EPCglobal has already announced the successful completion of the Transport and Logistics (TLS) Phase III RFID pilot project. The Transport and Logistics (TLS) Phase III RFID Pilot Project (the TLS 3 project), based on freight projects from Japan to the Netherlands, signals how global supply chain stakeholders exchange real-time event data and track shipments from third-party logistics providers. Supply chain partners and customs can access these product and shipping data in real time as the goods move through the supply chain.
Active EPC/RFID (XCAT (Extended Conveyance Asset Tag)) and e-seal tags on containers, as well as active tag applications on pallets, were heavily tested in this TLS 3 project. These tests will drive the development of standards related to shipping asset tags and passive e-seal tags. Tony Hollis, Director of Innovation and Technology at Exel, said: "With the continued development of automatic identification and data exchange strategies, the GS1 EPCglobal standard has extracted the essence from the broad application of these technologies. The more 'sensing and responding' we have to the supply chain The transportation and logistics services industry will be better, and TLS team members will be better served by global retailers, manufacturers and distributors."
The GS1 EPCglobal Transportation and Logistics RFID pilot project was designed to assess the impact of existing global standards on the “real world” transportation and logistics service process. One of the key points is to determine whether these standards truly achieve business goals, ie new values created by implementing product electronic code (EPC) and radio frequency identification (RFID) participants to achieve visibility through multinational supply chains. . The TLS 3 project is based on the successful completion of the first two projects. The first phase of the project validated the active and passive UHF EPC tags used in containers and containers for maritime transport from Hong Kong to Japan. The second phase of the project focuses on the impact of the GS1 EPCglobal standard on the visibility of the global logistics range from Chinese origin to US distribution centers.
Participants in the TLS 3 program include logistics, freight, hardware, and software providers such as Allumis, Canon, Marubeni/Mighty Smart Card, Mitsubishi Electronics, Alien Technology, IBM Japan, Motorola, NEC, Nippon Express, NTT, NYK, NXP, Oracle, SATO (UPM Raflatac), Toppan, Vue Technology, Intermec. In addition, the organizations and enterprises that fund and coordinate the project include the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, Nomura Research Consulting, MTI, Amsterdam and Tokyo Port Authority, and GS1 organizations in Germany, Japan, and the Netherlands. Customs in Japan and the Netherlands are official observers of the project.
Naotaka Ishizawa, senior technical officer of the MTI/NYK Technology Strategy Group, said: "The third phase of the transport and logistics RFID pilot project shows that EPC/RFID technology based on the GS1 EPCglobal standard is available in practice. It is now moving forward and guiding the implementation of this between trading partners. The time of concept."
The success of the third phase RFID pilot project for transportation and logistics also marks the GS1 EPCglobal program entering the preparatory phase for the fourth phase of the project.
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