Publications about EPC and RFID

We have compiled this background information to facilitate your research into RFID. Choose from brochures, case studies or presentations.

Hong Kong RFID Awards 2008

A commemorative casebook for the inaugural Hong Kong RFID Awards. The awards scheme was established by GS1 Hong Kong to give recognition to local enterprises that have demonstrated excellence in harnessing RFID technology to improve their businesses. This casebook documents their impressive achievements.

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EPC Factsheet

In 1999, a group of retailers and manufacturers identified
the potential of radio frequency identification (RFID) to
complement and perhaps eventually supercede the barcode.
It recognised, however, that the lack of global industrydriven
standards meant that many RFID applications and
solutions were developed as closed and proprietary
systems. 

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RFID Briefing: The UK leads Europe in the use of RFID

In this briefing understand how RFID is
transforming business today in...

· Airports and aviation· Anti-counterfeiting· Asset utilisation· Chemicals· Event ticketing· Financial services· Food traceability· Manufacturing· Retail· Supply chains· Transport and logistics

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Beef Traceability Case Study

In 2000, the EU Commission’s Beef Labelling Regulation 1760/2000 was introduced to ensure that all beef producers labelled their product.This regulation became compulsory for all EU Member States on the 17th July 2000. The regulation aims to ensure a link between the meat and the individual animal or group of animals from which the beef originated.

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GS1 Standards in the Healthcare Supply Chain

In all supply chains, correct logistics management optimises the circulation of products and materials, and ensures the link between the flow of physical items and the flow of information. It takes a holistic approach to a company’s activities, as well as to the lifecycle of a given product, from its conception to its disposal. As a result, logistics management is positioned at the intersection of a company’s many different activities and environment.

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GS1 in Europe: activities in europe

As an organisation dedicated to improving the efficiency and visibility of supply
and demand chains, globally and across sectors, GS1 has been helping businesses
do business with each other for more than 30 years.

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