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Table of Contents � vii<br />

3.2.5 Cha<strong>in</strong> Pharmacy Operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88<br />

3.2.6 SAP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89<br />

3.2.7 Web Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91<br />

3.2.7.1 Object Name Service. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93<br />

3.2.7.2 EPC Information Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93<br />

3.2.7.3 Electronic Product Code . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95<br />

3.2.7.4 Savant Servers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96<br />

3.2.7.5 EPCglobal and <strong>the</strong> Au<strong>to</strong>-ID Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97<br />

References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100<br />

4 S<strong>to</strong>r<strong>in</strong>g and Retriev<strong>in</strong>g Data. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101<br />

4.1 Two Big Questions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101<br />

4.1.1 Relationship between Data S<strong>to</strong>rage and Retrieval Issues . . . . . . . 101<br />

4.1.2 Understand<strong>in</strong>g Risks Associated with <strong>RFID</strong>/EPC Technologies. . . 102<br />

4.2 EPC Technology <strong>in</strong> Functional Areas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103<br />

4.3 Perceptions of Product Benefits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103<br />

4.4 Database CD on Local Workstation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105<br />

4.5 Remote Database Servers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106<br />

4.5.1 How Can We Reduce <strong>the</strong> Number of Traffic<br />

Bottleneck Incidents? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107<br />

4.5.2 Why Do We Need <strong>to</strong> Divide <strong>the</strong> Database <strong>in</strong><strong>to</strong> <strong>the</strong> Static<br />

and Dynamic Partitions? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108<br />

4.5.3 What K<strong>in</strong>d of Database Management Should We Get<br />

<strong>to</strong> Satisfy Our Requirements? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108<br />

4.5.4 What Is <strong>the</strong> Optimal Way of Increas<strong>in</strong>g Throughputs<br />

and Operational Efficiency? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109<br />

4.5.4.1 Peoplesoft Enterprise Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110<br />

4.5.4.2 IBM <strong>RFID</strong> Product. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110<br />

4.5.5 How Do We Reduce Load<strong>in</strong>g Times Cost Effectively? . . . . . . . . . 111<br />

4.5.6 How Do We Migrate a Relational Database Management<br />

System <strong>to</strong> Ano<strong>the</strong>r? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112<br />

4.5.7 How Is Partition<strong>in</strong>g Emulated and What Are<br />

<strong>the</strong> Partition<strong>in</strong>g Types?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112<br />

4.5.8 How Do You Determ<strong>in</strong>e <strong>the</strong> Number of Partitions<br />

for a Database? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115<br />

4.5.9 What Are <strong>the</strong> Fac<strong>to</strong>rs You Should Consider <strong>in</strong> Your<br />

Migration Plann<strong>in</strong>g? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116<br />

4.6 Databases <strong>in</strong> Company Merger Processes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117<br />

4.7 Hybrid Databases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117<br />

4.8 Web Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118<br />

References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120<br />

5 <strong>RFID</strong> Bus<strong>in</strong>ess Processes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121<br />

5.1 Implementation Approaches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122<br />

5.1.1 Dual Shipp<strong>in</strong>g Faces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123<br />

5.1.2 Two Sides of <strong>the</strong> Mandates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124<br />

5.1.3 <strong>RFID</strong> Implementation Checklist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124

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