Radio Frequency Identification Technology for Logistics, Tagging and EPC

RFID standards and supply chain applications

Thursday, July 9, 2009 in Library

Regulatory standards are useful to all types of business organizations and for governments. Standards can ensure the minimum level of product characteristics such as quality, interoperability, reliability, and safety for the user community. Recently, due to a wide industrial adoption of RFID, there is increased interest in standardization. In this article we introduce some RFID application standards and emphasize some supply chain management considerations.

International Organization for Standardization

International Organization for Standardization (ISO) is the world’s largest developer and publisher of International Standards. It is a network of the national standards institutes of more than 150 countries (one member per country) and enables a consensus to be reached on solutions that meet both the requirements of business and the needs of society. ISO standards are developed by ISO technical committees (TC) and subcommittees (SC) in the six-stage process of Figure 1. The activity in each stage is as follows:

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