In order to popularize and promote electronic labels, the Japanese economic industry province invests 1.8 billion yen (about 15 million US dollars), led by Japan Hitachi, and the production cost is lower than the current price of 1/10 electronic tag.
The current electronic label cost of Japan is 50 to 100 yen. The goal of the Japanese Economic Industry and the province is that the cost of electronic label is reduced to 5 yen (about 5 points in 2005.) In order to facilitate comparison, the Capacular Cola price of Japan-canned cans is 300 yen.
The reason why Japanese Economic Industry Provincial Choose Hitachi Lead Electronic Label Project is due to Hitachi's electronic tag to store 512 bit information, and its size is small, lightweight. Hitachi electronic tag is only 0.4 mm. Due to its small size, the corresponding cost is also low. Japan's trade industrial province will pay $ 900 million in two years, which is mainly based on Hitachi, and then combined with high printing, large Japanese printing and Japanese NEC. Comprehensive advanced technology, easy production, low cost and appropriate The process technology of electronic tags manufactured in large quantities, thereby driving the electronic label to be universally applied within the year of 2005 after a year. This new technology will take a paid way to provide other vendors.
The electronic tag can facilitate the statistical analysis of the settlement of the sales and product information. However, due to more information that the electronic tag can be stored, it can also be used for the traceability of the goods, the management of origin and manufacturer, etc., which can greatly increase its use. Taking the retail industry as an example, the electronic tag can calculate the total amount of all the goods in the customer shopping basket and shopping cart in a moment, which greatly improves the business efficiency of supermarkets. In addition, the information written can be supplemented and corrected.
According to relevant claims, Hitachi is in our own advanced technology and cost advantages, stating in the contest with several competition companies, thus led the project. Hitachi is very positive for the paid transfer.
