Annotation Property: skos:example
Usage (75)
- BizStep-accepting skos:example "Retailer X unloads a pallet on to the receiving dock. The numbers of cases on the pallet are counted. The pallets are disaggregated from the shipping conveyance. The quantity is verified against the delivery document (Freight Bill or Bill of Lading), notating any over, short or damaged product at the time of delivery. Typically this process releases freight payment and completes the contractual agreement with the carrier of delivering the product/assets to a specified location.
A parcel carrier drops off five boxes at Distributor Y's DC. A person on the Receiving Dock signs that they accept the five boxes from the parcel carrier.
A wholesaler is assigned a lot of fish at a fish auction, verifies the quantity and acknowledges receipt.
A manufacturer's fork lift driver scans the IDs of components which have been removed from a consignment warehouse. In doing so, the components are added to the manufacturer's inventory." @en
- BizStep-arriving skos:example "Truckload of a shipment arrives into a yard. Shipment has not yet been received or accepted." @en
- BizStep-assembling skos:example "Computer parts (hard drive, battery, RAM) assembled into a consumer ready computer
MRO processes involving components added to an assembly comprised of multiple parts.
Healthcare kitting: a surgical kit including drug, syringe, and gauze are combined to create a new 'product': a *kit*." @en
- BizStep-collecting skos:example "An organisation picks up disposed consumer electronics in an end of life state from various different organisations. After the goods are picked up, they typically are brought back and received into a Collection Centre
Rented or leased pallets are picked up and brought to a collection centre." @en
- BizStep-commissioning skos:example "On a packaging line, an encoded EPC is applied to a case and associated to the product.
An individual virtual document (e.g. digital coupon, digital voucher, etc.) is assigned an EPC.
One hundred bottles of a particular batch of pharmaceutical product are produced, those being the first bottles of that batch to be produced.
Sides of beef are transformed into individual packaged steaks. This may be an EPCIS 1.2 TransformationEvent if the input sides of beef are also tracked." @en
- BizStep-consigning skos:example "A wholesaler comes aboard a fishing vessel, selects and buys boxes of fish, and brings them to his premises.
A manufacturer retrieves components from a consignment warehouse for use in its assembly line. In the logical second of leaving the consignment warehouse, the components pass into the ownership of the manufacturer.
A manufacturer stages products for loading, loads them into a container, the container is sealed, and the container departs. Ownership transfers to the receiver sometime during this overall process. If this is done in a single step, then business step `consigning` is used." @en
- BizStep-creating_class_instance skos:example "Water, sugar, and other ingredients are combined to produce a single batch of soda over a single shift on a single production line. This may be an EPCIS 1.2 `TransformationEvent` if the input ingredients are tracked.
Potatoes are sorted by size and quality, washed, and packed into cases of a single lot in a single packaging facility on a single date." @en
- BizStep-cycle_counting skos:example "A preselected subset of objects (for instance, all products belonging to a certain brand owner or a specific object class) within a retail store, are counted by a handheld reader.
All objects of a specific sub-location (sales floor or a shelf on the sales floor, e.g.) are counted by a handheld reader." @en
- BizStep-decommissioning skos:example "An eSeal on a reusable container is broken when the container is opened, so that the container is no longer identified by the instance-level identifier that was in the eSeal.
A digital coupon or an empties refund voucher is redeemed at retail point-of-sale." @en
- BizStep-departing skos:example "Truckload of a shipment departs a yard, typically through a gate and begins transit to another location." @en
- BizStep-destroying skos:example "Distributor or Retailer puts empty case in the incinerator or box crusher." @en
- BizStep-disassembling skos:example "Before feeding a consumer electronics end of life item (a computer) into recycling operation line, it is necessary to disassemble the parts for the purpose of being recycled or disposed of in an environmentally sound manner.
A surgical kit (e.g. 2- 50 count bottles of medication and 1 syringe gauze) is broken down into its separate component parts." @en
- BizStep-dispensing skos:example "A pharmacist dispenses a pharmaceutical to fill a specific prescription written by a physician, to a consumer or patient.
A deli manager slices a 5 pound package of turkey for sale." @en
- BizStep-encoding skos:example "3rd Party writes tags and returns spool of case tags to Manufacturer." @en
- BizStep-entering_exiting skos:example "Customer leaves the facility of Retailer X with their purchased items through a customer entrance/exit door." @en
- BizStep-holding skos:example "Retailer X unloads a second pallet on to their receiving dock, and, finding no purchase order for the pallet, moves the pallet to a holding area on the dock.
