• AIAG
  

The Automotive Industry Action Group (AIAG) is a globally recognized organisation founded in 1982 by a group of managers from DaimlerChrysler, Ford Motor Company, and General Motors. The purpose was to provide an open forum where members cooperate in developing and promoting solutions that enhance the prosperity of the automotive industry. AIAG's focus is to continuously improve business processes and practices involving trading partners throughout the supply chain. Under the auspices of AIAG, volunteers from approximately 1,500 member companies have worked together to resolve issues critical to the automotive supply chain. AIAG offers standards, guidelines, reports and tools that cover a variety of areas in the automotive and truck and heavy equipment industries.

www.aiag.org

 

 

 

• AIM global
  

The Association for Automatic Identification and Mobility  is a global trade association with more than 900 members in 43 countries. The members are providers of components, networks, systems and services that manage the collection and integration  of data with information management systems like radio frequency identification (RFID), bar code, card technologies (magnetic stripe, smart card, contact less card, optical card), biometrics, and electronic article surveillance (EAS). AIM is dedicated to accelerate the growth and use of AIDC technologies and services around the world.

 

www.aimglobal.org

 

 

 

 

• Air Transport Association (ATA)
  

The Air Transport Association of America (ATA) - was formed in 1936 and is headquartered in Washington, D.C. - is the premier trade organisation of the principal U.S. airlines. ATA members transport more than 90 percent of all U.S. airline passenger and cargo traffic.

Today, ATA membership comprises 12 passenger carriers, 6 all-cargo carriers and 4 associate (international) members. In June of 2005, the ATA board adopted a new class of membership, the industry member. There is also another distinct designation of industry partner. Membership entitles industry participants the opportunity to attend ATA committee meetings and get access to ATA materials. There are currently 30 non-airline companies that have made the decision to work with ATA in one of these ways.

The development of recommended specifications for industry is an important function of trade associations such as ATA. These specifications allow industry participants to achieve major cost savings through the use of common systems and procedures. ATA's role is to facilitate this process by bringing industry members together to reach a consensus that all can support and implement. Thus, ATA specifications are voluntary industry agreements on accepted means of communicating information, conducting business, performing operations or adhering to accepted practices.

Within these activities ATA is developing a RFID aviation maintenance specification, which defines a widely-used numbering scheme for aircraft parts and the appearance of printed aircraft maintenance information.

 

www.airlines.org

 

 

 

 

• American Water Works Association (AWWA)
  

The American Water Works Association (AWWA) - founded in 1881 - is an international non-profit scientific and educational society dedicated to the improvement of water quality and supply. AWWA is defined by six core competencies, through which they communicate and interact with all of their audiences. Together, the competencies distinguish AWWA as the authoritative resource for knowledge, information, and advocacy to improve the quality and supply of water in North America and beyond.

AWWA is the largest organisation of water supply professionals in the world. Its more than 60,000 members represent the full spectrum of the water community: treatment plant operators and managers, scientists, environmentalists, manufacturers, academicians, regulators, and others who hold genuine interest in water supply and public health. Membership includes more than 4,700 utilities that supply water to roughly 180 million people in North America.

Within these activities AWWA is developing application standards for the use of RFID data in a major water utility.

 

www.awwa.org

 

• EDItEUR
  

EDItEUR is the international group coordinating development of the standards infrastructure for electronic commerce in the book and serials industries. Established and sponsored by the Federation of European Publishers, the European Booksellers Federation and the European Bureau of Library and Documentation Associations EDItEUR provides its international membership with research, standards and guidance in areas such as:

·   Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) and other eCommerce standards for book and serial transactions

·   Bibliographic and product information

·   The standards infrastructure for digital publishing

·   Radio frequency identification tags

·   Rights management and trading.

EDItEUR is an international organisation with 90 members from 17 countries, including Australia, Canada, Japan, South Africa, United States and most of the European countries.

 

www.editeur.org

 

 

 

 

• EHIBCC
  

The European Health Industry Business Communications Council (EHIBCC) is a non-profit making, international association set up to develop and promote a uniform European standard for bar coding within health care. It was formed in 1988 to serve as a partner to Health Industry Business Communications Council (HIBCC) and administer the Health Industry Bar Code (HIBC) Standard in Europe. The standard is maintained up-to-date by the HIBCC’s Automatic Identification Technical Committee which is staffed by individuals who represent manufacturers, distributors, health care providers, and companies which develop and provide bar code equipment. bout 300 companies serving international markets have since become members and adopted the standard, which has been recognized by CEN, the European standards coordinating organisation. HIBCC Standards use FACT Data Identifiers, a global ISO Standard for bar coding in use by a multitude of industries.

