The Sun Global RFID Network Vision: Connecting Businesses At The Edge Of The Network
White Papers The vision for Electronic Product Code (EPC) technology is to enable a global business network that tracks products across the entire supplier-to-consumer chain, helping businesses improve their asset visibility.
[August 28, 2004, 3:00]
The EPCglobal Network: Enhancing The Supply Chain
White Papers By leveraging RFID and emerging standards around item identification such as the Electronic Product Code (EPC), the EPCglobal Network addresses real-world challenges by enabling the automatic dissemination and discovery of real-time, accurate, and...
[July 14, 2008, 1:21]
Auto-ID Center Field Trial: Phase I Summary
White Papers The Auto-ID Center Field Trial was conceived as a test to evaluate the capabilities and practical feasibility of the Networked Physical World system designed by the Auto-ID Center in real world supply chain applications.
[June 19, 2004, 20:00]
EPC Value Model For Health Care & Life Sciences: Assessing The Value Of RFID Technology And EPCglobal Standards For Healthcare & Life Sciences Manufacturers
White Papers Primarily in response to customer safety and government requirements, more and more participants of the HLS supply chain are aligning themselves with EPC/RFID technology and EPCglobal Standards. Undoubtedly, EPCglobal Standards and the Electronic...
[November 16, 2006, 0:00]
Choosing An RFID Solution
White Papers RFID tag and reader vendors, supply chain application software providers, and systems integrators and consultants all have put themselves forward to potential customers, all promising compliance with the Electronic Product Code (EPC) standard Wal...
[June 17, 2004, 0:01]
Beyond The Tag - Finding RFID Value In Manufacturing & Distribution Applications
White Papers However, to see the immediate benefits RFID can provide, manufacturers should look inward at their operation's own business processes, not forward into just supply chain customer's compliance requirements.
[November 16, 2006, 0:00]
Beyond The Tag - Finding RFID Value In Manufacturing & Distribution Applications
White Papers However, to see the immediate benefits RFID can provide, manufacturers should look inward at their operation's own business processes, not forward into just supply chain customer's compliance requirements.
[December 17, 2004, 2:00]
Beyond The Tag: Finding RFID Value In Manufacturing And Distribution Applications
White Papers However, to see the immediate benefits RFID can provide, manufacturers should look inward at their operation's own business processes, not forward into just supply chain customer's compliance requirements.
[February 12, 2008, 12:11]
Release Of EPC Standards Jump-Starts Auto-ID Development
White Papers Since Wal-Mart announced that it would require all its supplier product shipments to incorporate Radio Frequency IDentification (RFID) tags by January 1, 2005, companies have begun planning strategies for incorporating Auto-ID technology into...
[November 15, 2006, 0:00]
Can Midsize Manufacturers Implement RFID?
White Papers It has been hyped as the technology that will revolutionize manufacturing, boosting supply chain speed and visibility and solving asset-management issues. For the uninitiated, RFID is an electronic tag containing a product code and unique serial...
[November 15, 2006, 0:00]
Position Statement On The Use Of RFID On Consumer Products
White Papers Typically, the data is sent to a distributed computing system involved in, perhaps, supply chain management or inventory control. In the most commonly touted applications of RFID, the microchip contains an Electronic Product Code (EPC) with...
[May 10, 2006, 1:00]
Auto-ID Technology: Raising The Bar (Code) To Create The First "Intelligent" Value Chain
White Papers The ePC (Electronic Product Code), a 96-bit unique item-level code, written onto a smart chip and attached to the product, will enable full traceability of the product as it moves through the value chain.
[June 28, 2004, 3:15]
Microsoft Adds RFID To Stock Management Software
News RFID has been lauded by manufacturers and retailers for its ability to provide better information about inventory and other data across the supply chain, which can increase product availability and help businesses reduce costs by trimming...
[January 26, 2004, 14:55]
RFID: An Idea Whose Time Has Come
News Electronic product codes (EPC) supply chain deployment To quote the IBM Web site: "IBM believes that the most significant supply-chain benefits resulting from the utilisation of RFID technologies will only be enabled [and] realised by shared...
[February 19, 2004, 14:29]
Next-gen Bar Code Could Tag 'every Grain Of Rice'
News No more guessing how much material is in the supply chain -- or how much product is on the store shelves. EPC stands for electronic product code, which is the new product numbering scheme that's at the heart of the system.
[August 29, 2003, 16:40]
Microsoft Puts Weight Behind RFID
News Other software makers revealed new retail-focused efforts at the NRF conference, including Microsoft rival Sun Microsystems, which detailed electronic product code tracking software for supply chain management built in conjunction with one of its...
[January 13, 2004, 8:30]
Gillette: The Electronic Product Code - An Enabling Technology For Maximising Retail Availability
White Papers This webcast uncovers the steps Gillette has taken to implement EPC and how the technology is being used to improve their supply chain processes.
[February 7, 2005, 23:00]
