|
Radio
frequency identification (RFID) is an enabler of tracking processes
in the extended value chain.
Would
Electronic Product Codes (ePC) Mean Success for You?
... Home > PROJECTS > Supply Chain > Quiz: Would Electronic
Product Codes (ePC) Mean Success for You? ...
The
Sun™ Electronic Product Code (EPC) Initiative File Format: PDF/Adobe Acrobat ... The Sun™
Electronic Product Code (EPC) Initiative Enabling your enterprise
for the EPC Network Figure 1: Sun Proposed Stack for EPC Technology
Page 2. ...
The
Electronic Product Code - a technology revolution?
The Electronic Product Code (ePC). Just as the UPC code has
transformed retail operations around the globe over the past twenty
years ...
The Electronic
Product Code (ePC) File
Format: PDF/Adobe Acrobat ... The Electronic Product Code (ePC)
Nearly everyone who has ever made a purchase at a store over the
last 25 years or so knows what a UPC -- the Universal
...
MIT to uncork
futuristic bar code ... technology. EPC stands for
electronic product code, which is the new product numbering scheme
that's at the heart of the system. There ...
Electronic Product Codes
File Format: PDF/Adobe Acrobat ... An
Electronic Product Code (ePC) is embedded onto products and objects
on memory chips known as "smart tags" that connect objects
to the Internet. ...
EPCglobal
sets up RFID product code management system ... ...
in Mountain View, Calif., to maintain electronic product codes,
which will provide unique identifiers for the goods found on retail
and grocery store shelves. ...
Electronic
Product Codes File Format: PDF/Adobe
Acrobat ... Introduction This paper explores a brief history of
Internet name and number issues and investigates their relevance to
the Electronic Product Code (EPC) and ...
China
Establishes Group To Set RFID Standards
InformationWeek gt Hardware gt China Establishes Group To Set RFID
Standards gt February 20 2004 Turn IT from cost center to profit
center RFID and potentially huge amounts of information China
Establishes Group To Set RFID Standards Feb. Information
Week Product & Tech News, Feb 20, 2004
False
Belief Hampers RFID Adoption Systems
integrator R4 finds that a widespread misconception about tag read
reliability has put a damper on RFID deployment. By Jonathan Collins
Feb. 20 2004?Interest in deploying RFID is being stifled by an
outdated belief that 20 percent of all RFID tags fail to be read
correctly if read at all according to systems integrator . Jeff
Richards ?There is a common perception among potential customers and
even analysts that RFID systems can only deliver 80 percent read
rates and that is outdated and wrong. RFID
Journal, Feb 20, 2004
Mandates
will spur billions in RFID spending New
research from Boston-based Yankee Group indicates the top 100
suppliers to Wal-Mart and the DoD will spend between 515 million and
3.8 billion in 2004 on technology and services to support RFID
implementations based upon the Electronic Product Code EPC
specification. Vendors providing RFID tags readers and networking
equipment will benefit as RFID adoption increases.
