Collaborator

Inputs

Network

Service/

processing/

packaging

Content/

Information product

Benefits

Strategy

Tactic

Fukui

RFID tag

Pearl nucleus embedded with RFID tag

Identity, track-and-traceability, and authentication

Technology enabler

Get-ahead strategy in technology

Increase product value via IoT benefit

GS1

Internet

EPCIS (electronic product code information service) & Search Directory

A unique serialization of the numbers for Metakaku, & searching function

Service platform

Get-ahead strategy in technology

Remote usage and condition monitoring

LSCM

Internet

AuthenTick & Global Pearl Database (GPD)

Data collected throughout the value chain

Service platform

Get-ahead strategy in technology

Remote usage and condition monitoring

Pearl enquirer

Pearl information via a RFID scanner

Internet

Authentication & product information

Product confidence