Meetup Watson IOT & IA - Mars 2019

1. Track & Trace for
industrial
packagings
An IBM / Sigfox & PSA Groupe all inclusive solution
Jean-Philippe Eloy, IBM CTL for PSA Groupe
OPEL VAUXHALL

3. Background
SPECIFIC 10811
Car dashboard
MULTIPURPOSE 00112
Spare parts
PSA Groupe and suppliers plants in Europe
and more (from Marroco to Russia)
Tier-1
Supplier A
Plant A
Plant A
Plant B
Transportation by GEFCO, a logistic provider
Specific container
Tier-1
Supplier A
Plant n
Multi-purpose container
Tier-1
Supplier B
Plant n
Plant A
Plant B
• + 2200 PSA & suppliers sites
• +7M containers / +1,5M critical containers

4. Where are our
industrial containers ?
Many unsuccessful tries have been made to
locate industrial packagings : RFID, GPS,… due
to
 Battery lifetime which is impacted
by :
• Temperature
• # of sent messages
 Effort to connect existing
Information Systems,
• Logistic Service Provider ‘s IS
• PSA Groupe’s IS

5. IBM approach
1. Design Thinking
2. Minimum Viable Product ( 6
months & 200 devices)
3. Smart sensor design & pilot
phase (3 months & 1200
devices - )
4. All inclusive solution (3 years &
130K devices)
1. Devices
2. Network
3. SaaS and PaaS
4. Managed Services
5. Financing
ALPS Lykaner 4i
• Antennas : 1 for Wifi , 1 for Sigfox
• Accelerometer (type of vehicle, movement detection, speed
and distance travelled by the vehicule)
• Battery Lithium Thionyl Chloride > lifetime + 5 years
• Water resistance IP65
• Temperature : - 20°C to +60°C.
• Flashable parameters thru OTA
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6. Design Thinking
Bois-Colombes
June 2017

7. Business
case

9. Dashboard
V1

10. Location : choosing the right technology(ies)
for the right balance
Coverage
Private
areas
TECHNOLOGIES
Precision Cost
Battery
consumption
Outdoor/
Indoor
+++/+
CRITERA
++/++
Success rate*
BEACONS +++
+++
*Under Sigfox coverage.
**Can be completed with a cloud-based solution to improve drastically the battery life of the device.
**
Global
Global
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Back

11. Minimum Viable Product
3+3
200 sensors on containers

13. Dashboard
V2

14. OpenStreet
Map
+
0G / Wifi

15. Pilot phase
1200 smart
sensors on
containers

16. ALPS Lykaner 4i Sensor
Antennas : 1 for Wifi , 1 for Sigfox
Accelerometer (transport mode
recognition, speed and distance travelled
by the vehicule)
Battery Lithium Thionyl Chloride >
lifetime + 5 years
Water resistance IP65
Temperature : - 20°C to +60°C.
Flashable parameters thru OTA

17. Deployment phase
+100K containers
over next 3 years
28K messages / h

18. Architecture overview
Latitude & Longitude
+
Short msg or Long msg
Latitude & Longitude
+
Short msg or Long msg
Short msg (battery
status, temp.)
or
Long msg (wifi mac
addresses)
Short msg (battery
status, temp.)
or
Long msg (wifi mac
addresses)

19. Business
value
To visualize and know
location and routes
(for multi-purpose
ones)
To visualize and know
location and routes
(for multi-purpose
ones)
To optimize usage,
avoiding over
inventory and reducing
financial impact
To optimize usage,
avoiding over
inventory and reducing
financial impact
To ensure that
suppliers always have
available packaging to
avoid production
disruption at PSA or
additional costs
generated by
alternative packaging
usage.
To ensure that
suppliers always have
available packaging to
avoid production
disruption at PSA or
additional costs
generated by
alternative packaging
usage.
To limit losses and
repurchasing of
packgings
To limit losses and
repurchasing of
packgings

20. We found our
containers !