RFID Certification: EPCglobal Inc Announces Major Steps Forward Toward Full Hardware ...

From Business Wire (press release), CA ... of Class 0 and Class 1 readers, tags, and printer/encoder configurations with those provided by other Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) manufacturers. ...

... EPCglobal Inc(TM), a joint venture of EAN International and the Uniform Code Council, Inc. (R) (UCC(R)), today announced they have taken major steps forward toward finalizing a full EPCglobal Hardware Certification program. Among the steps the organization has taken include the recent completion of interoperability testing. The interoperability testing is the first phase of the EPCglobal Hardware Certification program and is designed to provide guidance to end users as they select Generation 1 Electronic Product Code(TM) (EPC) hardware products that work together to enable early pilots and implementations. The testing, conducted in early August, evaluated the interoperability of Class 0 and Class 1 readers, tags, and printer/encoder configurations with those provided by other Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) manufacturers. ...

EPCglobal Inc, a joint venture between EAN International and the Uniform Code Council, Inc.(R), is a not-for-profit organization entrusted by industry to establish and support the EPCglobal Network as the global standard for real-time, automatic identification of information in the supply chain of any company, anywhere in the world. The EPCglobal Network combines Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technology, existing communications network infrastructure, and the Electronic Product Code(TM) (a number for uniquely identifying an item) to enable accurate, cost-efficient visibility of information in the supply chain. The end result helps organizations be more efficient, flexible, and responsive to customer needs.