November 30, 2005
EPCIS from EPCGlobal
EPCGlobal will launch its Electronic Product Code Information Services (EPCIS) services next year. The objective of the service will be to centralized source of records pertaining to all EPC-related RFID data. The data will be gathered from different technology platforms. The service will involve a network comprising of the different standards that enterprises will implement. EPCIS will perform the role of a hosted gateway and allow businesses to share data originating from the WMS and the ERP platforms at the supplier end and client premises.
According to AMR Research, businesses are budgeting for RFID allowing for a 16% and 20% growth in expenditure for 2006 and 2007, respectively. ISO will vote on the formal adoption of the UHF EPCGlobal Gen 2 protocol in March 2006. ccmsectorinvest.com reports:
Beyond price, Gen 2 offers other advantages. For one, the protocol enables equipment to operate at multiple frequencies to comply with standards on multiple continents. Tags also have the potential to carry up to 256 bits of memory each--nearly triple the memory of first-generation tags.
Read More: RFID Network Set To Launch In 2006
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