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Electronic Product Code ARTICLES

Pharma Industry Adopts RFID Technology
Date: 18 Nov 2004
Excerpt: ...industry --- has said it is making the tracking and tracing of pharmaceutical pedigrees a top priority in the development of Electronic Product Code technology ...
Source: Wireless NewsFactor

Don't worry about RFID deadline, says expert
Date: 18 Nov 2004
Excerpt: The most commonly application of RFID contains an Electronic Product Code (EPC) with sufficient capacity to provide unique identifiers for all items produced ...
Source: Food Production,

New ARC Market Study Reviews the Status of Wal-Mart's RFID Efforts
Date: 18 Nov 2004
Excerpt: ...a RFID Deployment Best Practices study in which ARC talked to 24 companies that were actively investing in EPC RFID (Electronic Product Code Radio Frequency ...
Source: TMCnet

EPCglobal US Supports FDA Initiative to Protect US Drug Supply ...
Date: Nov 16, 2004
Excerpt: Business Action Group has made the tracking and tracing of pharmaceutical pedigree a top priority in the development of Electronic Product Code(TM) (EPC ...
Source: Business Wire (press release),

FDA Announces New Initiative to Protect the US Drug Supply Through ...
Date: Nov 15, 2004
Excerpt: 4 The tags will contain a serial number (eg, an electronic product code) that uniquely identifies the object to which the tag is attached, and may also contain ...
Source: PharmaLive.com (press release),

Kiwi RFID tags 'better' than global standard
Date: Nov 14, 2004
Excerpt: They don't conform with the important emerging global Electronic Product Code standard because they use a "better form" of technology, Ms Hilder says. ...
Source: Stuff.co.nz,

Intermec suspends IP licensing policy - for now
Date: Nov 14, 2004
Excerpt: ...in the continued build-out of the EPCglobal Network, which combines RFID technology, internet connectivity, and the EPC (electronic product code) to provide ...
Source: UsingRFID.com (subscription),

USA : Albertsons draws RFID tech induction roadmap
Date: Nov 11, 2004
Excerpt: Until Gen 2 tags are available, Albertsons will accept Class 0, Class 0+ and Class 1 tags that have a 96-bit Electronic Product Code. ...
Source: Fibre 2 Fashion,

PackExpo 2004: Omron focuses on products, progress, partnerships
Date: Nov 11, 2004
Excerpt: The unit communicates with tags using both EPC (Electronic Product Code) and ISO (International Organization for Standardization) standards. ...
Source: Control Engineering,

ODIN publishes EPC tag benchmark report
Date: Nov 10, 2004
Excerpt: ...deployment firm ODIN technologies has published its EPC Tag Benchmark report, having analysed eight of the major EPC (electronic product code) compliant RFID ...
Source: UsingRFID.com (subscription),

Intermec Temporarily Suspends Rfid IP Licensing Policy to ...
Date: Nov 3, 2004
Excerpt: ...in the continued build-out of the EPCglobal Network(TM), a network that combines RFID technology, the Internet and the EPC (electronic product code) to provide ...
Source: The Scotsman,

Zebra launches fully upgradable RFID encoders
Date: Nov 8, 2004
Excerpt: ...a pioneer of radio frequency identification (RFID) labels, has launched two new UHF (ultra high frequency) EPC (electronic product code) multi- protocol printer ...
Source: Food Navigator,

A Primer On RFID Technology and Processes
Date: Nov 8, 2004
Excerpt: ...in retail. Now, several years later, this expanded industry consortium has developed the Electronic Product Code (EPC). The EPC ...
Source: Information Week

RFID Rights
Date: Nov 2, 2004
Excerpt: But the real interest in RFID today isn’t these proprietary devices, but rather the standardized Electronic Product Code (EPC) chips that were developed by ...
Source: TechnologyReview.com

What's Missing From RFID Tests
Date: Nov 9, 2004
Excerpt: Moreover, suppliers will begin to evaluate RFID (Electronic Product Code-based and non-EPC-based) to improve their internal operations. ...
Source: Information Week

Radio tags take to the plains
Date: Nov 8, 2004
Excerpt: He says the health sector will probably lead in the adoption of the retail-driven Electronic Product Code, an emerging global standard for the use of RFID tags ...
Source: Australian IT,

Wal-Mart gives suppliers green light to launch RFID
Date: Nov 3, 2004
Excerpt: BENTONVILLE, Ark. (Nov. 3, 2004) -- Wal-Mart has signaled suppliers that they can implement EPC (Electronic Product Code) technology any time they wish. ...
Source: Today's Trucking News

DuPont Microcircuit Materials foresees boost in the adoption of ...
Date: Nov 8, 2004
Excerpt: But even in the EPC (Electronic Product Code) era, only a few players of the RFID industry have taken the big step towards additive manufacturing technology. ...
Source: SecureIDNews,

