IBM RFID Information Center
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EPCglobal
EPCglobal is a joint venture between GS1 and GS1 US .It is an organization set up to achieve worldwide adoption and standardization of Electronic Product Code technology....
's Electronic Product Code Information Services (EPCIS) standard specification. RFID Information Center enables tracking of uniquely identifiable (serialized) product throughout the supply chain. Despite the name, the RFID Information Center is sensor
Sensor
A sensor is a device that measures a physical quantity and converts it into a signal which can be read by an observer or by an instrument. For example, a mercury-in-glass thermometer converts the measured temperature into expansion and contraction of a liquid which can be read on a calibrated...
agnostic, meaning it recognizes product serialized with RFID, barcode
Barcode
A barcode is an optical machine-readable representation of data, which shows data about the object to which it attaches. Originally barcodes represented data by varying the widths and spacings of parallel lines, and may be referred to as linear or 1 dimensional . Later they evolved into rectangles,...
and/or 2D barcode. This IBM WebSphere
IBM WebSphere
IBM WebSphere refers to a brand of computer software products in the genre of enterprise software known as "application and integration middleware". These software products are used by end-users to create applications and integrate applications with other applications...
middleware
Middleware
Middleware is computer software that connects software components or people and their applications. The software consists of a set of services that allows multiple processes running on one or more machines to interact...
offering is a software product that falls within IBM's broader IBM Information Management Software
IBM Information Management Software
Information Management Software is one of the brands within IBM's Software Group division. The major Information Management products include:* DB2 — relational database management system...
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History
- RFIDIC V1.0 December 2006
- Shipment Verification Feature December 2006
- RFIDIC V1.1 August 2007
- ePedigree Feature August 2007
- EPCglobalEPCglobalEPCglobal is a joint venture between GS1 and GS1 US .It is an organization set up to achieve worldwide adoption and standardization of Electronic Product Code technology....
Certified October 2007 – EPCIS Standard - EPCglobalEPCglobalEPCglobal is a joint venture between GS1 and GS1 US .It is an organization set up to achieve worldwide adoption and standardization of Electronic Product Code technology....
Certified January 2008 – Drug Pedigree Standard - InfoSphere Traceability Server V2.0 October 2008
Shipment Verification Feature
RFIDIC Shipment Verification feature provides an automated means to track shipments and confirm receipts. Automating these processes can reduce both product losses and the labor that is required to resolve discrepancies when errors in the shipment or receipt processes occur.The following steps demonstrate the Shipment Verification model:
- The retail distribution centerDistribution centerA distribution center for a set of products is a warehouse or other specialized building, often with refrigeration or air conditioning, which is stocked with products to be redistributed to retailers, to wholesalers, or directly to consumers. A distribution center is a principal part, the order...
ships totes to the retail pharmacyPharmacyPharmacy is the health profession that links the health sciences with the chemical sciences and it is charged with ensuring the safe and effective use of pharmaceutical drugs...
. Object events with a business step of shipping are sent to the RFID Information Center for the retail distribution center. - The retail distribution center responds to the subscription query from the retail pharmacy by sending a list of the totes that were shipped. These Advanced Shipping NoticeAdvanced Shipping NoticeAn advance ship notice or advance shipping notice is a notification of pending deliveries, similar to a packing list. It is usually sent in an electronic format and is a common EDI document. In the EDI X12 system, it is known as the EDI 856 document and the EDIFACT equivalent is the DESADV ...
s (ASNs) provide advanced visibility of shipments in the form of Dashboards (management information systems). The receiver's Expected Receipts dashboard highlights all in-transit totes so that labor can be scheduled for expected receipts. The shipper's Shipment Verification dashboard highlights all shipped totes that are eventually received to provide visibility of the downstream inventory. Electronic Product CodeElectronic Product CodeThe Electronic Product Code is designed as a universal identifier that provides a unique identity for every physical object anywhere in the world, for all time. Its structure is defined in the EPCglobal Tag Data Standard , which is an open standard freely available for download from the website...
s (EPCs) in the delayed status (those that were not received in the expected time frame) can be investigated and the problems resolved. - The retail pharmacy receives the totes. Object events with a business step of receiving are sent to the RFID Information Center for the retail pharmacy.
- The retail pharmacy responds to the subscription query from the retail distribution center by sending a list of the totes that were received.
ePedigree Feature
RFIDIC ePedigree feature is an optional add-on component that that enables manufacturers, wholesalers, and retailers to generate an electronic pedigree, or life history, of a pharmaceutical product as it moves through the supply chain. Securing the supply chain has become an important consideration in improving patient safetyPatient safety
Patient safety is a new healthcare discipline that emphasizes the reporting, analysis, and prevention of medical error that often leads to adverse healthcare events. The frequency and magnitude of avoidable adverse patient events was not well known until the 1990s, when multiple countries reported...
in light of a mounting counterfeit drug problem.
Alerts
Complex alerting capabilities are the key to a proactive event managementEvent management
Event management is the application of project management to the creation and development of festivals, events and conferences.Event management involves studying the intricacies of the brand, identifying the target audience, devising the event concept, planning the logistics and coordinating the...
system. The ability to quickly alert the right people of the occurrence of significant events enables rapid targeted responses to those events
Event (computing)
In computing an event is an action that is usually initiated outside the scope of a program and that is handled by a piece of code inside the program. Typically events are handled synchronous with the program flow, that is, the program has one or more dedicated places where events are handled...
. The extensible RFIDIC framework allows the setup of complex alerts for response notification with multiple customizable delivery methods, including the following:
- E-mailE-mailElectronic mail, commonly known as email or e-mail, is a method of exchanging digital messages from an author to one or more recipients. Modern email operates across the Internet or other computer networks. Some early email systems required that the author and the recipient both be online at the...
- Escalation
- FileComputer fileA computer file is a block of arbitrary information, or resource for storing information, which is available to a computer program and is usually based on some kind of durable storage. A file is durable in the sense that it remains available for programs to use after the current program has finished...
- Java Message ServiceJava Message ServiceThe Java Message Service API is a Java Message Oriented Middleware API for sending messages between two or more clients. JMS is a part of the Java Platform, Enterprise Edition, and is defined by a specification developed under the Java Community Process as JSR 914...
(JMS) destination - Schedule
- PagerPagerA pager is a simple personal telecommunications device for short messages. A one-way numeric pager can only receive a message consisting of a few digits, typically a phone number that the user is then requested to call...
- Phone call
- Text message (short message service)
In addition, accessing and analyzing trading partner data using enhanced Business Intelligence and Reporting Tools (BIRT Project
BIRT Project
The Business Intelligence and Reporting Tools Project is an open source software project that provides reporting and business intelligence capabilities for rich client and web applications, especially those based on Java and Java EE...
) can be automated (i.e. subscriptions), leading to fuller supply chain
Supply chain
A supply chain is a system of organizations, people, technology, activities, information and resources involved in moving a product or service from supplier to customer. Supply chain activities transform natural resources, raw materials and components into a finished product that is delivered to...
visibility and lending to faster, better decision making
Decision making
Decision making can be regarded as the mental processes resulting in the selection of a course of action among several alternative scenarios. Every decision making process produces a final choice. The output can be an action or an opinion of choice.- Overview :Human performance in decision terms...
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Leadership
InfoSphere Traceability Server is part of the IBM Software Group, Information Management (IM) business unit. Information Management is led by General Manager Ambuj Goyal.Related Products
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