EPCGlobal set
of standards are one of the best available resources one can use to address
traceability issues in closed or semi-open loops.
However, I consider the current EPCGlobal
vision and concepts as somehow "limited" in its willingness and capacity to
address every kind of actors in any situation (too much standardization, too many deterministic views, etc.).
This is why my company is using different approaches to enhance / leverage
existing solutions (artificial
intelligence, decisional analysis,
etc.).
What has been done on DS (Discovery Services) so far (BRIDGE project, IETF, etc.)
is, to my point of view, not always adapted to the market (real life) and I
really wonder whether EPCGlobal will succeed or not with such an issue.
Actully deterministic and probabilistic approaches (some of the
experimented ones) are not suited to treat complexity...
Philippe GAUTIER