RFID: ROI more than 2 years; high-speed bar-code matching
Date: Nov 4, 2004
Excerpt: Vast majority of electronic product code (EPC) applications of radio frequency identification (RFID) technology expect return on investment greater than two ...
Source: Control Engineering,

EPCglobal Must Act Fast, Says BT
Date: Nov 2, 2004
Excerpt: Nov. 3, 2004—EPCglobal, the nonprofit organization charged with commercializing Electronic Product Code (EPC) technology, must act immediately to resolve key ...
Source: RFID Journal

Using EPC to Combat Counterfeiting
Date: Nov 9, 2004
Excerpt: Gallen in Switzerland is setting up a special interest group (SIG) to explore ways of using Electronic Product Code (EPC) technologies to tackle the problem. ...
Source: RFID Journal

Industry seeks bandwidth for RFID
Date: Nov 8, 2004
Excerpt: IT companies, including Infosys, TCS, Patni and Satyam, are working on RFID technology and on Monday the India chapter of Electronic Product Code (EPC) was ...
Source: Hindustan Times,

Intermec Suspends Royalties for 60 Days
Date: Nov 3, 2004
Excerpt: ...one of the largest holders of RFID patents, and EPCglobal, the nonprofit organization charged with commercializing Electronic Product Code (EPC) technology ...
Source: RFID Journal

Metro in talks with IT majors for software solutions
Date: Nov 8, 2004
Excerpt: The retail software market is currently driven by electronic product code (EPC) based Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technology. ...
Source: Financial Express,

Intermec Suspends RFID IP Policy
Date: Nov 4, 2004
Excerpt: ...in the continued build-out of the EPCglobal Network™, a network that combines RFID technology, the Internet and the EPC (electronic product code) to provide ...
Source: Rfid.org,

VeriSign and Nokia to Showcase Mobile Access to Product ...
Date: Oct 25, 2004
Excerpt: 5:00pm WHY: Many businesses, including major retailers and manufacturers, are implementing RFID and migrating to the Electronic Product Code (EPC) standard as ...
Source: PR Newswire (press release)

HP: Sensor Networks Next Step For RFID
Date: Oct 26, 2004
Excerpt: While bar codes describe a particular kind of product, the electronic product code (EPC) describes a particular example of the product. ...
Source: InternetNews.com,

Supply chain, printer vendors gear up for RFID’s Gen 2 ...
Date: Nov 1, 2004
Excerpt: The show—held September 13-15 at Chicago's Navy Pier—preceded finalization of Gen 2 electronic product code (EPC) specifications, expected during Q4 2004. ...
Source: MSI Magazine,

Bar Code Printing Software supports RFID.
Date: Oct 29, 2004
Excerpt: Company Prefix. Enterprise-wide, server-based label printing software also supports 11 Electronic Product Code tag types. Label ...
Source: Industrial News Room,

Metro's supplier RFID deadline arrives
Date: Nov 3, 2004
Excerpt: ...outlets. They record the Electronic Product Code stored in the Smart Chip and transmit it to the merchandise management systems. ...
Source: Food and Drink Europe,

Successful Inovis Customer Forums Provide 2005 Outlook for ...
Date: Oct 27, 2004
Excerpt: ...manufacturers and suppliers better meet retail e-business mandates, like UCCnet, Worldwide Retail Exchange (WWRE) and Electronic Product Code (EPC) initiatives ...
Source: Business Wire (press release),

Wal-Mart comes down under to boost RFID fan club
Date: Oct 19, 2004
Excerpt: The conference also featured the launch of the Australian Electronic Product Code (EPC) global network, a joint venture between EAN International and the ...
Source: ARNnet,

RFID study backs adoption by pharma
Date: Oct 26, 2004
Excerpt: A pilot study organised by Accenture to explore the value of implementing radiofrequency identification (RFID) and electronic product code (EPC) technology in ...
Source: In Pharma,

Unibar Announces BARCODE 2000 Version 7.0 Supports RFID, New ...
Date: Oct 21, 2004
Excerpt: Eleven EPC (Electronic Product Code) tag types are supported, including both 64-bit tags and 96-bit tags, compliant with the EPC Tag Data Standard Version 1.1 ...
Source: TMCnet

Wal-Mart EPC Pilot Begins Transition to Implementation; First ...
Date: Oct 28, 2004
Excerpt: 28 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Just five months into its electronic product code (EPC) pilot program, Wal-Mart (NYSE: WMT - News) is giving the "go ahead" to ...
Source: Yahoo News (press release)

Zebra Technologies and ThingMagic Join Forces to Tap Lucrative ...
Date: Oct 27, 2004
Excerpt: ...agile RFID reader, builds on and substantially enhances the company's original platform created for early field tests of the Electronic Product Code (EPC). ...
Source: PR Newswire (press release)

