EPCIS is a GS1 standard for sharing information about events in a supply chain. It gives systems a common structure for describing an event and its business context.
SAME DATA. FURTHER GOOD.An identifier tells you which item is involved. Event information adds context about an activity, its time and location, and the business situation. In an implementation, those fields need agreed meanings rather than merely matching names.
Receiving and shipping are different activities even when they reference the same serialized item. An event-based model preserves the context of each activity. Read the product identifiers together with the event time, location and business meaning to understand what the record actually describes.
The objects or quantities involved.
The event time and its context.
The location represented by the event.
The business step and disposition context.
ILLUSTRATIVE WORKFLOW · THE IMPLEMENTATION FOLLOWS YOUR OPERATING REQUIREMENTS
Imagine a distributor receives a serialized medicine at a warehouse. In your design review, identify the product record, receiving location and activity time. Then establish which upstream record the event relates to and what the next system should do with the information.
Define the business activity and the records involved.
Name the operational source and the owner of the reference information.
Describe the receiving system’s expected behavior and validation.
The current GS1 standard and a partner’s deployed interface may not use the same version. Record the actual implementation requirements and test payloads against that agreement.
Use the concept to prepare a concrete integration brief: sample events, identifiers, formats, expected responses and exception scenarios. The most valuable demonstration follows a record from its source to its intended use.
Connect product identifiers, event data and trading-partner requirements in a clearly scoped exchange.
Explore epcis integrationMove from a serial number to the product, lot, location and events associated with that item.
Explore serialized product recordsUse a consistent set of operational tests to compare what vendors demonstrate, what the implementation requires and what your team needs to own.
Explore software evaluation checklistYour systems. Your partners. The task you need to complete.
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