Overview

EPCglobal Inc™ is the organisation entrusted by industry to establish and support the EPCglobal Network™ as the global standard for real-time, automatic identification of information in the supply chain of any company, anywhere in the world. Our mission is to make organisations more efficient by enabling true visibility of information about items in the supply chain. As a joint venture between GS1 (formerly know as EAN International) and GS1 US™ (formerly the Uniform Code Council, Inc.®), EPCglobal leverages a nearly 30-year heritage of successfully partnering with industry.

EPCglobal Services

EPCglobal provides the following services to companies wishing to improve their supply chain management efficiency:
• Assignment, maintenance and registration of EPC Manager Numbers
• Participation in development of EPCglobal Standards via EPCglobal’s Action & Working Groups
• Access to the EPCglobal Standards, research and specifications
• Opportunity to influence the future direction of research by the Auto-ID Labs
• Access to the results of the EPCglobal Certification and Accreditation Program testing
• Links with other subscribers to create pilots and test cases
• Training and education on implementing and using EPC technology and the EPCglobal Network™ through more than 101 global agents