discussion board about EPC and what influence you believe it has on RFID

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Building on RFID with the EPCglobal Network Understanding the power and importance of networked RFID Presentation overview • What is the network? • Why does it matter? • How does the network deliver value? The key components of the EPCglobal Network • • • • • EPC number Object Name Service (ONS) EPC Information Service (EPCIS) Application level events EPC data-sharing standards The Electronic Product Code 01.0002345.000678.000910112 Header (8 bits) • • • • EPC Manager # (28 bits) Object class (24 bits) Serial number (36 bits) Header Indicates type of EPC number Manager number indicates company Object class indicates product type Serial number identifies unique item EPC supports: • Global Trade Item Number (GTIN) • For items, cases and pallets • Serial Shipping Container Code (SSCC) • For tracking logistics units for transport or storage • Global Location Number (GLN) • For physical, functional or legal entities • Global Returnable Asset Identifier (GRAI) • For individual returnable assets (barrels, gas cylinders, kegs) • Global Individual Asset Identifier (GIAI) • For individual high-value assets The Electronic Product Code • EPC number is the foundation • The data structure allows computer systems to find information associated with the product in a database on the network • Data can be distributed across databases • Need ways to find all relevant information Object Name Service • Object Name Service (ONS) is similar to Domain Name Service (DNS) on the Web • ONS points computers to where information on a product is stored, based on an EPC • If EPC indicates product is made by Gillettte, ONS would point computer to Gillette ONS EPC Information Service • EPC Information Service (EPCIS) is an interface specification for accessing EPC-related information • Applications with the EPCIS interface can securely share information with external data sources (such as hosted electronic catalogs) and with external EPCISs—their own or their partners’ • Use AS2 or Web services Application Level Events • Application level events is a middleware standard for sorting and filtering data • Approved as standard last September • Lets a reader ask only pallet tags to respond, only case tags, or only tags on Unilever products • Creates a standard way for readers to communicate with middleware EPCglobal data sharing standards • Industries must decide what EPC data they need to collect • Software codes need to be created so they can be associated with a tag read, indicating situation in which the tag was read or the status of the product read • Retail/CPG industry first to agree on a draft standard and put it into the field Sample code The key components of the EPCglobal Network • What this code can tell a retailer and a manufacturer it shares data with • • • • Case of Tide read at store number 123 Time the tagged case was read Case was read at the impact door Product is for sale EPCglobal Network applications • Discovery service • Enables a company to identify all readers that have read a specific tag • Track and Trace • Enables companies to track the movement of each product Status of EPCglobal Network standards • EPC tag-data standard approved • Application level events standard approved • EPCIS standards nearing approval • Industry data-sharing standards being developed for retail/CPG, pharma, Status of EPCglobal Network standards • Retailers sharing data via extranets • DOD sharing data via Wide Area Workflow • Will companies move to EPC Network? • Depends on cost-savings/value Benefits of EPCglobal Network • One system for sharing data with all business partners • Data is in a standardized format • Easy to aggregate and analyze • Applications can be built to leverage the data • Long-term ROI is significant Ability to share data enables supplychain partners to: • • • • • • • • Reduce out-of-stocks Reduce inventory levels Reduce safety stocks Track new product launches Track promotions compliance Create electronic pegrees Do targeted recalls And more Gillette discovers the value of EPC data • P&G/Gillette tracks Father’s Day promotion of Cruzer electric razor • Only 5 of 19 stores got promotional display out on time • Sales were 61% higher in the stores that got the displays out on time • This application will deliver ROI Questions & Answers Thank You!
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The Electronic Product Code (EPC) is a unique code that is granted to specific items in
order to universally identify them. The code ensures that the items are unique from any other
item in the world forever. The EPC is used to track and identify products that move through
global and local supply chains. Suppliers are able to utilize these features of the EPC because the
electronic product code itself is stored inside radio frequency identification (RFID) tag. RFID
utilizes radio frequency signals in order to identify ...


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