EURATEX – the European Apparel and Textile Confederation, has launched eBIZ 4.0 to digitally integrate at least 100 European companies, notably the SMEs, from production to retail, by combining the benefits of the eBIZ digital language with RFID and NFC technologies.
The goal is to bring benefits of IT tools mostly used in large fashion businesses within the actual reach of small and medium companies to improve product traceability, time to market, warehouse management and digital data exchange throughout the supply chain as well as the connection with suppliers and customers. This will be achieved by applying RFID and other communication technologies with eBIZ, the European standard for digital data exchange across the fashion value chain.
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The new project eBIZ 4.0 starts in 2017 and will deliver early results supporting the European fashion companies, notably the SMEs, from production to retail, to digitalize the way of working. The 24 months’ project has an overall budget of around Euro 1.5 million and has been awarded a 50 per cent costs co-funding by the European Commission through the programme COSME which supports the SMEs competitiveness.
