN MILITARY SUPPLIES MANAGEMENT AND A METHOD THEREOF}

1 is a block diagram illustrating a conventional military logistics delivery system.

2 is a system configuration according to the present invention.

2A is a general flow diagram in accordance with the present invention.

3 is a system configuration diagram of the present invention.

4 is a flowchart of a tag information checking process according to the present invention;

5 is an RFID tag applied in the configuration of the present invention.

** Explanation of symbols for main parts of drawings **

10.Manufacturing Process

20 ... logistics warehouse

30 ... Gun logistics department

110 ... Logistics with RFID tags

120 ... RFID Reader

130 ... AP

140 ... Gun Logistics RFID Information Management Server

150 ... Firewall

160 ... Gun Logistics RFID Information Data Server

The present invention provides a system and method for efficiently managing logistics in a military environment, and more particularly, recognizes logistics with an RFID tag including a military logistics code through an RFID reader, and wirelessly communicates. Information is collected and processed by the military logistics RFID information management server, protected by the firewall, and finally transmitted to the military logistics RFID information data server to transmit the information. How to store.

Everyone would have suffered from the shortage of goods in the army. This is not a problem with certain units. While certain departments have a hard time dealing with surviving goods, general crews are always struggling with shortages.

In order to solve the above problems, we have made a lot of efforts to thoroughly manage the military logistics so that the inventory of military goods can be accurately identified and the logistics can be delivered smoothly. It is difficult to distribute them.

In the related art, since the person in charge of managing logistics is constantly replaced and there is a limit in recruiting manpower, the present invention proposes a method of utilizing electronic tags among various methods for automating military logistics management.

The conventional group logistics management method is shown in FIG.

The system that manages the order through the private enterprise is required by the soldiers and equipment users through the five stages of the corps of soldiers, companies, battalions, regiments, and divisions. If the division is in stock, the three-step process leads to Supply / Maintenance Battalion, Regimental Logistics, and Battalion Support Division, followed by the Military Governor, Logistics, Supply Depot, Supply / Maintenance Battalion, Regimental Division, Battalion Support Division, and Administrative Supply Officer. It is required to go through the 71-72 organizational unit business processor from the soldier to the procurement headquarters.

In addition, if there is no inventory in the division among the items requested for the organization, the organization will be disbursed. However, in fact, the automatic claim is not made properly. It is not known at the subordinate unit except the senior unit practitioner, and when it will be supplied for the item, the division-military governor system is not connected automatically. There is a problem in that it is virtually unreachable.

It is also a reality that excessive expenditures are occurring for inventory management of military supplies.

The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, by using the electronic tag to facilitate the logistics management in the military (,), and from the order to delivery to the logistics manufacturer, the electronic Its purpose is to provide a way to perform logistics management through tags and systems.

In addition, by reducing the manpower of the logistics management department in the county, it will lead to more effective military manpower management, and to reduce the business difficulties caused by the turnover caused by the change of manpower in logistics management. have.

The present invention relates to a method and system for military logistics management using an electronic tag, comprising: generating and storing an RFID tag in a military logistics RFID information data server and transmitting the RFID tag to a logistics management department ; The logistics management department transmitting a RFID tag to a manufacturer by creating a military logistics code, a security code, and a manufacturer code on the transmitted RFID tag; Manufacturing a logistics (item) corresponding to the tag by the manufacturer receiving the RFID tag and attaching the RFID tag to the logistics; Transferring the logistics to a warehouse; Checking the tag information of the logistics transferred to the warehouse through a wireless network; Collecting and processing information to a server to manage the group logistics RFID information; Applying additional security to utilize the logistics information; It includes the final information storage and management steps that store information in a database and manage it for future use.

RFID (radio frequency identification) is a non-contact recognition system that attaches a small chip to various items and transmits and processes the information of the object and the surrounding environment at radio frequency.This system, which appeared in the 1980s, is dedicated to dedicated short range communication (DSRC). Near field communication) or wireless identification system.