Frontline Today, Feb 20, 2004
Intermec
RFID Leader Named To Co-Chair EPCglobal Inc. C1G2 Work Group
... has been named to co-chair the EPCglobal Inc. work group charged
with completing a draft RFID standard for a generation of RFID
technology known as C1G2 or UHF Generation 2. Major global retailers
and other industry leaders have stipulated the use of the
capabilities found in UHF Generation 2 technology for case and
pallet-level inventory and goods tracking. Logistics
Online, Feb 20, 2004
i2
Launches RFID Partner Program ... i2 is
initiating the partner program to include target solutions
industries and partners such as GlobeRanger IBM Informatica Sun
Microsystems and webMethods. We believe that this partnership
program will help to minimize risk of RFID adoption for our
customers by encouraging knowledge sharing among the world's top
technology providers said Pallab Chatterjee president of solutions
operations i2. Logistics Online, Feb 20,
2004
FDA
Report Calls for the Adoption of RFID
According to AIM in a report issued earlier this week the Food and
Drug Administration FDA highlighted specific steps the agency is
taking to keep the U.S. drug supply secure. The report cites Radio
Frequency Identification RFID tagging of products by manufacturers
wholesalers and retailers appears to be the most promising approach
to reliable product tracking and tracing and Most importantly
reliable RFID technology will make the copying of medications either
extremely difficult or unprofitable. Paper, Film
& Foil Converter, Feb 20, 2004
Data
Synch Comes Before RFID Three industry
organizations warned suppliers and retailers that the ballyhooed
efficiencies obtained by using electronic codes EPCs and RFID
technology to track goods can't be achieved without data
synchronization on the back end. A plan released Thursday calls on
retail and consumer goods product companies to continue to drive
implementation of data standards item registry and data
synchronization. Internet.com Silicon Valley News, Feb
20, 2004
Matrics
Announces RFID Interoperability with SAVI SMARTCHAIN software
2 20 2004 This new level of interoperability between Matrics?s
hardware data transmissions and the SmartChain interoperability
platform means that users gain real-time visibility of all types of
supply chain assets as well as the items they transport whether
using new or legacy software systems. The announcement was presented
during this week?s invitation-only RFID Symposia for DoD Suppliers
being held at the Savi Technology RFID Center near Washington DC and
co-sponsored by Savi Matrics and Symbol
Technologies. Eye for Transport, Feb 20,
2004
Sun pushes
RFID drug technology Sun Microsystems
has unveiled a radio frequency identification RFID product designed
to combat the growing problem of drug counterfeiting. Pharmaceutical
Anti-Counterfeit RFID designed in partnership with SupplyScape
Corporation will be offered to companies in the pharmaceutical
supply chain to combat counterfeiting. The package is based on Sun
Java Enterprise System Software and Sun's RFID Electronic Product
Code-compliant infrastructure software.
informatics, Feb 20, 2004
SAS
Reports Sales Growth InformationWeek gt
Financials gt SAS Reports Sales Growth gt February 20 2004 Turn IT
from cost center to profit center RFID and potentially huge amounts
of information SAS Reports Sales Growth Feb. Information
Week Company & Industry News, Feb 20, 2004
EXI
Develops an Asset Management Solution for SAP Customers
EXI Develops an Asset Management Solution for SAP Customers Richmond
BC February 20 2004--eXI Wireless Inc. a leader in Radio Frequency
Identification RFID asset management and security solutions has
announced that it has signed an agreement with Sylogist Ltd. The
collaborative efforts of both companies will allow eXI to develop a
mobile asset management solution for SAP and other ERP
systems. BC Technology, Feb 20,
2004
NewsFactor
Network - Enterprise - Survey: Look Out for Enterprise I.T. Spending
Spending By Erika Morphy CRM Daily February 20 2004 1 23PM Microsoft
IBM and Oracle are the current industry leaders in the edge of
enterprise space helping enterprises break traditional barriers and
enable network-oriented business processes such as RFID extended
supply-chain management and collaborative planning and logistics
says Yankee analyst Michael Dominy. Newsfactor,
Feb 20, 2004
Leading regional networking distributor sees strong
adoption of Zebra desktop label printers in healthcare and
warehousing Zebra Technologies is one of the leading
global providers of thermal bar code label and receipt printers card
printers RFID smart label printer encoders supplies label design
integration software and the widest range of thermal printer
connectivity and networking solutions.
Zebra Technologies Corporation Invites You to Join
Its 2003 Fourth Quarter And FY 2003 Analyst Conference Call on the
Web More than 90 percent of Fortune 500 companies
use Zebra R printers. A broad range of applications benefit from
Zebra-brand thermal bar code smart label card and receipt printers
resulting in enhanced security increased productivity improved
quality lower costs and better customer service. The company has
sold more than 3 million printers including RFID printer encoders
and wireless mobile solutions and also offers software connectivity
solutions and printing supplies.
|