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The “EDIFICE
RFID Guideline” is intended to provide a
guideline on how to implement RFID in
B2B processes for product marking,
product package marking or transport
package / shipment marking.
This guideline
aims to give companies guidance upon
their investment in RFID
trials/solutions that span over multiple
possible usage areas (internally as well
as externally) by providing a more
precise implementation recommendation
based on existing global standards. It
will help to better understand RFID and
ease the implementation of RFID
applications, as much as possible, to
complement to existing Barcode and 2D
symbol based solutions.
If the
provisions of this guideline are used:
- companies
will realise cost benefits
associated with global compliance,
allowing products, packages and
transport items/shipments to be
recognised in multiple supply chains
- the market
(e.g. for telecom, electronics,
computing, etc.) is less likely to
drift to non-standard formats and
contents of RFID tags.
- multiple
RFID-tags attached to the same
element by different parties can be
avoided, therefore cost reductions
will be realised
- data element
structures encoded in an RFID-tag
will be compatible to those shown in
bar-/2D coded media on the item
-
RFID-solutions (encoded data-objects
and corresponding business
objects/processes) developed and
implemented by companies using this
guideline are less likely to become
obsolete, as will company-specific
solutions
This document
provides valuable information on both
conception phases as well as operational
aspects. It gives advice on what has to
be considered in the conception phase of
an RFID project and it also provides
operational aspects.
In all cases,
testing of RFID tagged items and related
applications is highly recommended as it
will minimise the risks associated with
electromagnetic incompatibility and
frequency interferences
This guideline
defines requirements for RFID marking in
extended supply chains. It provides
recommendations for implementing RFID
tagging on returnable transport items
(RTIs), transport units, product
packages and products in compliance with
ISO and ISO/IEC standards.
To ensure
compatibility to the EDIFICE labeling
and bar coding guidelines, this
guideline does not recommend usage of
GS1 standards.
If the products, packages and
shipments that a company needs to tag
are used in the consumer packaged goods
(retail) industry, GS1 standards are
applicable.
See
http://www.gs1.org for additional
information.
Application
standards for freight containers are not
in scope of this guideline and can be
found in ISO 17363, Supply chain
applications of RFID – Freight
containers.
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