EPCglobal Network
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The EPCglobal Network is an emerging global network developed by EPCglobal that leverages Electronic Product Code (EPC) Numbers, the Internet, and RFID tags to track products through the supply chain.
The EPC Network is composed of three principal protocols: Object Naming Service (ONS), EPC Discovery Service (EPCDS), and the EPC Information Services (EPCIS). Together these protocols form a secure, robust, global, high performance system for tracking products that have been tagged with globally unique identifiers via the application of EPC standard RFID tags.
The aim is to communicate near real time data about individual items as they move through the supply chain to authorized users.
