Trading in Concert
How do you share data on the EPCglobal Network? Practice, practice, practice!
By Mike Meranda
Aug. 1, 2006—I have musical aspirations for my two young children, and I hope that getting them involved in music early on will enrich their lives. So I endure the hours of loud noise as they practice. (I'm teaching my son how to play the trumpet, so our neighbors are part of the experience, too!) Music is a big part of my life, so I can anticipate the satisfaction they'll get from mastering a musical instrument and playing in concert with other musicians.
Much the same can be said about the EPCglobal community. For the past several years, we have been working on selecting instruments and getting tuned up. In late 2005, we began looking to 2006 as the year in which the EPCglobal Network would begin to take shape and companies would begin exchanging Electronic Product Code data and making business decisions based on that data.
We have achieved that goal. Standards and solutions are in place, and software and hardware are ready to support initial implementations. And while there's value in implementing technology internally, I think most believe that the real value will come when EPC is used "in concert" to improve collaborative business processes between trading partners.
Aug. 1, 2006—I have musical aspirations for my two young children, and I hope that getting them involved in music early on will enrich their lives. So I endure the hours of loud noise as they practice. (I'm teaching my son how to play the trumpet, so our neighbors are part of the experience, too!) Music is a big part of my life, so I can anticipate the satisfaction they'll get from mastering a musical instrument and playing in concert with other musicians.
Much the same can be said about the EPCglobal community. For the past several years, we have been working on selecting instruments and getting tuned up. In late 2005, we began looking to 2006 as the year in which the EPCglobal Network would begin to take shape and companies would begin exchanging Electronic Product Code data and making business decisions based on that data.
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