Distributor Y obtains a shipment of pharmaceutical product. Distributor Y finds that their supplier cannot provide a complete pedigree. Distributor Y moves the shipment to a quarantine area on their dock.
Shipper Z is told by Customs to move a container to a special area until Customs can inspect and clear the container." @en
- BizStep-inspecting skos:example "Manufacturer A pulls 10 bottles from every batch to ensure that the product and pill count in the bottles match expectations.
Distributor Y checks all returned products to designate them either as saleable or as damaged.
Regulator R pulls 3 bottles from a shelf to determine if the bottles have a correct pedigree.
Customs Agent C uses a machine to scan the contents of a shipping container.
Pallet pool operator Z checks if certain pallets comply with quality standards." @en
- BizStep-installing skos:example "Additional memory chips and a rechargeable battery are installed within a computer
A duplexing unit is installed on a laser printer
Additional safety equipment is installed within the cabin of an aircraft or vehicle (e.g. fire extinguishers)" @en
- BizStep-killing skos:example "Kill Command is issued to the tag to prevent any further reading of the tag or the information on the tag." @en
- BizStep-loading skos:example "Manufacturer A loads pallets into a container. The pallets are aggregated to the container.
Distributor Y loads racks full of totes on to a truck." @en
- BizStep-other skos:example "`other` may be used for terms that have yet to be added to the CBV from an industry or a user." @en
- BizStep-packing skos:example "12 packs of soda are placed into a case.
Loose potatoes are placed into a tote." @en
- BizStep-picking skos:example "Distributor Y places three units into a tote to meet the requirements of a purchase order.
Manufacturer A pulls three pallets from its racks to fulfil a purchase order." @en
- BizStep-receiving skos:example "Retailer X confirms that the count of cases on the pallet equals the expected count in a purchase order. Retailer X takes the cases into inventory. Typically, this process matches the product to the purchase order for payment to the supplier.
A shipment from a manufacturer factory site to manufacturer distribution centre, is matched against the transaction record then added to local inventory." @en
- BizStep-removing skos:example "A defective airplane part is taken out of the engine." @en
- BizStep-repackaging skos:example "Distributor Y receives one box full of batteries and another box full of laptops without batteries. Distributor Y ships out new boxes containing one laptop and one battery." @en
- BizStep-repairing skos:example "A computer is brought to a repair centre to fix a problem.
An airplane part is in maintenance centre to diagnose an issue." @en
- BizStep-replacing skos:example "A defective airplane part is replaced by a new part." @en
- BizStep-reserving skos:example "Manufacturer provides set of case EPC numbers to a 3rd Party labeller." @en
- BizStep-retail_selling skos:example "Retailer X sells a screwdriver to a customer by checking it out through a point-of-sale system." @en
- BizStep-sampling skos:example "Customs authority X removes a pharmaceutical product from a case for quality testing at a customs office.
Food laboratory Y pulls a random product sample and checks it for authenticity." @en
- BizStep-sensor_reporting skos:example "Several packages of frozen food are kept in cold storage, with temperature monitoring. An EPCIS event is triggered once a specific, pre-set temperature threshold is reached.
A dust-free room is continuously checked for the presence of contaminants. An EPCIS event is captured at regular intervals for documentation purposes.
A wine/cheese cellar is continuously checked for absolute humidity and temperature. Each time the door is opened or closed, an EPCIS event is captured, including the range of temperature and absolute humidity values within the period of time since the previously captured `commissioning` EPCIS event." @en
- BizStep-shipping skos:example "Manufacturer A loads and reads product into the shipping container and closes the door. The product has been read out of the shipping facility. The shipment is immediately picked up and a BOL is associated at this point. (The shipment has left the yard)
At Distributor Y, the truck containing racks full of totes pulls away from the shipping dock or staging area.
Manufacturer A completes loading product into trailer and seals door. The trailer is ready for pickup. The generation of a Despatch Advice / ASN triggers a `shipping` event.
A 3PL picks and tags the product. The product is loaded into a trailer and signed over to a transportation carrier. The 3PL notifies the manufacturer who generates a `shipping` event. NOTE: This would be the case if there were NO departing step at a read point at the gate.
