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 "title": "What Do EPCIS Events Add to Product Master Data?",
 "description": "See what EPCIS event data adds to product master data: what happened, where, when, business step, disposition and transformation.",
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 "direct_answer": "Product master data describes what a product, variant, batch or item **is**. EPCIS event data describes **what happened to identified objects**, in a business context, over time. A governed product record can tell you the declared facts about an object without giving you an operational history of where it moved, what business step occurred or what transformation was observed.",
 "last_verified": "2026-09-04",
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 "datePublished": "2026-09-04",
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  {
   "url": "https://ref.gs1.org/standards/epcis/2.0.1/",
   "name": "GS1 EPCIS Standard 2.0.1, July 2025. Used for the current event model, event classes and standard capability. It does not establish adoption prevalence or data truthfulness."
  },
  {
   "url": "https://ref.gs1.org/standards/global-traceability/2.0.0/",
   "name": "GS1 Global Traceability Standard 2.0, August 2017. Used for the distinction between traceable-object identity, Critical Tracking Events and Key Data Elements."
  },
  {
   "url": "https://ref.gs1.org/epcis/?show=classes",
   "name": "GS1 EPCIS linked data model. Used for ErrorDeclaration and the preservation of a previous event alongside its correction."
  },
  {
   "url": "https://health.ec.europa.eu/tobacco/product-regulation/systems-tobacco-traceability-and-security-features_en",
   "name": "European Commission, Systems for tobacco traceability and security features. Used as jurisdiction-scale implementation evidence, not as a cross-industry template or ROI claim."
  },
  {
   "url": "https://www.fda.gov/media/171796/download",
   "name": "U.S. FDA, DSCSA Standards for the Interoperable Exchange of Information for Tracing of Certain Human, Finished, Prescription Drugs, September 2023. Used for the FDA recommendation of EPCIS in a specific pharmaceutical traceability context. The guidance is nonbinding."
  }
 ],
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  "https://activatedigital.ai/knowledge/glossary#digital-product-passport",
  "https://activatedigital.ai/knowledge/glossary#economic-operator",
  "https://activatedigital.ai/knowledge/glossary#epcis",
  "https://activatedigital.ai/knowledge/glossary#erp",
  "https://activatedigital.ai/knowledge/glossary#gs1",
  "https://activatedigital.ai/knowledge/glossary#pim",
  "https://activatedigital.ai/knowledge/glossary#sku",
  "https://activatedigital.ai/knowledge/glossary#traceability",
  "https://activatedigital.ai/knowledge/glossary#unique-product-identifier"
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