An electronic identification (tag) system consisting of a reader with a read / decode function, a built-in RF ID tag, operating software, and a network, processes information by identifying a thin flat tag attached to an object. do.

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Prior to this, terms or words used in the specification and claims of the present invention should not be construed as being limited to ordinary or dictionary meanings, and the inventors should understand the concept of terms in order to explain their invention in the best way. It should be interpreted as meanings and concepts corresponding to the technical idea of the present invention based on the principle that it can be properly defined. Therefore, the embodiments described in the specification and the drawings shown in the drawings are only the most preferred embodiments of the present invention and do not represent all of the technical idea of the present invention, various equivalents that may be substituted for them at the time of the present application It should be understood that there may be water and variations.

2 is a simplified configuration of a method and system for military logistics management applying an electronic tag according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 2, the manufacturing plant portion 10, the logistics warehouse portion 20, the military logistics management department 30, and the military logistics RFID information data server 50 are communicated to the network 40 via communication. It is connected.

The manufacturing plant part 10 receives a logistics manufacturing request from the military logistics management department and provides an RFID tag containing the manufacturing plant code and the logistics code from the military logistics management department 30 when entering the manufacturing process. Received and manufactured, the finished product is attached to the RFID tag is moved to the warehouse 20, delivered to the military (軍) through the transport process and reported to the logistics department.

For example, a tag recognition method is required during the process and transfer, but the present invention assumes that sufficient recognition equipment is sufficiently introduced.

The above process is explained in a flowchart.

2A is a general flow diagram in accordance with the present invention.

Generating and storing an RFID tag in a group logistics RFID information data server 50 and transmitting the RFID tag to a logistics management unit 30 (S_100);

The logistics management unit 30 transmits the RFID tag to a manufacturing factory (manufacturer, 10) by creating a military logistics code, a security code, and a manufacturer code on the transmitted RFID tag (S_200);

Manufacturing a logistics (item) corresponding to the tag in the manufacturing factory 10 receiving the RFID tag and attaching the RFID tag to the logistics (S_300);

Transferring the logistics to a distribution warehouse (S_400);

Checking the tag information of the logistics transferred to the warehouse through a wireless network (S_500);

Collecting and processing information to a server to manage the group logistics RFID information (S_600);

Applying additional security to utilize logistics information (S_700);

A final information storage and management step of storing the information in a database and managing it for future use (S_800);

Is made of.

In the above, the networks 40 are connected to each other by various networks including a local area network (LAN), a wide area network (WAN), an intranet, a wireless lan (WIFI), and similar internal networks, and access to the Internet. Means a data communication network in a comprehensive sense, which includes not only wired networks including private networks and public telephone networks, but also mobile networks, satellite networks and wireless networks such as IMT-2000, such as location tracking systems. It includes a geographic information system.

Preferably, the RFID tag provided to the manufacturing process 10 includes a group code requesting a product request, a subcontracted company code, and a group security code. Such RFID tags will require specialized manufacturers according to military directives.

Companies that receive the RFID tag provided by the group should include an RFID reader to attach and verify the tag on the manufactured article. A more detailed description will be described with reference to FIG. 3.

3 shows a system configuration flowchart.

Logistics 110 to which the RFID tag is applied, RFID reader 120 to read the tag applied to the logistics to obtain information, Access Point (AP) for transmitting the data by wireless communication, and manages the information received from the wireless communication A group logistics RFID information management server 140, a firewall 150 for protecting information from the management server, and a group logistics RFID information data server 160 storing information provided from the firewall. It is composed.

The group logistics management server 140 receives information based on socket communication with the RFID reader 120 and is configured as a two-way dynamic program.

For example, the present invention utilizes ASP.NET, C # Socket communication as a program application method for building a web service, and basically includes a program design element using SOAP by utilizing a web program based HTTP protocol and an XML based data. have. Therefore, the configuration of the system to which the present invention is applied is preferably configured based on the wired / wireless communication connection between the RFID reader 120 and the RFID information management server 140.

