Labeling the World: Tagging Mass Products with Printing Processes

Author

Weigelt, Karin ; Hambsch, Mike ; Karacs, Gábor ; Zillger, Tino ; Hübler, Arved C.

Volume

9

Issue

2

fYear

2010

Firstpage

59

Lastpage

63

Abstract

There are many motivations for labeling items to link the real and the virtual world, including supply chain management; fabrication control process efficiency improvement; complete product traceability; product liability; quality guarantees; and recycling products correctly. The article discusses some of the automatic identification (auto-id) technologies that includes printed ID codes, 1D/2D bar codes, RFID, magnetic stripe and smart card(chip) to label various products. Labeling technologies for industrial applications must meet several demands, requiring highly efficient mass production processes for tagging technologies and readers.

Keywords

bar codes; labelling (packaging); mark scanning equipment; mass production; printing; production engineering computing; radiofrequency identification; smart cards; supply chain management; 1D bar codes; 2D bar codes; RFID; auto-id technologies; automatic identification; fabrication control process efficiency; guaranteed quality; labeling technologies; magnetic stripes; mass production; printed ID codes; printing processes; product liability; product traceability; radiofrequency identification; readers; smart cards; supply chain management; tagging technologies; Automatic control; Fabrication; Labeling; Printing; Process control; Product liability; Radiofrequency identification; Recycling; Supply chain management; Tagging; ROM; computer systems organization; design styles; hardware; logic design; memory control and access; memory structures; printed electronics; printing processes; semiconductor memories; special-purpose and application-based systems; ubiquitous computing;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Pervasive Computing, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1536-1268

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/MPRV.2010.37

Filename

5437543