RFID's Payback Stretches Beyond 2 Years, Analyst Says
Date: Oct 29, 2004
Excerpt: ARC has issued a report that says early adopters of electronic-product-code RFID systems will wait for a return on investment longer than perhaps they'd ...
Source: Information Week

Wal-Mart's EPC project rolling along
Date: Oct 29, 2004
Excerpt: BENTONVILLE, Ark. — Five months into its electronic product code (EPC) pilot program, Wal-Mart is giving the go-ahead to suppliers interested in getting a ...
Source: Home Textiles Today,

RFID done right
Date: Nov 1, 2004
Excerpt: ...evolving. In consumer goods supply chains, the flavor of RFID being backed by big retailers is the electronic product code (EPC). ...
Source: MSI Magazine,

Odin Benchmarks RFID EPC Tags
Date: Oct 20, 2004
Excerpt: ...has released a report on its benchmark analysis of eight passive UHF tags based on the Class 1, Class 0 and Class 0+ Electronic Product Code generation 1 ...
Source: RFID Journal

EPCglobal says communication around tag reads will drive benefits
Date: Nov 1, 2004
Excerpt: The electronic product code, or EPC, often is thought of as a next-generation bar code, but it's more than that. The EPC vision ...
Source: MSI Magazine,

SAP, Infineon partner on RFID offering
Date: Oct 27, 2004
Excerpt: ...platform, the RFID offering includes SAP Auto-ID Infrastructure, SAP Event Management (SAP EM) and preconfigured EPC (Electronic Product Code) reports in SAP ...
Source: Eetasia.com (subscription)

Sterling Commerce executive Jeanne Baker named chairman of BPMI. ...
Date: Oct 22, 2004
Excerpt: Council, Inc. (UCC), Electronic Product Code (EPC), Automotive Industry Action Group (AIAG), Open Applications Group, Inc. (OAGi ...
Source: Banking & Technology (press release),

Static over RFID
Date: 13-Sep-04
Excerpt: The royalty flap stems from a new protocol, the Electronic Product Code Generation 2 standard, designed to improve the compatibility of radio-frequency ...
Source: ZDNet.com

0 Alien Technology Products Pass EPCglobal Inc's Hardware ...
Date: 13-Sep-04
Excerpt: The testing is part of an effort by EPCglobal Inc(TM) to document Electronic Product Code(TM)(EPC) and Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) hardware ...
Source: Business Wire (press release),

0 Best Buy announces 2006 RFID supplier mandate
Date: 13-Sep-04
Excerpt: The US retailer Best Buy has announced the rollout of an EPC (electronic product code) strategy aimed at increasing supply chain efficiency over the next few ...
Source: UsingRFID.com (subscription),

0 Symbol Technologies Completes Acquisition of Matrics, Inc.
Date: 9-Sep-04
Excerpt: Enterprise Mobility Company(TM), today announced the completion of its acquisition of Matrics, Inc., a leader in EPC (electronic product code)-compliant Radio ...
Source: Business Wire (press release),

0 Symbol Technologies Completes Acquisition of Matrics, Inc.
Date: 9-Sep-04
Excerpt: Enterprise Mobility Company(TM), today announced the completion of its acquisition of Matrics, Inc., a leader in EPC (electronic product code)-compliant Radio ...
Source: TMCnet

0 International Paper - Smart Packaging to Leverage GlobeRanger's ...
Date: 8-Sep-04
Excerpt: ...in the design, development and implementation of integrated RFID packaging and supply chain applications with an emphasis in the Electronic Product Code (EPC). ...
Source: PR Newswire (press release)

0 Corporates take to `radio frequency identification'
Date: 7-Sep-04
Excerpt: By that time, EPC Global, the non-profit organisation that is evolving standards for giving every item an `electronic product code' would have also long ...
Source: Business Line,

0 Press Exclusive: Auto-ID Experience Tours at Frontline 2004
Date: 7-Sep-04
Excerpt: IBM, the Experience is an unparalleled opportunity for attendees to view integrated radio frequency identification (RFID), electronic product code (EPC), bar ...
Source: Business Wire (press release),

0 CNBC's Ron Insana to Lead General Session Panel at EPCglobal US ...
Date: 7-Sep-04
Excerpt: The panel is comprised of industry, government and business experts from around the world currently implementing electronic product code (EPC) technology in ...
Source: Business Wire (press release),

0 CNBC's Ron Insana to Lead General Session Panel at EPCglobal US ...
Date: 7-Sep-04
Excerpt: The panel is comprised of industry, government and business experts from around the world currently implementing electronic product code (EPC) technology in ...
Source: TMCnet

0 SAMSys Technologies Participates in EPCglobal Inc's Hardware ...
Date: 7-Sep-04
Excerpt: The testing is part of a program initiated by EPCglobal Inc(TM) to improve Electronic Product Code(TM) (EPC) and Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) hardware ...
Source: PR Newswire (press release)

