RFID, EPC and B2B convergence towards an item-level traceability in the pharmaceutical supply chain

The item-level tagging is one of the main challenges of many application scenarios. Among these, the pharmaceutical supply chain represents a very interesting case where the new auto-identification technologies, based on RFID and EPCglobal, will play a very import role. The authors present practical...

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Published in2010 IEEE International Conference on RFID-Technology and Applications pp. 194 - 199
Main Authors Barchetti, U, Bucciero, A, De Blasi, M, Mainetti, L, Patrono, L
Format Conference Proceeding
LanguageEnglish
Published IEEE 01.06.2010
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Convergence
Costs
Counterfeiting
IEEE members
Large-scale systems
Passive RFID tags
Pharmaceutical technology
Radiofrequency identification
Supply chains
Tagging
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Summary:The item-level tagging is one of the main challenges of many application scenarios. Among these, the pharmaceutical supply chain represents a very interesting case where the new auto-identification technologies, based on RFID and EPCglobal, will play a very import role. The authors present practical experiences gained from a recent research project on the item-level traceability in the pharmaceutical supply chain. Furthermore, a discussion on several areas of improvement opportunities for future large-scale deployments of these technologies is reported.
ISBN:1424466970
1424466989
9781424466986
9781424466979
DOI:10.1109/RFID-TA.2010.5529939