TY - BOOK AU - Schuster,Edmund W. AU - Allen,Stuart J. AU - Brock,David L. TI - Global RFID : : the value of the EPCglobal network for supply chain management / SN - 9783540356547 U1 - 658.5 PY - 2007/// CY - New York : PB - Springer, KW - ADMINISTRACION DE LA PRODUCCION KW - LOGISTICA EMPRESARIAL KW - LOGISTICA EMPRESARIAL - ESTUDIO DE CASOS KW - PLANIFICACION ESTRATEGICA N1 - Industrial N2 - The EPCglobal Network and RFID technology, ninitially developed the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and licensed in October 2003 to global Standards I (GS1), holds great promise for transforming business through the use of low-cost, radio frequency identification (RFID) tags to improve information flow and productivity. Through the placement of tags on individual items, cases, and pallets, RFID Technology will provide instant two-way communications withing supply chain by merging information with physical goods. The EPCglobal Network uses the Internet to transmit data gathered fron RFID tags as well as a sophisticated information infraestructure designed at MIT. This book explores the essentials of RFID and the EPCglobal Network from the perspective of a practtioner that needs to make business decisions concerning the adoption of the technology. ER -