Are you exploring technologies such as auto-identification (auto-ID) as a way to manage complex supply chains, reduce costs, and address a growing number of regulations? When business success requires innovations in processes and asset utilization, compliance and traceability, technology can drive business value.

As enterprise-class solutions that support radio-frequency identification (RFID), barcodes, auto-ID, and mass serialization, SAP solutions for auto-ID and item serialization enable real-world awareness through sensing and responding to the presence and movement of objects in real time – and provide a foundation for generating business value for more than 350 customers in 16 countries and 18 different industries.

Scalable Technology Foundation

Built on industry standards and service-oriented architecture, SAP solutions for auto-ID and item serialization are enabled by three major components:

• SAP Auto-ID Infrastructure – Facilitates the capture of serialized data from devices at local sites, and provides the business context to turn the data into meaningful business events
• SAP object event repository – Supports applications that require visibility between sites in the enterprise, or between the enterprise and trading partners. Developed in compliance with the Electronic Product Code Information Services (EPCIS) standard
• SAP Event Management – Leverages auto-ID data – captured using technologies such as RFID, sensors and actuators, short message service (SMS), and global positioning system (GPS) – to manage exceptions in business processes by detecting meaningful events and orchestrating appropriate, real-time responses

Experience with Real-World Awareness. Experience You Can Trust.

Benefit from SAP's 30 years of experience with core business processes, as well as deep knowledge of RFID and serialization. SAP solutions for auto-ID and item serialization are delivered as preconfigured software that enables real-world awareness across core business processes in the manufacturing sector, including:

• Aerospace & Defense
• Consumer Products
• Life Sciences

Learn More

"Enable real-world awareness with SAP solutions for Auto-ID and Item Serialization" (PDF).

"Move toward a collaborative decision environment to improve customer satisfaction and profitability".