Quantifying the Value of RFID and the EPCglobal Architecture Framework in Logistics

1. Front Matter

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2. Introduction

   • Dieter Uckelmann

   Pages 1-10

3. Limiting Obstacles to Success of RFID and the EPCglobal Network in Logistics

   • Dieter Uckelmann

   Pages 11-55

4. Electronic Information Sharing in Supply Networks

   • Dieter Uckelmann

   Pages 57-70

5. Performance Measurement and Cost Benefit Analysis for RFID and Internet of Things Implementations in Logistics

   • Dieter Uckelmann

   Pages 71-100

6. Preconditions for Creating Economic Value Through Market-Driven Information Pricing and Billing in B2B Scenarios

   • Dieter Uckelmann

   Pages 101-112

7. Modelling and Prototyping an Integration of Billing Mechanisms into the EPCglobal Network Architecture

   • Dieter Uckelmann

   Pages 113-122

8. Evaluation of the Technical Billing-Enabled Internet of Things Framework

   • Dieter Uckelmann

   Pages 123-137

9. Conclusion

   • Dieter Uckelmann

   Pages 139-141

10. Back Matter

    Pages 143-144

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The “EPCglobal Architecture Framework” is currently the most accepted technical approach to the Internet of Things and provides a solid foundation for building Business-to-Business information networks based on unique identifications of ‘things’. Lately, the vision of the Internet of Things has been extended to a more holistic approach that integrates sensors as well as actuators and includes non-business stakeholders. A detailed look at the current state of the art in
research concerning cost and benefit estimations is provided and the limits of Cost Benefit Sharing for RFID-based IT-infrastructures are explained. In this work a market driven evaluation based on sales potential of information is developed. Simple technical means for aggregation of micro values to a billable amount are discussed. The requirements for electronic billing infrastructure are defined and a matching e-billing solutions for an evaluation scenario is presented, providing a technical infrastructure to evaluate and bill product-related information in a future Internet of Things, based on an extended EPCglobal Architecture. Further opportunities and threats are discussed to provide an overview of its future potential. As a result it will contribute to the sustainable success of the Internet of Things itself.

• Business models
• EPCglobal Architecture
• GS 1
• Internet of Things
• RFID
• electronic billing
• Engineering Economics

From the reviews:

“In this book version of his dissertation, Uckelmann painstakingly details the limitations and obstacles to success for two key emerging technologies: radio frequency identification (RFID) and the EPCglobal architecture framework. … Uckelmann demonstrates that the traditional types of cost benefit analyses for these kinds of technology adoption projects are flawed, in that they do not convince managers to adopt them. … Readers of this book will gain an understanding of how to properly define and evaluate information flows in a supply network.” (Ernest Hughes, ACM Computing Reviews, July, 2012)

• , LogDynamics Lab, University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany

  Dieter Uckelmann

Dieter Uckelmann is managing director of the LogDynamics Lab at the University of Bremen. His main research area include the synchronization of material, information, and financial flows under the influence of Auto-ID and billing technologies. Dieter Uckelmann is co-founder and president of the Global RF Lab Alliance – an international network of RFID-focused research organizations with representatives in Europe, USA and Asia and associate editor of the International Journal of RF Technologies: Research and Applications.

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