0 SAMSys Technologies Participates in EPCglobal Inc's Hardware ...
Date: 7-Sep-04
Excerpt: The testing is part of a program initiated by EPCglobal Inc(TM) to improve Electronic Product Code(TM) (EPC) and Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) hardware ...
Source: Yahoo News (press release)

0 EPCglobal hardware certification programme develops
Date: 6-Sep-04
Excerpt: EPCglobal Hardware Certification Programme, and is designed to provide guidance to end users as they select Generation 1 Electronic Product Code (EPC) hardware ...
Source: UsingRFID.com (subscription),

0 A passive approach to RFID for factory and supply chain
Date: 5-Sep-04
Excerpt: The chips may be read only or read/write. When the EAN EPC (electronic product code) is finalised, the code will be stored on the chip in passive tags. ...
Source: Ferret,

0 RFID Will Bring Great Benefits for Retailers
Date: 3-Sep-04
Excerpt: That is the conclusion of a new report on RFID and the Electronic Product Code (EPC) from global management consulting firm AT Kearney. ...
Source: retailindustry.about.com

0 Forrester evaluates RFID middleware market
Date: 3-Sep-04
Excerpt: The most common application of RFID contains an Electronic Product Code (EPC) with sufficient capacity to provide unique identifiers for all items produced ...
Source: Food Production,

0 Tech unit urges study centre for RFID tags
Date: 2-Sep-04
Excerpt: The fact that Wal-Mart has dictated requirements to suppliers and distributors to meet EPC (electronic product code) standards by mid-2005 has made Hong Kong ...
Source: The Standard,

0 Solutions for smarter, mobile supply chains
Date: 1-Sep-04
Excerpt: ...allows users to configure a network of devices graphically, monitor network capabilities and manage connectivity to the electronic product code (EPC) network. ...
Source: MMH.com,

0 SUPPLY CHAIN
Date: 1-Sep-04
Excerpt: ...has announced the rollout of an electronic product code (EPC) strategy designed to increase its supply chain efficiency over the next several years. ...
Source: CRM Buyer

0 Best Buy Pursues Electronic Product Code Supply Chain
Date: 1-Sep-04
Excerpt: Best Buy (NYSE: BBY) has announced the rollout of an electronic product code (EPC) strategy designed to increase its supply chain efficiency over the next ...
Source: CRM Buyer

0 Radio Tagging Asia
Date: 1-Sep-04
Excerpt: Managing, controlling, and securing information within the electronic product code network is going to be an enormous challenge. But why is RFID significant? ...
Source: Network Computing Asia,

0 Companies expand in more ways than one
Date: 1-Sep-04
Excerpt: Symbol Technologies has agreed to acquire Matrics, a leader in the design and manufacture of electronic product code-compliant RFID systems, with a purchase ...
Source: MSI Magazine,

0 Supermarket stocks' rebound stands out in flat sector
Date: 1-Sep-04
Excerpt: The Minneapolis-based company said it was implementing an electronic product code strategy that would incorporate RFID technology. ...
Source: Investor's Business Daily (subscription)

0 Best Buy Pursues Electronic Product Code Strategy to Increase ...
Date: 31-Aug-04
Excerpt: ...today announced the rollout of an electronic product code (EPC) strategy designed to increase its supply chain efficiency over the next several years. ...
Source: Business Wire (press release),

0 Best Buy to Deploy RFID
Date: 31-Aug-04
Excerpt: 31, 2004—Best Buy announced today that it plans to deploy Electronic Product Code technology to increase its supply chain efficiency over the next several ...
Source: RFID Journal

0 Inching Toward The RFID Revolution
Date: 31-Aug-04
Excerpt: No one knows how the lawsuit will play out, but it flies in the face of the Electronic Product Code Global group's plan to set a standard -- and hence jump ...
Source: Bakersfield Channel.com,

0 Inching Toward the RFID Revolution
Date: 31-Aug-04
Excerpt: No one knows how the lawsuit will play out, but it flies in the face of the Electronic Product Code Global group's plan to set a standard -- and hence jump ...
Source: BusinessWeek

0 Inching Toward The RFID Revolution
Date: 31-Aug-04
Excerpt: No one knows how the lawsuit will play out, but it flies in the face of the Electronic Product Code Global group's plan to set a standard -- and hence jump ...
Source: Champlain Channel.com,

0 Inching Toward The RFID Revolution
Date: 31-Aug-04
Excerpt: No one knows how the lawsuit will play out, but it flies in the face of the Electronic Product Code Global group's plan to set a standard -- and hence jump ...
Source: Click 2 Houston.com,

0 Inching Toward The RFID Revolution
Date: 31-Aug-04
Excerpt: No one knows how the lawsuit will play out, but it flies in the face of the Electronic Product Code Global group's plan to set a standard -- and hence jump ...
Source: Hawaii Channel.com,

