TY - JOUR
T1 - Requirements on unique identifiers for managing product lifecycle information
T2 - Comparison of alternative approaches
AU - Främling, K.
AU - Harrison, M.
AU - Brusey, J.
AU - Petrow, J.
PY - 2007/10
Y1 - 2007/10
N2 - Managing product information for product items during their whole lifetime is challenging, especially during their usage and end-of-life phases. The main difficulty is to maintain a communication link between the product item and its associated information as the product item moves over organizational borders and between different users. As network access will typically not be continuous during the whole product-item lifecycle, it is necessary to embed at least a globally unique product identifier (GUPI) that makes it possible to identify the product item anytime during its lifecycle. A GUPI also has to provide a linking mechanism to product information that may be stored in backend systems of different organizations. GUPIs are thereby a cornerstone for enabling the Internet of Things, where 'intelligent products' can communicate over the Internet. In the current paper, we analyse and compare the three main currently known approaches for achieving such functionality, i.e. the EPC Network, DIALOG and WWAI.
AB - Managing product information for product items during their whole lifetime is challenging, especially during their usage and end-of-life phases. The main difficulty is to maintain a communication link between the product item and its associated information as the product item moves over organizational borders and between different users. As network access will typically not be continuous during the whole product-item lifecycle, it is necessary to embed at least a globally unique product identifier (GUPI) that makes it possible to identify the product item anytime during its lifecycle. A GUPI also has to provide a linking mechanism to product information that may be stored in backend systems of different organizations. GUPIs are thereby a cornerstone for enabling the Internet of Things, where 'intelligent products' can communicate over the Internet. In the current paper, we analyse and compare the three main currently known approaches for achieving such functionality, i.e. the EPC Network, DIALOG and WWAI.
KW - Coding schemes
KW - Communication protocols
KW - Decentralized systems
KW - Internet of Things
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=34648828670&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/09511920701567770
DO - 10.1080/09511920701567770
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:34648828670
SN - 0951-192X
VL - 20
SP - 715
EP - 726
JO - International Journal of Computer Integrated Manufacturing
JF - International Journal of Computer Integrated Manufacturing
IS - 7
ER -