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accepting |
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Denotes a specific activity within a business process where an object (i.e. product, shipment or asset) arrives into a location causing a change of possession and/or responsibility. |
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arriving |
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Shipment is arriving at a location |
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assembling |
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Denotes an activity within a business process whereby one or more trade item(s) or identifiable component parts are combined with other objects creating a new finished product. |
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collecting |
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Denotes a specific activity within a business process where an object (i.e. product, asset, shipment or container) is picked up and collected for future disposal, recycling or reused. |
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commissioning |
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Process of associating an EPC with a particular object (product, shipment, asset or container). A tag may have been encoded and applied in this step, or may have been previously encoded. |
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counting |
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Denotes a physical counting activity of the objects. Note: added for Warehousing project |
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decommissioning |
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Process of disassociating an EPC with an object (i.e. product, shipment, asset or container). EPC may be re-commissioned at some point in the future and read again – however only with new information. |
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departing |
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Shipment is leaving a location on its way to a destination |
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destroying |
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Process of terminating an object (i.e. product, shipment, asset or shipping container) The object and its EPC should not be the subject of subsequent events that require a physical observation; subsequent physical observations are likely indicative of error (such as a stray read of a tag inside an incinerator) |
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disassembling |
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Denotes a specific activity within a business process where a trade item is broken down into separate, uniquely identified component parts. |
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encoding |
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Process of writing an EPC code to a tag. EPC is not associated with an object (i.e. product, shipment, asset or container) at this step in the process. |
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entering_exiting |
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Denotes a specific activity within a business at the Entrance/Exit door of a facility. Customers are either leaving with purchased product or entering with product to be returned to the facility. |
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holding |
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Denotes a specific activity within a business process where an object (i.e. product, shipment, asset, or containers) is being segregated for further review. |
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inspecting |
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Process of reviewing product to address potential product or documentation defects |
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installing |
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Denotes a specific activity within a business process where part or component is put into a composite product or piece of equipment or machinery. |
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killing |
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Process of terminating an EPC RFID tag previously associated with an object. The object and its EPC code may continue to exist and be the subject of subsequent events (via a bar code, manual data entry, replacement tag, etc) |
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loading |
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Denotes a specific activity within a business process where an object (i.e. product, shipment, asset, or container) is loaded into shipping conveyance. |
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other |
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A business step not identified by any of the values listed in the core business vocabulary |
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packing |
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Denotes a specific activity within a business process that includes putting product (individuals, inners, cases, pallets) into a larger container – usually for shipping. Aggregation of one unit to another typically occurs at this point. |
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picking |
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Denotes a specific activity within a business process that includes the selecting of product to fill an order |
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receiving |
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Denotes a specific activity within a business process that indicates that an object (i.e. product, shipment or asset), is being received at a location and is added to the receiver's inventory. |
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removing |
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Denotes a specific activity within a business process where a part or component is taken out of a composite product, or piece of equipment or machinery. |
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repackaging |
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Denotes a specific activity within a business process where an object’s packaging configuration is changed. |
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repairing |
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Denotes a specific activity within a business process where a malfunctioning product is repaired (typically by a post-sales service), without replacing it by a new one. |
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replacing |
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Denotes a specific activity within a business process where an object (part, product, asset, container) is substituted or exchanged for another object. |
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reserving |
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Process for an EPC number manager to provide a set of EPC numbers for use by another party. |
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retail_selling |
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Denotes a specific activity within a business process at a point-of-sale for the purpose of transferring ownership to a customer in exchange for something of value (currency, credit, etc). |
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shipping |
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Indicates the overall process of picking, staging, loading and departing. It may be used when more granular process step information is unknown or inaccessible. It may indicate a final event from a shipping point. The use of shipping is mutually exclusive from the use of departing, staging, or loading. |
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staging_outbound |
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Denotes a specific activity within a business process associated with the movement of an object (i.e. product, shipment, asset, container) from a facility to an area where it will await transport pick-up |
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status_changing |
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Denotes an activity that leads to an administrative change of the objects, without being moved physically. Note: added for Warehousing project |
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stocking |
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Denotes a specific activity within a business process within a location to make a product available to the customer or for order fulfillment within a DC |
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storing |
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Denotes a specific activity within a business process where objects are moved into and out of storage within a location |
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transferring |
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Denotes a physical move of the object within the warehouse or between different warehouses. Note: added for Warehousing project |
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transforming |
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Denotes a specific activity within a business process where one or more objects are an input into a process that irreversibly changes that object / those objects into a new object or objects; the output has a new identity and characteristics. |
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