0 Inching Toward The RFID Revolution
Date: 31-Aug-04
Excerpt: No one knows how the lawsuit will play out, but it flies in the face of the Electronic Product Code Global group's plan to set a standard -- and hence jump ...
Source: INDYchannel.com,

0 Inching Toward The RFID Revolution
Date: 31-Aug-04
Excerpt: No one knows how the lawsuit will play out, but it flies in the face of the Electronic Product Code Global group's plan to set a standard -- and hence jump ...
Source: Jackson Channel.com,

0 Inching Toward The RFID Revolution
Date: 31-Aug-04
Excerpt: No one knows how the lawsuit will play out, but it flies in the face of the Electronic Product Code Global group's plan to set a standard -- and hence jump ...
Source: NBC5.com,

0 Inching Toward The RFID Revolution
Date: 31-Aug-04
Excerpt: No one knows how the lawsuit will play out, but it flies in the face of the Electronic Product Code Global group's plan to set a standard -- and hence jump ...
Source: WISC,

0 Sun poised to invest £5m in testing centre
Date: 31-Aug-04
Excerpt: RFID tags, which are made from silicon and imprinted with an electronic product code, are basically hi-tech barcodes, allowing retailers, manufacturers and ...
Source: The Herald,

0 EPCglobal Inc Announces Major Steps Forward Toward Full Hardware ...
Date: 30-Aug-04
Excerpt: ...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 ...
Source: Business Wire (press release),

0 Representatives from the Six Global Auto-ID Labs to Present Auto ...
Date: 30-Aug-04
Excerpt: ...unparalleled opportunity for attendees to view hands-on demonstrations of integrated radio frequency identification (RFID), electronic product code (EPC), bar ...
Source: TMCnet

0 RFID Standardization in China
Date: 30-Aug-04
Excerpt: EPCglobal in China, is focused on the tag encoding format making sure that goods tagged in China are compliant with the Electronic Product Code (EPC) coding ...
Source: Contactless News (press release),

0 Service Bureaus for Smart Labels
Date: 29-Aug-04
Excerpt: The service bureau will program each label’s embedded tag with an Electronic Product Code, verify that the data was written to the tag properly, and deliver ...
Source: RFID Journal

0 USA : New RFID Ticket Express from Avery Dennison
Date: 27-Aug-04
Excerpt: ..."With RFID Ticket Express, we receive variable data from our customer, program RFID labels with the Electronic Product Code (EPC), and preprint them as ...
Source: Fibre 2 Fashion,

0 RFID Targets Another Market ... Drugs
Date: 26-Aug-04
Excerpt: ...complete full-scale, pallet- and case-level RFID tagging of most of their products within a three-year timeline, using electronic product code (EPC)-compliant ...
Source: Telecomweb

0 RFID News Roundup
Date: 26-Aug-04
Excerpt: ...that provides software for mobile and wireless devices to enable companies using Shipcom's Catamaran software to print Electronic Product Code labels using ...
Source: RFID Journal

0 RFID can prevent drug deaths
Date: 25-Aug-04
Excerpt: ...full-scale, pallet- and case-level RFID tagging of most pharmaceutical products within a three-year timeline, using electronic product code (EPC)-compliant ...
Source: Drug Researcher.com,

0 RFID take-up by pharma will be rapid - eventually
Date: 25-Aug-04
Excerpt: But issues surrounding the Electronic Product Code (EPC) technology are among the most limiting factors to the adoption of RFID technology, according to the ...
Source: Drug Researcher.com,

0 RFID take-up by pharma will be rapid - eventually
Date: 25-Aug-04
Excerpt: But issues surrounding the Electronic Product Code (EPC) technology are among the most limiting factors to the adoption of RFID technology, according to the ...
Source: In Pharma,

0 Matthews first coding firm to sign to EPCglobal Australia
Date: 25-Aug-04
Excerpt: EAN Australia heads the Australian arm of EPCglobal, which is leading development of industry-driven standards for the Electronic Product Code (EPC) Network to ...
Source: Ferret,

0 RFID Uptake in Pharma Industry Tied to EPC Technology Maturity ...
Date: 24-Aug-04
Excerpt: ...the analysts believe RFID use within the pharma industry will be limited to a "track and trace" role until electronic product code (EPC) specifications are ...
Source: Tekrati Industry Analyst Reporter (press release),

0 SATO expands RFID printer range with Alien modules
Date: 24-Aug-04
Excerpt: SATO fully supports the Uniform Code Council's (UCC) Electronic Product Code (EPC) initiatives and the recent Wal-Mart mandate, and its EPC Class 1-compliant ...
Source: UsingRFID.com (subscription),