 

www.ehibcc.com

 

• EPCglobal
  

EPCglobal is leading the development of industry-driven standards for the Electronic Product Code™ (EPC) to support the use of RFID in trading networks. It is a subscriber-driven organisation comprised of industry leaders and organisations focused on creating global standards for the EPCglobal Network™ that provides means to share EPC related data via the Internet. Its goal is increased visibility and efficiency throughout the supply chain and higher quality information flow between companies and their key trading partners.

EPCglobal was formed in October, 2003 as the successor organisation to the MIT Auto-ID Centre, the original creator of the EPC technology. EPCglobal manages the EPC Network and standards, while its sister organisation, Auto-ID Labs, manages and funds research on the EPC technology.

 

www.epcglobalinc.org

 

 

• International Blood Labelling System (Eurocode IBLS)
  

The association Eurocode-IBLS - established in 1998 and headquartered in Kassel, Germany - provides an international non-profit standard for labeling blood products and tissue to enhance security in blood transfusion and tissue transplantation. Eurocode-IBLS is supporting and applying data structures, the electronic data interchange and standardised labelling in transfusion medicine in both national and international standardisation bodies (Council of Europe, EU, CEN, DIN, etc.). Within these activities Eurocode-IBLS is developing RFID application standards for labelling blood products and tissue in order to enhance the security on blood transfusion and transplantation.

 

www.eurocode.org

 

 

 

 

• International Air Transport Association (IATA)
  

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) is an international industry trade group of airlines headquartered in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. IATA’s mission - since 1945 - is to represent, lead and serve the airline industry. Its members comprise some 260 airlines from more than 140 nations - the world’s leading passenger and cargo airlines among them - representing 94 percent of international scheduled air traffic. IATA’s aim is to help airlines help themselves by simplifying processes and increasing passenger convenience while reducing costs and improving efficiency. Moreover, safety is another number one priority, and IATA’s goal is to continually improve safety standards, notably through IATA’s operational safety audit. Another main concern is to minimise the impact of air transport on environment. Within these activities IATA is also evaluating RFID manuals and recommendations for freight and baggage processes.

 

www.iata.org

 

 

• International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO)
  

The International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) as an agency of the United Nations - headquartered in Montreal, Quebec, Canada - works since 1944 in close co-operation with other members of the United Nations family such as the World Meteorological Organisation, the International Telecommunication Union, the Universal Postal Union, the World Health Organisation and the International Maritime Organisation. ICAO works to achieve its vision of safe, secure and sustainable development of civil aviation through cooperation amongst its member States. Its members comprise representatives of council member states and of not member states as well as council members of the Air Navigation Commission, all in all some 64.

The ICAO Council adopts standards and recommended practices concerning air navigation, prevention of unlawful interference, and facilitation of border-crossing procedures for international civil aviation. In addition, the ICAO defines the protocols for air accident investigation followed by transport safety authorities in countries signatory to the Convention on International Civil Aviation.

Within these activities ICAO is developing RFID application standards concerning to the e-passport.

 

www.icao.int

 

• IEEE
  

The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) is an international non-profit, professional organisation for the advancement of technology related to electricity. It has the most members of any technical professional organisation in the world, with more than 360,000 members in around 175 countries. Through its global membership, the IEEE is a leading authority on areas ranging from aerospace systems, computers and telecommunications to biomedical engineering, electric power and consumer electronics among others. IEEE performs its standards making and maintaining functions through the IEEE Standards Association (IEEE-SA). IEEE produces 30 percent of the world's literature in the electrical and electronics engineering and computer science fields, and has developed more than 900 active industry standards. One of the more notable IEEE standards is the IEEE 802 LAN/MAN group of standards which includes the IEEE 802.3 Ethernet standard and the IEEE 802.11 Wireless Networking standard.

 

www.ieee.org

 

 

 

 

• Defence Standards (MIL)
  

A United States Defence Standard often called a military standard, "MIL-STD", or "MIL-SPEC", is used to help achieve standardisation objectives by the U.S. Department of Defence. Standardisation is beneficial in achieving interoperability; ensuring products meet certain requirements, commonality, reliability, total cost of ownership, compatibility with logistics systems, and similar defence-related objectives.

Defence Standards are also used by other non-defence government organisations, technical organisations, and industry. Within these activities a proposal guideline for the use of RFID-enabled labels in military logistics was developed.

