The carrier of EPC is RFID electronic tag, which realizes information transmission through the Internet. EPC aims to establish a global open identification standard for each single product, realize global tracking and traceability of single products, thus effectively improving the level of supply chain management and reducing logistics costs. EPC is a complete, complex and comprehensive system.
The concept of EPC was put forward in 1999. A gifted professor at MIT put forward the concept of EPC (Electronic Product Code) and the open network (Internet of Things), and it was applied in the International Bar Code Organization (EAN). , Procter & Gamble (p&g), Gillette, Coca-Cola, Wal-Mart, FedEx, Nestle, BT, SAP, Sun, Philips, IBM and other 83 multinational companies have started this development plan. In 2003, the scale field test of technical system was completed, and in June 2003, 65438+ 10, the international EPC GLOBLE organization was established to promote the application of EPC and Internet of Things. Europe, the United States, Japan and other developed countries are fully promoting the application of EPC-compliant electronic tags. Wal-Mart, the world's largest retailer, announced that from June 2005, the top 65,438+000 suppliers must use EPC electronic tags in their trays, and they must use EPC electronic tags in their product packaging in 2006. The United States Department of Defense, manufacturers and retailers in the United States, Europe and Japan have all made plans to implement electronic labels in 2004-2005.