The RFID tag included in the RFID includes a military logistics code, a security code for protecting information, a delivery confirmation code for confirming a supplier, and a manufacturer code.

The tag information checking process S_500 is illustrated in FIG. 4.

Checking, by the RFID reader, whether there is information received in order to receive information from the RFID tag attached to the logistics (S_510);

If there is information received from the RFID tag, comparing the received information with a tag provided by a group and checking a tag ID and a security code check to confirm whether correct information has been received (S_520);

If the information does not match according to the comparison, generating an error for the logistics that do not match, classifying the information according to the error occurrence, and storing and storing information on the error content (S_530);

An information reading and security checking step (S_540) for confirming the stability and integrity of the logistics information if the information matches according to the comparison;

It consists of.

In the above-described additional security, encryption is applied so that no one can see the logistics information, and a general encryption method is preferable.

The above configuration is composed of a producer, a military logistics management department, and a military logistics RFID information data server.

The RFID tag applied in each configuration is shown in FIG.

The RFID tag provided to the manufacturer is composed of military logistics code (311), security code for information protection (312), delivery confirmation code (313) for supplier verification, military logistics management department The server's RFID tag consists of an RFID code check (321) and a security code check (322), to check the details of each code (331), security code check to manage the information stored in the military logistics RFID information data server 332 tags.

By using the electronic tag of the present invention to support the smooth distribution of goods within the group (軍), and can perform a thorough logistics management through the electronic tag and system from the order to the delivery to the manufacturer, By reducing the manpower of the logistics management department in the company, it can lead to more effective military manpower management, and it can solve the difficulties caused by the turnover caused by the change of manpower in the logistics management.

In addition, surplus goods through automatic management during transportation and management to the military by attaching and attaching the electronic tag managed and distributed by the military after producing the goods by the company that has been requested to manufacture the logistics from the military. And waste of military budget due to lack of logistics can be minimized.

Claims (3)

In the management method of military logistics, Generating and storing an RFID tag in a group logistics RFID information data server 50 and transmitting the RFID tag to a logistics management unit 30 (S_100); The logistics management unit 30 transmits the RFID tag to a manufacturing factory (manufacturer, 10) by creating a military logistics code, a security code, and a manufacturer code on the transmitted RFID tag (S_200); Manufacturing a logistics (item) corresponding to the tag in the manufacturing factory 10 receiving the RFID tag and attaching the RFID tag to the logistics (S_300); Transferring the logistics to a distribution warehouse (S_400); Checking the tag information of the logistics transferred to the warehouse through a wireless network (S_500); Collecting and processing information to a server to manage the group logistics RFID information (S_600); Applying additional security to utilize logistics information (S_700); A final information storage and management step of storing the information in a database and managing it for future use (S_800); Method for military logistics management using an electronic tag comprising a. The method according to claim 1, Tag information verification process (S_500), Checking, by the RFID reader, whether there is information received in order to receive information from the RFID tag attached to the logistics (S_510); If there is information received from the RFID tag, comparing the received information with a tag provided by a group and checking a tag ID and a security code check to confirm whether correct information has been received (S_520); If the information does not match according to the comparison, generating an error for the logistics that do not match, classifying the information according to the error occurrence, and storing and storing information on the error content (S_530); An information reading and security checking step (S_540) for confirming the stability and integrity of the logistics information if the information matches according to the comparison; Method for military logistics management using an electronic tag further comprising a. The method according to claim 1, The RFID tag is composed of a military logistics code 311, a security code 312 for protecting information, a delivery confirmation code 313 for confirming a supplier, and RFID of a server of a military logistics management department. The tag is composed of an RFID code check (321), security code check (322), the code-specific history check (331), to manage the information stored in the military logistics RFID information data server of the security code check (332) Method for military logistics management using an electronic tag characterized in that consisting of a tag.

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