Oracle, Savi Tech Track RFID-Tagged Containers Shipped from Hong Kong to Japan
March 29, 2007 // Published as a news service by IHS
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Oracle and Savi Technology, a Lockheed Martin company, provided an information link to track in real time the location of cargo containers shipped from Hong Kong to Japan. The work was part of a pilot project initiated by GS1 EPCglobal.
Real-time information generated from active, battery-powered radio frequency identification (RFID) tags on sea containers was exchanged with EPC Information Services (EPCIS), a draft GS1 EPCglobal standard enabling trading partners to communicate in a common computer language on objects moving throughout the supply chain.
The communication interface with the EPCIS server and repository was created through integration of Oracle Sensor Edge Server, a component of Oracle Fusion Middleware, and Savi Site Manager operating software and active RFID tag and data collection systems.
The Oracle-Savi interface is the first phase of the GS1 EPCglobal Transport and Logistics RFID Pilot, a two-phase project involving a number of companies using EPCglobal standards to improve transport visibility across stakeholders, countries and continents.
"Reading RFID tags produces a vast amount of data all along a supply chain, and Oracle Sensor Edge Server is an essential part of capturing, interpreting and validating such a mass of information," said Peggy Chen, Oracle principal product director.
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Source: Oracle.