The Potential of the EPC Network to Monitor and Manage the Carbon Footprint of Products : Part 2: Dynamic Carbon Footprint Demonstrators
Series
Business Processes & Applications
Type
working paper
Date Issued
2010
Author(s)
Abstract
This paper is the second whitepaper on "the potential of the EPC Network to monitor and manage the carbon footprint of products". The first report provided a review of carbon accounting practices on the enterprise and product levels, outlining use cases where the EPC Network can be leveraged. The paper at hand presents a rototypical implementation of an integrated supply chain scenario where stakeholders benefit from automated environmental impact assessment and communication. In one part we focus on carbon
footprint calculation and particularly on the usage of EPC event data to deduce emissionrelevant parameters that are currently manually collected. In another part of the scenario we exemplify a mobile-based service that a retailer can offer to consumers who want to access carbon footprint information. The paper presents the underlying concepts and a prototypical implementation that showcases the value for companies. This lies in reduced time and
money to conduct impact assessment studies, discovery of new optimization opportunities, and responding to consumer-demand for value-adding services. Early technology adopters will try to seize these opportunities, thereby acting as a market leader in their respective industries
footprint calculation and particularly on the usage of EPC event data to deduce emissionrelevant parameters that are currently manually collected. In another part of the scenario we exemplify a mobile-based service that a retailer can offer to consumers who want to access carbon footprint information. The paper presents the underlying concepts and a prototypical implementation that showcases the value for companies. This lies in reduced time and
money to conduct impact assessment studies, discovery of new optimization opportunities, and responding to consumer-demand for value-adding services. Early technology adopters will try to seize these opportunities, thereby acting as a market leader in their respective industries
Funding(s)
Language
English
Keywords
Carbon Footprint
EPC
HSG Classification
contribution to practical use / society
Refereed
No
Publisher
Auto-ID Labs
Publisher place
St. Gallen/Zürich
Number
2
Subject(s)
Division(s)
Eprints ID
92570
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2010-Dada etal-AUTOID.pdf
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