09-03-06 14:01
Age: 7 yrs

BY: SILVIO ALBANO, DANIEL W. ENGELS

The Auto-ID Center Field Trial was conceived as a test to evaluate the capabilities and practical feasibility of the Networked Physical World system designed by the Auto-ID Center in real world supply chain applications. A prototype of the Networked Physical World system has been implemented by the Auto-ID Center. The key components of this technology are the Electronic Product Code (EPC), the Object Name Service (ONS), the Savant, the Physical Markup Language (PML), and the cheap Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) tag. The combination of these components provides a new method of uniquely identifying physical objects and storing and retrieving information about these objects. The goal of the Field Trial is to determine if the Auto-ID Center’s Networked Physical World system is able to locate any one item, case, or pallet anywhere and at anytime in the supply chain to include: manufacturing facilities, manufacturing distribution centers, retailer distribution centers, retail stores, consumer homes and ultimately disposal/recycling centers. This report summarizes the execution, the learnings, and the results from the first phase (Phase I) of the Field Trial.

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