RFID Overview

Oracle Retail provides RFID functionality across various Retail products. This appendix focuses on the Enterprise Inventory Cloud Service and its integration with other Retail products.

There are three main concepts used in EICS: an RFID tag, an RFID event, and an RFID zone.

RFID Tag: An RFID tag is defined by its EPC (Electronic Product Code) and represents a single piece of inventory.

RFID Event: An RFID event is a scan of an RFID tag that takes place in an RFID system and can be sent to EICS to update the RFID tag information.

RFID Zone: An RFID zone is a physical area within a facility (store or warehouse), often where a single configured scanner can identify RFID tags.

Figure H-1 RFID Overview