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When it comes to EPC or Electronic Product Code, an automatic identification and data collection technology, it has been widely applied in many fields with its great practical value. Here, we will make a brief introduction in terms of its application field and working principle.

Application Field of EPC

EPC technology can find its application in different fields like supply chain management, inventory management, product tracking, access control, brand authentication and asset management.

For instance, in supply chain management and inventory management, it can automatically keep track of each product\'s move through the whole chain, and monitor their physical movement in different warehouses. Thus, a real-time inventory management can be achieved by this technology, enabling more efficient and cost-effective operations.

In addition, this technology can be used for product tracking, with which it could be easier for management to know and control the location of goods, even in cases with a large variety and short life cycle of products. It can also help to protect intellectual property and increase brand value, since it can be used for authentication of brands.

Furthermore, this technology is also useful in access control, due to its RFID-enabled functionality. Right now there are many areas where EPC access control systems are in use, like vehicle tracking, library circulation control and banking. Meanwhile, this technology also find its application in asset management, which can simplify the whole the asset management process with reusable RFID tags.

Working Principle of EPC

Generally speaking, EPC adopts RFID technology, and the basic working principle of EPC system is that, RFID tags embedded with unique identifiers are attached to each item in the supply chain. These RFID tags are provided with varying amounts of memory (called Electronic Product Code memory or EPC memory) which are programmed by the RFID interrogator.

Then the data in these RFID tags is read by the interrogator, so that information about objects can be stored in a secured and reliable way, such as a company’s product informations. Once this data is stored, it can be read from any point throughout the supply chain process. Eventually, this collected informations are eventually used to track and monitor items throughout the whole chain.

To sum up, from the above discussion, we can get the overview of the application field and working principle of EPC technology. This technology brings great convenience for many industries, and enable us to effectively track companies\' products and assets and manage them more efficiently.