Auto-ID Laboratories

Company Overview
The federation of six Auto-ID Laboratories around the world, including Auto-ID Laboratory at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), are working to create a global system for tracking goods using a single numbering system called the electronic product code (EPC). The Auto-ID Labs is partnered with EPCGlobal Inc., the standards organization responsible for developing the products, systems and standards necessary to drive this vision. The Auto-ID Lab at MIT and the RFID Academic Convocation online community includes faculty, students, researchers, professionals in industry and citizens with an interest in radio frequency identification (RFID). Together, they provide high-quality RFID content and education online and through seminars, and create specific forums for industry areas that need cross-disciplinary collaboration.

Quick Facts
Auto-ID Laboratories
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
400 Technology Square, Sixth Floor
Cambridge, MA 02139

Featured Solutions

• Securing the pharmaceutical supply chain by Auto-ID Laboratories
  According to this white paper by the Auto-ID Center, Auto-ID technology enables two fundamental, supply chain-wide approaches to deal with counterfeit drugs: first, the possibility of instant verification for any drug, at any location, and second, the ability for robust track and trace.
  
  
• Auto-ID on the line by Auto-ID Laboratories
  This white paper by Auto-ID Laboratories focuses on the key challenges manufacturers face across a range of industries and how automatic identification solutions can improve the effectiveness of their operations and the quality of their products, creating ways to remain responsive to and competitive in the marketplace.
  
  
• Demystifying RFID by Auto-ID Laboratories
  This white paper by Auto-ID Laboratories describes the operation of the radio frequency identification (RFID) component of the electronic product code (EPC) network for a non-technical audience, in particular those considering deploying EPC network applications within their organizations.
  
  
• Focus on the supply chain by Auto-ID Laboratories
  This white paper by Auto-ID Laboratories describes automatic identification technology as having the ability to revolutionize the face of the supply chain, retail operations and consumer-facing processes.
  
  
• EPC information service by Auto-ID Laboratories
  This white paper by Auto-ID Laboratories describes the electronic product code information service (EPCIS), a standard interface for access and storage of EPC-related data, and proposes three categories of simple query that can allow more complex queries to be broken down into tractable simple queries that an EPCIS can answer.
  
  
• The intelligent product driven supply chain by Auto-ID Laboratories
  This white paper by Auto-ID Laboratories explains specifications for an intelligent product and supporting technologies—one whose information content is permanently bound to its material content, and the impact of such development on supply chains.
  
  
• Economic benefits of EPC in pharmaceuticals by Auto-ID Laboratories
  This white paper by the Auto-ID Center offers information on applying electronic product code (EPC) technology.
  
  
• The use of the electronic product code by Auto-ID Laboratories
  This white paper by Auto-ID Laboratories describes operational details for the practical usage of electronic product codes (EPCs) and their structure and design.
  
  
• Internet and auto-ID architecture by Auto-ID Laboratories
  This white paper by Auto-ID Laboratories explains automatic identification-related technologies, through which every physical object has a identifier with an automatic identification tag. This white paper discusses identification space management in which the object tagged by RFID has a direct link into cyberspace, which is integrated to store information.
  
  
• Executive briefing toward an approach to intellectual property by Auto-ID Laboratories
  This white paper by Auto-ID Laboratories discusses intellectual property with respect to free markets, corporate competitive advantage and rights of patent holders.
  
  
• Methodologies for integrating auto-ID data with existing manufacturing BIS by Auto-ID Laboratories
  This white paper by Auto-ID Laboratories provides background on manufacturing business information systems (BISs) and provides guidelines to automatic identification-provided information into these systems.
  
  
• RFID technology in China by Auto-ID Laboratories
  This white paper by Auto-ID Laboratories gives a brief introduction to the application and development of RFID technology in China, including certification and anti-counterfeiting, logistics, ticketing, chip design and frequency issues.
  
  
• Micronetwork interfaces for RFID tags by Auto-ID Laboratories
  This white paper by Auto-ID Laboratories presents a new, standardized network communication-oriented approach to radio frequency identification (RFID) protocol design.
  
  
• Auto-ID’s three R’s by Auto-ID Laboratories
  This white paper by Auto-ID Laboratories describes the related concepts of rules and recipes as a means of capturing product requirements in an automatic-identification systems environment. In this context, rules and recipes form part of the information set to which a tagged product may be connected.
  
  
• Ubiquitous computing: Why auto-ID is the logical next step in enterprise ... by Auto-ID Laboratories
  This white paper by Auto-ID Laboratories identifies and analyzes potential business benefits of ubiquitous computing and challenges whether the growing visibility of technologies such as ubiquitous computing, automatic identification and radio frequency identification (RFID) can be justified from a business perspective.
  
  
• Future of RFID tags and protocols by Auto-ID Laboratories
  This white paper by Auto-ID Laboratories presents a future direction for radio frequency identification (RFID) protocols, including added functionality and new versions.
  
  
• Integrating Auto-ID systems into manufacturing control middleware environments by Auto-ID Laboratories
  This white paper by Auto-ID Laboratories describes middleware, applications managing the interface between real-time data and business information systems. The paper examines the capability of such systems for dealing with automatic identification information and managing real-time data generated on the production shop floor.
  
  
• Compliance and certification: Ensuring RFID interoperability by Auto-ID Laboratories
  This white paper by Auto-ID Laboratories describes the relevant elements of an RFID system implementation and presents options for a compliance and certification program at the center itself.