ATIS Releases RFID Guideline for Product, Product Package, Transport Unit Tagging - ATIS 0300096
November 17, 2008 // Published as a news service by IHS
The Alliance for Telecommunications Industry Solutions (ATIS) issued ATIS 0300096 - RFID Guideline for Product, Product Package and Transport Unit Tagging, created by the Bar Code/Standard Coding (BCSC) Committee.
The guideline provides recommended information to be placed in radio frequency identification (RFID) tags the telecommunications industry uses for supply chain management purposes.
Specifically, it details the content and format of the RFID product, product package, returnable containers and transport unit ("shipping") tags that could be incorporated into labels as specified in existing BCSC standards such as ATIS 03-00006 - Implementation Guide for Package Labeling and ATIS 03-00038 - Product Marking Implementation Guideline.
"Since most telecommunications companies are just starting to consider implementing RFID," said Susan Miller, president and CEO of ATIS, "this new ATIS standard provides these a much-needed starting point for a tag format that will optimize the use of this innovative new technology."
The RFID standard provides telecommunications equipment manufacturers, suppliers and service providers with a format for tags that complies with global standards.
Source: Alliance for Telecommunications Industry Solutions (ATIS).