December 17, 2005
RFID tags for tire companies
EPCGlobal has come up with a proposal, working in conjunction with AIAG, regarding the use of both EPC and auto industry data structures on a single tag by tire companies. The proposal from the two NPCs could lead to the adding of RFID tags on tires at different stages in its supply chain.
The AIAG came up with the B-11 Tire and Wheel Label and RFID Standard for ensuring uniformity in methods used for the identification of a tire with the help of data present in the RFID tag. AIAG took the step in response to the TREAD Act passed by the US Congress in November 2000. The current B-11 data structure using data identifies “DI” is unacceptable to the DOD and tire retailers as their systems cannot comprehend the codes that identify a number as an EPC.
The auto industry had the option of providing tags using EPC technology to those retailers who were comfortable with it and of providing tags with auto industry numbers to the others. Alternatively, it could have developed a new numbering system. However, both these choices entailed a major overhaul in the back-end systems. rfidjournal.com reports:
Their solution was based on a single bit on the EPC tag that can be turned on or off to indicate whether the following group of eight bits is an International Organizations for Standardization (ISO) Application Family Identifier (AFI), or an EPC header indicating the type of EPC to follow.
Read More: Auto Industry RFID Data Standard Proposed
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