 

www.dodssp.daps.dla.mil

 

• ODETTE
  

ODETTE (formerly: Organisation for Data exchange by Tele Transmission in Europe) International is non-profit making organisation, formed in 1984 which members are national automotive organisations in Benelux, the Czech Republic, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Sweden, the UK, Romania and Turkey. It sets the standards for e-business communications, engineering data exchange and logistics management, which link the 4000 plus businesses in the European motor industry and their global trading partners.

Its mission in the global automotive industry is to develop tools and recommendations that improve the flow of goods, services, product data and business information across the whole supply chain, throughout the entire product life-cycle.

The principal areas of activity are:

·   E-Business Communications,

·   Logistics Management and

·   Engineering Data exchange.

 

www.odette.org

 

 

• Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE)
  

SAE International (SAE) - established in 1905 - is a professional organisation for mobility engineering professionals in aerospace, automotive and the commercial vehicle industries. A quarter of the society's membership today is from outside of North America. The Society is a standards development organisation for the engineering of powered vehicles of all kinds, including cars, trucks, boats, aircraft and others. SAE has established widely-followed standards in all manner of things automotive, but the most familiar to the average American consumer are its standards for measuring automobile power in units of horsepower and its motor oil classification standards.

Within these activities SAE is developing RFID application standards for the labelling of aerospace parts.

 

www.sae.org

 

 

 

 

• SEMI
  

Semiconductor Equipment and Materials International (SEMI) is a trade organisation of manufacturers of equipment and materials used in the fabrication of semiconductor devices such as integrated circuits, transistors, diodes, and thyristors. Among other activities, SEMI acts as a clearinghouse for the generation of standards specific to the industry and the generation of long-range plans for the industry.

The SEMI International Standards Program operates as a neutral forum for the exchange of information among suppliers and users resulting in the production of technically accurate specifications and other standards of economic importance to the industry. Over 2,200 technologists worldwide, representing both device manufacturers and equipment and materials suppliers, participate in the program. These individuals work toward resolving a variety of process and product related issues in both the front and back-end areas in device and flat panel display manufacturing.

SEMI standards are written documents in the form of specifications, guides, test methods, terminology, practices, etc. These documents are published in the 12 volume set of SEMI International Standards. SEMI standards try to cover every aspect of semiconductor manufacturing including safety related issues.

 

www.semi.org

 

• NATO Standardisation Agreement (STANAG)
  

STANAG is the NATO abbreviation for Standardisation Agreement, which set up processes, procedures, terms, and conditions for common military or technical procedures or equipment between the member countries of the alliance. Each NATO state ratifies a STANAG and implements it within their own military.

STANAG’s are published in English and French, the two official languages of NATO, by the NATO Standardisation Agency in Brussels.

The purpose is to provide common operational and administrative procedures and logistics, so one member nation's military may use the stores and support of another member's military.

Within these activities STANAG developed RFID application standards for support consignment and asset tracking, applied to NATO Operations.

 

www.nato.int

 

 

 

 

• Universal Postal Union (UPU)
  

The Universal Postal Union (UPU) - established in 1874 and headquartered in Berne, Switzerland - is the primary forum for cooperation between postal-sector players and helps to ensure a truly universal network of up-to-date products and services. With 192 member countries, this specialised agency of the United Nations fulfils an advisory, mediating and liaison role, and renders technical assistance where needed. It sets the rules for international mail exchanges and makes recommendations to stimulate growth in mail volumes and to improve the quality of service for customers.

As a non-political organisation, it does not interfere in matters that fall within the domestic domain of national postal services. For example, Posts set their own postage rates, decide which and how many postage stamps to issue, and how to manage their postal operations and staff.

The UPU has for objective to develop social, cultural and commercial communication between people through the efficient operation of the postal service. As an inter-governmental institution, the UPU is called upon to play an important leadership role in promoting the continued revitalisation of postal services.

Within these activities UPU is developing RFID standards for identification and marking.

 

www.upu.int

 

• VDI
  

The Association of German Engineers is a financially and political independent organisation. More than 130000 engineers and natural scientists are organised in this association. More than 13000 members are working in an honorary capacity for the VDI. The VDI was established in 1856. Today it is the largest engineering association in Western Europe. On of the VDIs jobs is the training and technology transfer among experts. It is also a partner at the preliminary stages of the decision-making process in matters of technological policy and for all questions that engineers face in their professional or public lives. The specialised work on directivities is done by complimentary working experts. Today there are more than 1700 valid VDI-regulations and technical rules. The role of the VDI in Germany is comparable to that of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) in the United States.

 

vdi.de