Typical Process flow:
- `staging_outbound`
- `loading`
- `departing`
The above steps assume an organisation's ability and desire to share all steps in the process. If those process steps are not captured, the single business step of `shipping` would be used." @en
- BizStep-staging_outbound skos:example "Container is being closed and will be subsequently loaded onto a vehicle in the yard.
Container is being closed and seal is applied, and will be subsequently loaded onto a vehicle in the yard.
Product has been picked and is now in a staging lane waiting for loading into a container." @en
- BizStep-stock_taking skos:example "All EPCs in a retail store are read by a handheld reader following a procedure accepted by the organisation’s accounting firm." @en
- BizStep-stocking skos:example "Retailer X places cans from a case on to a shelf on the sales floor.
Dist X moves goods from a storage area to a picking area." @en
- BizStep-storing skos:example "Manufacturer A moves a pallet from the receiving area to a rack
Retailer X moves a case from the receiving dock to a shelf in the backroom." @en
- BizStep-transporting skos:example "Carrier X conveys 150 sea containers from Hong Kong seaport to Hamburg seaport with a container vessel.
A train with 20 goods wagons goes from one train station to another.
A lorry moves a swap trailer from a depot to a distribution centre." @en
- BizStep-unloading skos:example "Manufacturer A unloads pallets from a shipping conveyance. The pallets are disaggregated from the shipping conveyance.
Distributor Y unloads racks full of totes from a truck." @en
- BizStep-unpacking skos:example "12 packs of soda are removed from a case.
Loose potatoes are taken off from a tote." @en
- BizStep-void_shipping skos:example "A sender cancels a shipment after a prior shipping event.
A sender discovers, either by notification from a recipient or on their own, that a shipment they believed occurred and created a shipping event for, did not actually occur. The record is updated to reflect this.
A sender discovers that three out of ten items, previously believed as having been shipped, were not included in the shipment. The `voidShipping` event indicates that those three items were not shipped." @en
- Disp skos:example "" @en
- Disp-active skos:example "Manufacturer A commissions tags for 10 cases of product.
A virtual document has been assigned an EPC
Business step:
- `commissioning`" @en
- Disp-available skos:example "A mechanical component has been serviced and made available for use." @en
- Disp-completeness_inferred skos:example "A downstream recipient *infers* that the contents of a shipment below the outer packing layer are complete, as indicated in EPCIS packing and shipping events provided by the upstream supplier." @en
- Disp-completeness_verified skos:example "A downstream recipient *verifies* that the contents of a shipment below the outer packing layer are complete, by means of unpacking and scanning the barcodes or EPC/RFID tags of the contents." @en
- Disp-conformant skos:example "A mechanical component has been successfully tested for conformity to safety or performance requirements." @en
- Disp-container_closed skos:example "Container is being closed and will be awaiting pickup in the yard.
Container is being closed and electronic seal is applied.
Business step (non-exclusive example):
- `staging_outbound`" @en
- Disp-container_open skos:example "Container has been opened in the normal process of unloading.
Container has been opened unexpectedly, with no apparent reason." @en
- Disp-damaged skos:example "Pallet pool operator P notices that a plank of a pallet is broken and records this incident by scanning the EPC of the pallet.
Retailer R receives a shipment where the product packages on the pallet have been dented.
Business steps:
- `accepting`
- `inspecting`
- `receiving`
- `removing`
- `repairing`
- `replacing`
Note: `damaged` can also apply to non-apparent (physical) damage determined by means of sensor data. For example, product pH has dropped beyond a minimum acceptable threshold for viability." @en
- Disp-destroyed skos:example "Incinerator Operator B indicates that product and packaging have been incinerated.
Business step:
- `destroying`" @en
- Disp-dispensed skos:example "A pharmacist dispenses a pharmaceutical in a container’s totality to fill a specific prescription written by a physician, to a consumer or patient.
A deli manager slices the complete contents of a 5 pound package of turkey for sale.
NOTE: this disposition reflects the disposition of the original object, not what was dispensed." @en
- Disp-disposed skos:example "A package of pharmaceuticals has been picked up by a distributor and will be subsequently destroyed." @en
- Disp-encoded skos:example "3rd Party has written EPCs to tags and returns spool of case tags to Manufacturer.