0 Big Brother, big business
Date: 23-Aug-04
Excerpt: ...by a reader. These tags are assigned a unique number via a numbering scheme called the electronic product code (EPC). Here's the ...
Source: The Malaysia Star,

0 RFID To Flourish In Pharmaceutical Industry
Date: 23-Aug-04
Excerpt: But predictions that most pharmaceutical products will be tagged with electronic product code-compliant RFID tags at the pallet and case level within three ...
Source: Information Week

0 How To Cure the Healthcare Supply Chain
Date: 23-Aug-04
Excerpt: Kennedy Group has established an extensive RFID testing facility designed to help clients meet the toughest electronic product code compliance requirements at ...
Source: CRM Buyer

0 Thinking out of the box is way of life at Smurfit-Stone
Date: 21-Aug-04
Excerpt: Smurfit's also researching and developing Radio Frequency Identification, a technology that transmits an electronic product code. ...
Source: The St. Louis Post-Dispatch,

0 Behind the RFID Standards Brawl - Part 2
Date: 20-Aug-04
Excerpt: In Part 1 of this series, NewsFactor noted that in late June, warring factions of the Electronic Product Code Global group -- whose board is populated by ...
Source: CRM Daily,

0 China’s RFID Conundrum
Date: 19-Aug-04
Excerpt: Wal-Mart has taken the lead in endorsing the existing international standards and the Electronic Product Code (EPC), a tag serial numbering system promoted by ...
Source: RFID Journal

0 Book says RFID is revolutionising global supply chain
Date: 18-Aug-04
Excerpt: The most common application of RFID contains an Electronic Product Code (EPC) with sufficient capacity to provide unique identifiers for all items produced ...
Source: In Pharma

0 State support for radio tag cluster
Date: 16-Aug-04
Excerpt: ...global organisation that develops and maintains barcode standards, and EPCglobal, which develops and maintains RFID and electronic product code standards, will ...
Source: Australian IT,

0 Menlo adopts RFID software
Date: 16-Aug-04
Excerpt: ...says that it will use its longstanding Provia partnership to offer supply chain solutions with RFID/EPC (radio frequency ID/electronic product code) features. ...
Source: Food Production,

0 RFID self-checkout at Metro's Innovation Centre
Date: 16-Aug-04
Excerpt: ...the RFID-related functionality of the hybrid self-checkout in a future phase, reading product information associated with the electronic product code in the ...
Source: UsingRFID.com (subscription),

0 Product Recalls Spur Move Toward RFID
Date: 16-Aug-04
Excerpt: RFID's case became stronger in late June, when factions of the Electronic Product Code (EPC) Global group agreed on a single standard for RFID tags. ...
Source: Design News,

0 Sun, Sybase, IBM Tackle RFID
Date: 16-Aug-04
Excerpt: The architectures will be similar to Sun's EPC Network Architecture, developed with EPCglobal Inc., which manages the Electronic Product Code standards that ...
Source: eWeek

0 Attention, Shoppers
Date: 15-Aug-04
Excerpt: ...reader is aimed in the direction of the tag, the tag is activated, using radio waves to return a host of data, known as the electronic product code, about the ...
Source: Philadelphia Inquirer (subscription),

0 INVESTOR'S BUSINESS DAILY
Date: 14-Aug-04
Excerpt: ...consumer awareness. A joint venture, EPCglobal is driving new standards for an Electronic Product Code to support RFID systems. The ...
Source: Investor's Business Daily (subscription)

0 UPC is getting its first makeover
Date: 12-Aug-04
Excerpt: He also said failing to adopt the new standards will stall plans to use RFID technology in the future as tags will use a GTIN-based Electronic Product Code. ...
Source: ITBusiness.ca,

0 Military poised for RFID
Date: 11-Aug-04
Excerpt: ...data capacity active RFID and finalizes the business rules for the implementation of passive RFID and the use of Electronic Product Code interoperable tags and ...
Source: FCW.com

0 Victoria makes RFID move
Date: 11-Aug-04
Excerpt: ...organisation that develops and maintains barcoding standards and EPCglobal, which helps develop and maintain RFID and electronic product code standards, will ...
Source: NEWS.com.au,

0 How we are becoming a micro-chipped population
Date: 11-Aug-04
Excerpt: In June 2003, Wal-Mart announced its Electronic Product Code (EPC) initiative, ordering its top 100 suppliers to start using RFID tags on cases and pallets ...
Source: Boise Weekly,

0 Q&A: Stratton Sclavos
Date: 10-Aug-04
Excerpt: SCLAVOS: I think our RFID and EPC (Electronic Product Code) is an example of an opportunity that is a recurring them at VeriSign. ...
Source: Forbes

0 World's First ``Hybrid'' Self-Checkout Installed in METRO Group's ...
Date: 9-Aug-04
Excerpt: ...the RFID-related functionality of the hybrid self-checkout in a future phase, reading product information associated with the electronic product code, or EPC ...
Source: Business Wire (press release),

