http://www.autoidlabs.org RFID Announcements of the ETH / University of St. Gallen Auto_ID Lab en PMK RSS Newsfeed Export (pmk_rssnewsexport) running on Typo3 CMS 3.7.0 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 2006 AutoID-Labs rsseditor@autoidlabs.org webmaster@autoidlabs.org The carbon footprint of products is emerging as an important indicator for the economic and environmental sustainability of supply chains. Companies are increasingly using this measure to learn where in the value chain they can most easily and cost-efficiently reduce their greenhouse gas emissions. Pressure from major consumer segments and upcoming governmental legislation are adding to the internal pressure to account for product-level environmental impact. Companies have an opportunity to lev... fmichahelles@ethz.ch http://www.autoidlabs.org/rssdetail/dir/article/1/334/ http://www.autoidlabs.org/rssdetail/dir/article/1/334/ Thesis Fri, 19 Mar 2010 15:36:59 CET With this paper, I first and foremost want to render an account of what I think the IOT is, what its constituting concepts are and which main impacts on society and economy we can see today and expect in the near future. Doing so, I want to provide my research team, students and, perhaps colleagues in academia and industry with a baseline and some directions for ongoing and future research and development endeavors. Thus, this paper is targeted towards students, practitioners and researchers wh... fmichahelles@ethz.ch http://www.autoidlabs.org/rssdetail/dir/article/1/331/ http://www.autoidlabs.org/rssdetail/dir/article/1/331/ Topic Mon, 08 Feb 2010 12:56:15 CET The EPCIS specification allows for sharing item-level event data between business partners in a standardized way. As EPCIS event data represents measured points of actual business processes, business intelligence methods can be applied in order to detect inefficiencies (such as shipment delays, inventory shrinkage or out-of-stock) in supply chains. In order to deal with the overwhelming number of single events that are generated during operations, we propose a mix of automated analysis techniqu... mlehtonen@ethz.ch http://www.autoidlabs.org/rssdetail/dir/article/1/325/ http://www.autoidlabs.org/rssdetail/dir/article/1/325/ Topic Fri, 27 Mar 2009 12:07:18 CET In this paper we discuss the MobileIoT Toolkit. This software framework offers a number of tools to ease the design and implementation of Java Mobile application prototypes interacting with the Internet of Things. In particular, we focus on mobile phones accessing a “standardized Internet of Things”, known as the EPC Network (Electronic Product Code). In this paper we introduce the EPC Network and then describe the toolkit. Finally, we introduce two applications based on the toolkit. mlehtonen@ethz.ch http://www.autoidlabs.org/rssdetail/dir/article/1/319/ http://www.autoidlabs.org/rssdetail/dir/article/1/319/ Topic Mon, 23 Mar 2009 12:28:09 CET In this paper, we propose a ubiquitous product rating system. First we provide an overview of state-of-the-art product recommendation, concluding that current approaches do not support in-store consumers; i.e. consumers on the shop floor. Within shops however is where three out of four buying decisions are made. Hence we propose APriori, a new approach towards mobile product recommendation. APriori makes product recommendation available for mobile users. These utilize their phones to identify t... mlehtonen@ethz.ch http://www.autoidlabs.org/rssdetail/dir/article/1/316/ http://www.autoidlabs.org/rssdetail/dir/article/1/316/ Topic Mon, 23 Mar 2009 12:22:40 CET In the era of ubiquitous devices and mobility, we increasingly carry objects of great value (in terms of data, money or emotions). Because of our increased mobility, we are also more inclined to lose these objects. When it comes to finding them again, current lost property offices seem rather inflexible and not fully adapted to our nomad lives. They lack dynamic information, introduce too many intermediates and induce high costs. We support the growth of a community of users able to solve the p... mlehtonen@ethz.ch http://www.autoidlabs.org/rssdetail/dir/article/1/315/ http://www.autoidlabs.org/rssdetail/dir/article/1/315/ Topic Mon, 23 Mar 2009 12:21:29 CET Greenhouse gas accounting has, until now, been an overhead process that is performed at enterprise- or plant-level for annual reporting or emission trading purposes. Companies are requiring more integration of greenhouse gas accounting and optimization into their transactional tools & systems, just as in financial accounting and quality management. Also, when companies extend greenhouse gas accounting beyond their four walls, they have to collaborate with their suppliers and treat carbon as an ... mlehtonen@ethz.ch http://www.autoidlabs.org/rssdetail/dir/article/1/312/ http://www.autoidlabs.org/rssdetail/dir/article/1/312/ Topic Mon, 23 Mar 2009 12:17:00 CET Sensor technologies can significantly improve the management of perishable goods. Studies show that even though sensors introduce additional costs, they