Design of Interoperability for Real-Time Integration of RFID and BPM

Abstract

RFID systems based on the EPCglobal architecture make use of the data exchange and management technologies such as the Database or the Data Warehouse. However, there is a problem that they don't have close connections between EPCs and business services, because of disconnection between the data-saving time, time that RFID core systems store their connected data-repository with EPC- related data, and the data-consuming time, time that legacies in enterprise consume the data. Thus, current many companies and organizations utilizing RFID technology don't realize the Real-Time Enterprise yet. We need methods, which can immediately execute business processes, so that the RFID core is operated as not only EPC data collector but also business event generator. This paper defines and describes a service-transaction for real-time integration between RFID and BPM which provide the automation of business processes and integration of task applications.