EPC Global and RFID


EPCglobal Inc is the organization entrusted by industry to establish and support the EPCglobal Network as the global standard for real-time, automatic identification, collection and exchange of information in supply chains.

EPCglobal is run by industry for industry and is therefore determined that the technology is driven for business benefit. The EPCglobal mission is to make organizations more efficient by enabling true visibility of information about items in the supply chain.

Part of GS1 (formerly EAN International), EPCglobal leverages a 30-year heritage of successfully partnering with industry. EPCglobal is a neutral, consensus-based, not-for-profit standards organization.

The EPCglobal Network will enable the immediate, automatic retrieval of accurate, trusted information regarding individual items in the supply chain. The EPCglobal Network uses a combination of RFID, EPC and current information systems (for example, the internet) to allow trading partners to share this information securely.