0 DOD Releases Final RFID Policy
Date: 9-Aug-04
Excerpt: It says: "To facilitate the use of RFID events as transactions of record, the DOD has embraced the use of Electronic Product Code tag data constructs, as well ...
Source: RFID Journal

0 Technical specs and frequency stall local RFID plans
Date: 4-Aug-04
Excerpt: Sydney plays host to RFID World today but not a single vendor will be offering Electronic Product Code (EPC) compliant products simply because the ...
Source: Computerworld Australia,

0 ecVision, Inc. Commits to Sponsoring and Exhibiting at the ...
Date: 2-Aug-04
Excerpt: ..."The EPCglobal US Conference 2004 is a single source of accurate, up-to-date information on Electronic Product Code technology," said Mike Meranda, President ...
Source: Market Wire (press release)

0 Making Supply Chain and Other Networks Smarter with Radio ...
Date: 2-Aug-04
Excerpt: ...of Governors for EPCglobal, Inc., the standards body that is leading the development of industry-driven standards for the Electronic Product Code (EPC) Network ...
Source: ITPRONTO (press release),

0 Symbol to buy RFID pioneer Matrics for $230M
Date: 1-Aug-04
Excerpt: ...held Matrics, which has 64 employees, has concentrated in developing RFID tags and systems that adhere to the Electronic Product Code standard developed by ...
Source: Computerworld New Zealand

0 EPCglobal Appoints New President
Date: 1-Aug-04
Excerpt: 2, 2004—EPCglobal, the nonprofit organization that is commercializing Electronic Product Code technologies, has appointed Chris Adcock as president of the ...
Source: RFID Journal

0 EAN International and Uniform Code Council Name Chris Adcock ...
Date: 30-Jul-04
Excerpt: The Board of Governors of EPCglobal, Inc., the organization that is leading the drive to standardize and commercialize the Electronic Product Code (EPC), today ...
Source: TMCnet

0 RFID Hack Could Allow Retail Fraud
Date: 29-Jul-04
Excerpt: ...and a power supply to rewrite the data stored in ISO 15693 tags, the most common tags used to host the EPC (Electronic Product Code) information traditionally ...
Source: eWeek

0 Operation RFID 2005: Will China Make the Grade?
Date: 29-Jul-04
Excerpt: ...top of a label. Each RFID tag stores a unique identification code called an Electronic Product Code (EPC). RFID scanners, ranging ...
Source: ChinaTechNews.com,

0 RFID News Roundup
Date: 29-Jul-04
Excerpt: 30, 2004, can get a free upgrade that will make the printer compliant with the next-generation Electronic Product Code standard when it is finalized later in ...
Source: RFID Journal

0 Check business case for RFID, AU retailers told
Date: 29-Jul-04
Excerpt: The Electronic Product Code (EPC) used in standards-based RFID systems allocates 36 bits for this purpose, providing over 68 billion serial numbers. ...
Source: ZDNet.com.au,

0 Symbol to buy RFID pioneer Matrics for $230M
Date: 28-Jul-04
Excerpt: ...held Matrics, which has 64 employees, has concentrated in developing RFID tags and systems that adhere to the Electronic Product Code standard developed by ...
Source: ComputerWorld

0 Symbol to buy RFID company Matrics
Date: 28-Jul-04
Excerpt: ...vertical markets such as retail, defence and transportation, and focuses on products designed to comply with the emerging EPC (Electronic Product Code) standard ...
Source: ComputerWeekly.com,

0 Logistics firm smoothing technological transition
Date: 28-Jul-04
Excerpt: ...warehouse company has installed a radio frequency identification network in Dallas to help clients involved in Wal-Mart's new electronic product code trials. ...
Source: The Tennessean,

0 Symbol Clangs for Matrics
Date: 27-Jul-04
Excerpt: ...line in the red-hot RFID market. Matrics complies with EPC, or Electronic Product Code, standards. "We believe that in order for ...
Source: Wireless IQ (subscription) (press release),

0 Symbol Acquires Matrics
Date: 27-Jul-04
Excerpt: ...of portable data terminals and bar code scanners, will acquire Matrics, a manufacturer of RFID readers and tags based on Electronic Product Code (EPC) standards ...
Source: RFID Journal

0 Symbol Buys RFID Systems Company
Date: 27-Jul-04
Excerpt: ...on Tuesday announced plans to acquire Matrics Inc., which designs and manufactures EPC (electronic product code)-compliant RFID systems. ...
Source: eWeek

0 Symbol Technologies to Buy Matrics
Date: 27-Jul-04
Excerpt: ...on Tuesday said it agreed to buy privately held Matrics Inc., maker of electronic product code-compliant radio frequency identification systems, for $230 ...
Source: Forbes

