MH108_03042_UCC_update'ppt

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Uniform Code Council Report to MH10.SC8

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Uniform Code Council (UCC)

• Co-manages the EAN.UCC System with EAN
  International
• Founded in 1971
• Started with the Universal Product Code (U.P.C.)
• Develops global standards for supply chain
  management
• Provides Implementation support to industry
• Membership driven
• Creates The Global Language of Business

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Industries Using UCC Standards

• Apparel
• Alcoholic Beverages
• Automotive
• Building Supplies
• Chemicals
• Food Beverages
• Foodservice
• Furniture
• General Merchandise
• Health / Beauty Care
• Housewares
• Information Technology

• Industrial Products
• Jewelry
• Leisure Industries
• Music Products
• Pharmaceuticals
• Government
• Publishing
• Telecommunications
• Transportation
• Utilities
• Video Products
• and others

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Key UCC Activities

• Educates. Promotes the value of standards to
  industry
• Develops Standards. Delivers solutions that
  solve business problems and address supply chain
  opportunities
• Partners with Industry. Helps users put
  standards to work

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The EPC Network
transforms the way organizations do business
together by enabling true visibility of
information through real-time, automatic
identification of any item, anywhere, through a
global, standardized network.
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With multi-industry applications
EPC Network
Government
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Technology Background The Building Blocks

• Identify unique items
• Electronic Product Code (EPC)
• Get the unique ID onto the network
• RFID Tags RFID reader
• Manage the information
• Savant
• Interpret the unique code
• Object Name Service (ONS)
• Physical Markup Language (PML)
• Act on the information
• Control

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MIT Auto-ID Center Summary

• Founded in 1999 by UCC, PG and Gillette
• 103 sponsors
• End users and vendors
• Technical specifications
• For all components of the EPC Network
• Phased field tests
• Phase 1 Pallets completed
• Phase 2 Boxes / totes completed
• Phase 3 Items just commenced

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AutoID, Inc. Summary

• MIT licenses IP, patents, and technology to UCC
  and its subsidiary, AutoID, Inc.
• UCC and EAN Joint Venture
• Global
• Multi-industry Support
• Implementation Support
• Education and Training
• Certification and Compliance Testing
• Business Case Development
• Standards Development
• Continued Support of Basic Research

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AutoID, Inc. Priorities Driven by Key Stakeholder
Input

• Engage all industries
• Make standards global
• Address IP concerns
• Provide numbering standards
• Drive industry acceptance
• Develop certification program
• Provide a migration to protect legacy investments
  

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How the Industry Can Work With Us
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EPC Network
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EPC Network

• Cheap, high performance RFID tag chips and tags
  enable the EPC vision

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A General Connectivity Model
Standardised Data and RF Link Protocol
Requests and submissions
Reader
Savant (Data Aggregation Functions)
Requests and submissions
Requesting Applications (including web services)
Requests and submissions
Reader
Business Information Exchanges Using Standardised
XML Schema
Distributed Client Devices (Internet Appliances)
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IP Due Diligence

• UCC retained IP law firm, Dann, Dorfman, Herrel
  Skillman
• Over 4,500 patents examined
• Discovery practically complete

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IP Due Diligence

• To Date
• No IP owned by third parties that blocks
  implementation of the EPC Network
• MIT Owned Material
• EANUCC committed to open use of the new network
  will adopt policies that encourage such use
  while protecting network integrity

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IP Due Diligence

• If you are aware of anything that could alter
  these conclusions, contact Steve Brown
  immediately at sbrown_at_uc-council.o
  rg

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EPC Domain and Sub-Domains
.EPC
P M L
EANUCC
Automotive
Parcels Post
Publications
Pharmaceuticals
Company A
Company B
Company C
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Headline Considerations

• Code consistency
• Ease of migration
• For EANUCC, GTIN embedded in an EPC
• EPCs will reside in different data carriers
• Bar codes
• RFID tags
• Next generation auto-ID technologies
• Remember
• EPC is not just for EANUCC members

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EPC-96 EANUCC
EPC Manager
Serial Number
Object Class
Header
Element
34
34
20
8
Bits
Value10
0-17,179,869,183
0-17,179,869,1740-9
0-255
0-1,048,575

• EANUCC keys implied by header value
• SSCC, GTIN, GRAI, GIAI, GSRN, GLN
• Partitions determined by Header
• All other information carried in PML
• A good model for other sub-domains

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EPC-96 EANUCC GTIN
EPC Manager
Serial Number
Object Class
Header
Element
34
34
20
8
Bits
Value10
0-17,179,869,183
0-17,179,869,1740-9
0-255
0-1,048,575
Check digit is calculated and appended as needed
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EPC-96 GTIN Examples
EPC Manager
Serial Number
Object Class
Header
Element
34
34
20
8
Bits
Value10
0037000
0-17,179,869,1740
001
06524

0037000
06524
0
GTIN

• Procter Gamble Bounty paper towels 15 pack

EPC Manager
Serial Number
Object Class
Header
Element
34
34
20
8
Bits
Value10
5010821
0-17,179,869,1740
001
01002

5010821
0
GTIN
01002
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EPC-64 EANUCC GTIN
EPC Manager
Serial Number
Object Class
Header
Element
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21
17
2
Bits
Value10
0037000
0-2,097,1420
3
06524
Check digit is calculated and appended as needed
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Automotive VIN in EPC-96?
EPC Manager
Serial Number
Object Class
Header
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• VIN structure examples
• Y S 3 EF48Z 1 X 3 048140
• J H M ED923 2 M S 002001
• Last 6 places are always numeric
• VIN can fit in 86 bits (plus header)!
• Mismatch between VIN and EPC partitions
• Details to be considered by experts

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Remember

• All this is work in progress
• EPC Network is not just about EANUCC
• Well work diligently with other users

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The Importance of Standards

• Provide references for business
• Rigorous maintenance of standards
• Ensure the standard is the standard
• Ensure interoperability
• Users have choice of vendors
• Provide common data formatting
• How do I represent this information?
• Allow common data interpretation
• How should I interpret this data?
• This must be unambiguous

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Summary

• Groundbreaking research at MIT
• Low cost, high performance RFID is key
• Commercialisation plans formulated
• Open and inclusive
• Getting it right takes time
• EPC standards will facilitate adoption

Research Development
Commercialisation Implementation 1999
2000 2003 2004 2005