The Electronic Product Code

How can a company track items using EPCs?

by s9800078 | Mar 30, 2020

Companies have to create a network of RFID readers. In a warehouse for example, there could be readers around the […]

How do you know what item 1-2345-67890 is?

by s9800078 | Mar 30, 2020

The EPC by itself tells you no more about a product than a car’s license plate tells you about a […]

How do companies use the EPC data to become more efficient and more profitable?

by s9800078 | Mar 30, 2020

How companies use EPC data and the EPCIS will be up to them, just as it’s up to them to […]

What is the Electronic Product Code?

by s9800078 | Mar 30, 2020

The Electronic Product Code (EPC) was created by the Auto-ID Center as an eventual successor to the bar code. The […]

How does the EPC work?

by s9800078 | Mar 30, 2020

The EPC is a string of numbers and letters, consisting of a header and three sets of data partitions. The […]

Why is EPC technology important?

by s9800078 | Mar 30, 2020

EPC technology could dramatically improve efficiencies within the supply chain. The vision is to create near-perfect supply chain visibility—the ability […]

Will there be just one type of EPC?

by s9800078 | Mar 30, 2020

No. The Auto-ID Center originally proposed EPCs of 64-, 96- and 128-bits. Eventually, there could be more. The 96-bit number […]

What’s the EPC header for?

by s9800078 | Mar 30, 2020

The EPC header is used to indicate the format of the EPC code, (i.e. the length of field partitions), and […]