About EPC
 Electronic Product Code™ (EPC) is a numbering system, which works with Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technology and global communications networks, to track and trace goods as they move through the global supply chain. When an item carries an RFID tag embedded with an EPC number, its origins, date of production and other information can be discovered simply by scanning the RFID tag and accessing a secure remote computer database.
 EPC is the global RFID standard for numbering in the supply chain management space. As its adoption has spread, EPC is helping more and more businesses to control product quality, deliver goods on time and achieve optimal supply chain efficiency, which ultimately benefits the consumer.
EPC) has been conceived as ¡§an Internet of things¡¨. The ultimate goal of EPC is that every item in the supply chain ¡V down to the individual point of sale item ¡V would be identified with its own unique number encoded in an RFID tag. Readers would capture the EPC number and constantly report the items¡¦ location, condition and status to on-site information systems or remote databases via the Internet.
How EPC numbering works
An EPC number is comprised of two building blocks. The first block is assigned by EPCglobal and consists of a header and an EPC Manager number. The second block is assigned by the company which owns the EPC Manager number. Together the two blocks make up a unique identification code for an item.
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