Business step:
- `encoding`" @en
- Disp-expired skos:example "Distributor Y indicates that a product is past its expiration date
Business step (examples):
- `holding`
- `staging_outbound`
- `storing`" @en
- Disp-in_progress skos:example "Note: *Omission* of disposition is generally recommended instead of `in_progress`, which adds little value to event data." @en
- Disp-in_transit skos:example "Shipper Z pulled a container/product out of a manufacturer’s yard on to a road.
Business step:
- `shipping`
- `departing`" @en
- Disp-inactive skos:example "A reusable tag is removed from a reusable transport item.
A digital coupon or an empties refund voucher has been redeemed at retail point-of-sale.
Business step:
- `decommissioning`" @en
- Disp-mismatch_class skos:example "Recipient unpacks 10 of expected 10, but GTINs do not match data communicated via the EPCIS Packing event provided by the supplier.
Note: It is recommended to capture all `mismatch_` dispositions as persistentDisposition." @en
- Disp-mismatch_instance skos:example "Recipient unpacks 10 of expected 10, but SGTINs do not match data communicated via the EPCIS Packing event provided by the supplier.
Note: It is recommended to capture all `mismatch_` dispositions as persistentDisposition." @en
- Disp-mismatch_quantity skos:example "Recipient unpacks 9 of expected 10 (an 'underage'), or 11 of expected 10 (an 'overage').
Note: It is recommended to capture all `mismatch_` dispositions as persistentDisposition." @en
- Disp-needs_replacement skos:example "An assembly component's service duration has exceeded its (theoretical, e.g., per EN 50126) mean time to failure, and is marked as needing replacement." @en
- Disp-no_pedigree_match skos:example "Distributor Y could not obtain a valid pedigree for a product from its Manufacturer A
Business step:
- `holding`
- `staging_outbound`
- `storing`" @en
- Disp-non_conformant skos:example "A mechanical component has been failed conformity testing against safety or performance requirements.
If disposition is `non_conformant``, follow up steps may be used to capture subsequent and/or final disposition. For example, if the `non_conformant` object is not usable, it might be moved to a separate location for storage. If the object is still installed in an assembly but not function-critical, the assembly might be allowed to continue running until the next repair cycle; alternatively, a disassembly event might follow." @en
- Disp-non_sellable_other skos:example "A product is not sellable pending further evaluation.
A product is not sellable, and one of the other dispositions (`expired`, `recalled`, `damaged`, `no_pedigree_match`) does not apply.
Product has been sold and is awaiting customer pick-up.
Business step:
- `holding`
- `inspecting`
- `staging_outbound`
- `storing`" @en
- Disp-partially_dispensed skos:example "A pharmacist dispenses 10 pills from a 100-count bottle to fill a customer prescription.
A deli manager slides and packages one pound of a 10 pound ham for customer purchase.
NOTE: This disposition reflects the disposition of the original object, not what was dispensed." @en
- Disp-recalled skos:example "Manufacturer A requested that all Retailers and Distributors return its batteries that could overheat and explode.
Business step:
- `holding`
- `staging_outbound`
- `storing`" @en
- Disp-reserved skos:example "Distributor receives EPC numbers and can encode tag with the numbers.
Business step:
- `reserving`" @en
- Disp-retail_sold skos:example "A customer at Retailer X purchased a screwdriver by checking it out through the point of sale system.
Business step:
- `retail_selling`" @en
- Disp-returned skos:example "Product is received at a returns centre from a customer because of an over-shipment, recall, expired product, etc.
Product is returned to retail POS by a customer, who no longer wants the product.
Business step:
- `receiving`
- `holding`
- `shipping`" @en
- Disp-sellable_accessible skos:example "Retailer X puts a case of screwdrivers on to a shelf or display within customer reach.
Business step:
- `stocking`
- `receiving`" @en
- Disp-sellable_not_accessible skos:example "Retailer X puts a case of screwdrivers on to a shelf in a store backroom.
Business step:
- `receiving`
- `storing`
- `loading`
- `holding`
- `inspecting`" @en
- Disp-stolen skos:example "A pharmaceutical manufacturer completes an investigation of serial numbers that are missing from inventory, and concludes that they have been stolen." @en
- Disp-unavailable skos:example "A mechanical component in need of maintenance is taken out of service." @en
- Disp-unknown skos:example "" @en