De EPC code (whitepaper)

For over twenty-five years, the Universal Product Code (UPC or “bar code”) has helped streamline retail checkout and inventory processes. As one of the most successful standards ever developed, UPC coding and labeling methodshave grown to include numerouselementsof the supply chain.

The emergence of the Internet, the digitalization of information and the globalization of business offer new possibilities for product identification and tracking. To take advantage of this network infrastructure, we propose a new object identification scheme, the Electronic Product Code (EPC), which uniquely identifiesobjectsand facilitatestrac king throughout the product life cycle. The EPC is a short, simple and extensible code designed for efficient referencing to networked information.

(C) 2008 - Alle rechten voorbehouden

Deze pagina afdrukken