Overview

About EPCglobal Inc

EPCglobal Inc™ is the organisation entrusted by industry to establish and support the EPCglobal Network™ as the global standard for real-time, automatic identification of information in the supply chain of any company, anywhere in the world. Our mission is to make organisations more efficient by enabling true visibility of information about items in the supply chain.

As a joint-venture between GS1 and GS1 US, EPCglobal leverages a nearly 30-year heritage of successfully partnering with industry. EPCglobal is a neutral, consensus-based, not-for-profit standards organisation.

EPCglobal Services

EPCglobal provides the following services to companies wishing to improve their supply chain management efficiency:

Assignment, maintenance and registration of EPC Manager Numbers
Participation in development of EPCglobal Standards via EPCglobal’s Action & Working Groups
Access to the EPCglobal Standards, research and specifications
Opportunity to influence the future direction of research by the Auto-ID Labs
Access to the results of the EPCglobal Certification and Accreditation Program testing
Links with other subscribers to create pilots and test cases
Training and education on implementing and using EPC technology and the EPCglobal Network™ through more than 101 global agents

About the EPCglobal Network

The EPCglobal Network™ is a framework that enables immediate, automatic identification and sharing of information on items in the supply chain, In that way, the EPCglobal Network™ will make organisations more effective by enabling true visibility of information about items in the supply chain. Using a combination of technologies and harnessing the power of current information systems, the EPCglobal Network will provide for immediate, automatic, and accurate identification and location of any item in the supply chain of any company, in any industry, anywhere in the world.

The concept of the Network was conceived by the Auto-ID Center, a global research team directed through the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) with labs around the world. Their research effort was supported by more than 100 leading companies. Companies and consumers are the ultimate beneficiaries of the EPCglobal Network as it enables organisations to be more efficient, flexible and responsive to consumer needs.