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EPC global Hong Kong completes EPC/RFID pilot for GSL
POSTED: 8:47 a.m. EDT, May 15,2007
EPC global Hong Kong has wrapped up a pilot programme of EPC-based RFID (Electronic Product Code/RFID) technology that is designed to improve inventory management by improving supply chain visibility.
The pilot programme was conducted in partnership with Group Sense (International) Limited (GSL), a Hong Kong manufacturer of consumer electronic devices. The test findings will enable GSL to explore future applications of RFID technology, in a bid to improve customer service offerings for its major retail customers in Hong Kong.
Between November 2006 and March 2007, the pilot tracked in real-time the movement of 1,000 cartons of electronic dictionaries tagged with EPC/RFID labels from GSL's production floor in Dongguan, China, through to its Hong Kong warehouse in Kowloon Bay, from where they were dispatched to local retailers in Hong Kong.
When the EPC labels attached to the cartons were scanned by RFID technology, the information was instantly updated on the Hong Kong EPCnetwork. The process enabled multiple parties involved in the production process at GSL to monitor by individual item the movement of the electronic dictionaries through a common network. |
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