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Discover the global impact of EPCglobal, with over 100 member organizations and one million members in over 100 countries. Explore the EPC Information Service, ONS Middleware, RFID technology, and more.
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The Global Influence of EAN and UCC 100+ Member Organizations • One Million Members • Over 100 Countries
EPC Information Service (PML) ONS Middleware Readers RFID Tag Tag Tag The EPCglobal Network Enterprise Applications • Information stored on EPC IS Accessed through ONS • Middleware between readers and information systems • Inexpensive tags • Minimum data on the tag • ERP • Warehouse Management Systems • Inventory Management • Data Warehouse • Merchandise Management • Store Systems • Etc. Integration Layer
EPC Information Service (PML) ONS Middleware Readers Tag Tag Tag The EPCglobal Network Enterprise Applications • Information stored on EPC IS Accessed through ONS • Middleware between readers and information systems • Inexpensive tags • Minimum data on the tag • ERP • Warehouse Management Systems • Inventory Management • Data Warehouse • Merchandise Management • Store Systems • Etc. Integration Layer EPC Network
EPCglobal Network Components • EPC Tag – Chip and antenna attached to an item to capture information about the item as it moves in the supply chain • Reader – Devices that detect and capture information from EPC tags • EPC Middleware – Software to process and filter streams of tag data from multiple devices prior to sending to ERP systems • EPC IS – Information services that standardizes data for use by other services • ONS – Object Naming Service provides global lookup service to translate an EPC into a product “pointer” for information stored on secure databases
EPCglobal Scope • Research & Development • In collaboration with the 6 Auto-ID Labs • Standards • Process for Hardware & Software standards • Manage the EPCglobal Network • Numbering system • Object Name Service • Certification Services • Driving Adoption • Marketing, Awareness, Business Development • Implementation support
EPCglobal Board of Governors UCC Board of EPCglobal Board EAN Management Governors of Governors Board EAN.UCC End Users (4) President, EPCglobal (1) Dick Cantwell – Gillette Zygmunt Mierdorf – Metro Steve David – Procter & Gamble Linda Dillman – Wal*Mart Chris Adcock Member Organizations (3) Sergio Ribinik – Brazil Steve Coussins – UK Hiroshi Sakai – Japan Trans/Logistics (1) Claus Garbisch - DHL Healthcare (2) Pat Rizzotto – J&J Open MIT (1) Sanjay Sarma Technology (2) Dick Lampman – HP M Moazami - Cisco Public Sector (1) Alan Estevez - DoD
The standards process Relevant EPC standard components are submitted to the ISO process EPCglobal develops technology standards and interacts with established standard groups such as EAN.UCC
RFID Technical Standard • UHF Generation 2 specifications being finalised and will be approved as EPCglobal standard before the end 2004. • The UHF G2 standard will be submitted to the ISO process, and incorporated in the ISO/IEC 18000 series of standards.