Barcode and RFID Convergence is Not About Technology
Tom Wimmer and I gave a presentation on this topic yesterday in support of the white paper we just published for GS1/EPCGlobal US, the crux of which can be summarized by the following:
- Technologies are being integrated with each other because the end user wants to leverage the information and attain the benefits from each independent system.
- Gathering and sharing information from independent systems can be attained by creating consistency within common architectures.
- This consistency can be accomplished by developing a single, unifying platform that will ensure that the information being used is essentially the same … a standard.
- Although technologies continue to be integrated with each other and leverage a diversity of carriers, the real convergence is occurring at the data level.
- Convergence is not about technology, it’s about commonality.
The PowerPoint presentation for this webcast is provided below. If you’d like to listen to the audio recording, it can be found on the GS1 website at: http://www.gs1us.org/epcglobal_us/education
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