help to increase supply chain efficiency and thus profits. However, the application of the technology also leads to additional greenhouse gas emissions. In this paper, we conduct a case study that investigates the value of sensor based replenishment configurations with respect to profit and emissions. Our results show that profit-optimal soluti... mlehtonen@ethz.ch http://www.autoidlabs.org/rssdetail/dir/article/1/311/ http://www.autoidlabs.org/rssdetail/dir/article/1/311/ Topic Mon, 23 Mar 2009 12:15:15 CET The adoption and diffusion of RFID technology take longer time than it was expected years ago. While few industries adopted RFID right away others are reluctant and took up a ‘wait and see’ position. Especially standards play a major role. Even standards are available today, many industries announced additional requirements for their specific processes. As an example we analyze the developments regarding RFID standardization in the automotive industry and identify three central reasons why the ... fmichahelles@ethz.ch http://www.autoidlabs.org/rssdetail/dir/article/1/307/ http://www.autoidlabs.org/rssdetail/dir/article/1/307/ Topic Thu, 23 Oct 2008 10:38:00 CEST After a trademark dispute, the EPC Prototyping Platform is now called "Fosstrak" (previously Accada). Fosstrak stands for "free and open source software for track and trace". The fosstrak project continues to offer free and open source implementations of EPCglobal standards. This includes a certified open source EPCIS implementation, TDT library and a ALE compliant RFID middleware. For more information see <LINK http://www.fosstrak.org _blank internal-link><img src="typo3conf/ext/rtehtmlarea/ht... ailic@ethz.ch http://www.autoidlabs.org/rssdetail/dir/article/1/301/ http://www.autoidlabs.org/rssdetail/dir/article/1/301/ RFID Sun, 10 Aug 2008 13:12:58 CEST The “Countering Counterfeit Trade – Illicit Market Insights, Best-Practice Strategies, and Management ToolboxBook” has been published <h4>T. Staake and E. Fleisch, ETH Zurich and University of St. Gallen, Switzerland</h4> <h1>Countering Counterfeit Trade</h1> <h4>Illicit Market Insights, Best-Practice Strategies, and Management Toolbox</h4> This book provides the know-how that is required to successfully respond to counterfeit trade. It constitutes a unique combination of in-depth insights into ... tstaake@ethz.ch http://www.autoidlabs.org/rssdetail/dir/article/1/299/ http://www.autoidlabs.org/rssdetail/dir/article/1/299/ RFID Tue, 08 Jul 2008 12:13:04 CEST Near Field Communication devices and Electronic Product Code tags are two important RFID based solutions which have matured to market-readiness within the last years. Though both standards are based on the same technological foundation, there are some significant differences as to the goals that their developers intend to achieve through their use. Mobile phones are the most popular personal devices world-wide, with roughly three billion units in operation as of 2006. Market researchers are ant... fmichahelles@ethz.ch http://www.autoidlabs.org/rssdetail/dir/article/1/291/ http://www.autoidlabs.org/rssdetail/dir/article/1/291/ Topic Mon, 07 Jan 2008 17:51:49 CET The proliferation of radiofrequency identification systems in application domains such as supply chain management requires an IT infrastructure that provides RFID device and data management and supports application development. In this paper, we discuss the requirements towards such an infrastructure and present the freely available Accada RFID Prototyping Platform. The Accada platform manages readers, filters and aggregates RFID data, and helps to interpret the captured RFID data in an applica... mlehtonen@ethz.ch http://www.autoidlabs.org/rssdetail/dir/article/1/287/ http://www.autoidlabs.org/rssdetail/dir/article/1/287/ Topic Wed, 10 Oct 2007 15:56:13 CEST Counterfeits and contaminated drugs are recognized as a threat to consumer safety. To fight counterfeiting and protect consumers, public health institutions such as the US FDA demand organizations to electronically document the pedigrees of prescription drugs. As the documentation process involves joint collaborations of multiple organizations along the supply chain on electronic pedigrees for billions of individual goods, new and scalable access control models are needed. Therefore, this paper... mlehtonen@ethz.ch http://www.autoidlabs.org/rssdetail/dir/article/1/286/ http://www.autoidlabs.org/rssdetail/dir/article/1/286/ Topic Wed, 10 Oct 2007 15:54:52 CEST This paper presents some early thoughts on the future role of the EPC Network. We embrace the idea of linking information sharing aspects of Supply Chain Management with the EPC Network. By analyzing the functionality of the EPC network against common mechanisms of business coordination, we identify the need for additional software layers, necessary to transform the EPC network into a business collaboration framework. mlehtonen@ethz.ch http://www.autoidlabs.org/rssdetail/dir/article/1/285/ http://www.autoidlabs.org/rssdetail/dir/article/1/285/ Topic Wed, 10 Oct 2007 15:53:35 CEST