0 Symbol Technologies Announces Agreement to Acquire Matrics, Inc. ...
Date: 27-Jul-04
Excerpt: ...today announced it has reached an agreement to acquire Matrics, Inc., a leader in the design and manufacture of EPC (electronic product code)-compliant Radio ...
Source: Business Wire (press release),

0 Symbol Reaches Agreement to Acquire Matrics, Inc.
Date: 27-Jul-04
Excerpt: ...today announced it has reached an agreement to acquire Matrics, Inc., a leader in the design and manufacture of EPC (electronic product code)-compliant Radio ...
Source: Rfid.org,

0 Symbol to acquire Matrics
Date: 27-Jul-04
Excerpt: ...will acquire Matrics Inc., which designs and manufactures electronic product code (EPC)-compliant radio frequency identification (RFID) systems, for $230 ...
Source: RCR Wireless News

0 The Strategic Implications of Wal-Mart's RFID Mandate
Date: 27-Jul-04
Excerpt: Each tag would store an Electronic Product Code (EPC) which is a bar code successor that would be used to track products as they enter Wal-Mart’s ...
Source: DirectionsMag.com,

0 Symbol Buying RFID Outfit
Date: 27-Jul-04
Excerpt: Holtsville, NY-based Symbol said Matrics is a leading maker of electronic product code-compliant radio frequency identification, or RFID, systems. ...
Source: TheStreet.com,

0 Symbol Spends $230M on RFID
Date: 27-Jul-04
Excerpt: Matrics's RFID system uses a new-ish standard called Electronic Product Code (EPC) that allows companies to keep a lot more information about the items they ...
Source: Unstrung

0 A Symbol-ic Move to RFID
Date: 27-Jul-04
Excerpt: One is a standard method of data collection between different RFID systems, though electronic product code (EPC) has started to emerge as a de facto ...
Source: InternetNews.com,

0 Frontline 2004 -- Set to Be the Largest Event for Supply Chain ...
Date: 27-Jul-04
Excerpt: VeriSign are among the vendors slated to showcase the latest real-world solutions in radio frequency identification (RFID); electronic product code (EPC); bar ...
Source: TMCnet

0 webMethods Reports First Quarter Financial Results
Date: 22-Jul-04
Excerpt: ...products to retailers, distributors, and manufacturers implementing radio frequency identification (RFID) and electronic product code (EPC) technologies. ...
Source: PR Newswire (press release)

0 IBM RFID-enables PIM
Date: 20-Jul-04
Excerpt: If linked to RFID networks via IBM RFID middleware, WebSphere Product Center can act as a central Electronic Product Code (EPC) number repository and look-up ...
Source: RFID Journal

0 Sterling Commerce Joins RFID Standards Group
Date: 20-Jul-04
Excerpt: The company expects to incorporate Electronic Product Code (EPC) standards into its flexible and modular business integration platform and its B2B solutions. ...
Source: ebizQ

0 Sterling Commerce Joins EPCglobal US
Date: 20-Jul-04
Excerpt: The company expects to incorporate Electronic Product Code™ (EPC) standards into its flexible and modular business integration platform and its B2B solutions ...
Source: Market Wire (press release)

0 IBM Takes on Flood of RFID Data
Date: 19-Jul-04
Excerpt: ...from RFID implementations in the supply chain with internal information generated by the enterprise, Druker said, "linking electronic product code data with ...
Source: InternetNews.com

0 India Inc embraces RFID to match global practice
Date: 19-Jul-04
Excerpt: ...says Ravi Mathur, CEO, EAN India and representative of EPCglobal Inc, a standards body for RFID technology and provides electronic product code — for unique ...
Source: Times of India

0 IBM Ships Product Data-Management Tools July 19, 2004
Date: 19-Jul-04
Excerpt: IBM plans to deploy Product Center as the central repository underpinning the electronic product code information services component of IBM's RFID middleware. ...
Source: Information Week

0 Small chip, big changes
Date: 18-Jul-04
Excerpt: ...select items. Each tag will contain an electronic product code, or EPC, that can be read at each step in the supply chain. Using ...
Source: Fort Worth Star Telegram (subscription)

0 IBM Rolls Out Trigo-Based Middleware
Date: 18-Jul-04
Excerpt: ...underlying its RFID middleware. The repository will handle electronic product code information services. "What's happening is that ...
Source: eWeek

0 Retail group supports RFID code of practice
Date: 18-Jul-04
Excerpt: EAN Australia is a non-profit organization that administers the internationally recognised Electronic Product Code in collaboration with the Uniform Code ...
Source: Computerworld Australia

0 Royalties Expected To Increase Cost Of RFID Technology
Date: 18-Jul-04
Excerpt: High-tech companies contributing patented technology to the UHF Electronic Product Code Generation 2 standard have agreed to do so on a royalty-free basis ...
Source: CRN

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