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• EPC Standards and Benefits
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How to Deploy RFID
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RFID Journal University
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April 27, 2009Back to Top| 10:30 am | General Session:
RFID Basics
New to RFID? Here's your opportunity to gain a basic introduction to the fundamentals of RFID. The differences between the various classes of tags will be explained, including active and passive systems. The need for additional IT systems to build upon RFID in real-world applications will be highlighted. The session also includes a very brief overview of the EPCglobal Network, the future of ISO standards, ETSI reader regulations and the latest standardization efforts worldwide. Finally, the relationship between different standards in the area of RFID and EPC, including the latest EPC generation 2 standard, will be presented.
Speaker:
Mark Roberti, Founder and Editor, RFID Journal LLC
| | 11:30 am | Preconference seminars continue in breakout rooms
RFID Journal University
RFID in Health Care
RFID in the Food Chain
RFID for IT Professionals
RFID for Government
RFID in Packaging and Labeling
RFID Fundamentals for Managers - Sponsored by
ODIN Technologies
| | 4:15 pm | Preconference Seminars End
| | 4:45 pm | Welcome and Introduction
Speaker:
Mark Roberti, Founder and Editor, RFID Journal LLC
| | 5:00 pm | Keynote Session:
The Benefits of RFID-Enabled Collaboration
One major retailer and its suppliers have consistently led the way by implementing RFID to reduce retail shelf out-of-stocks and improve inventory profitability. Hear key lessons the company has learned during the deployment, as well as insights the supply chain partners are gaining from the data, and learn how these companies plan to expand their rollouts in the coming months.
| | 5:45 pm | General Session:
Microsoft BizTalk RFID in the Real World: Helping Companies Across Verticals Succeed
Companies across a variety of industry verticals are employing the Microsoft RFID platform to transform their business processes. This session will provide insight into successful deployments and business benefits in terms of the ROI from these deployments. Customers across such verticals as manufacturing, supply chain, retail, hospitality, oil and gas, and airlines are using BizTalk RFID to gain visibility into physical world assets and activities, in order to improve business. The presenter will identify the ROI its customers are receiving from using RFID-enabled solutions based on the Microsoft platform. In addition, announcements will be made regarding Microsoft's continued RFID investments.
Speaker:
Sudhir Hasbe, Senior Product Manager, Microsoft Corp.
| | 6:30 pm | Opening Reception Starts
| | 8:15 pm | Opening Reception Ends
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April 28, 2009Back to Top| 7:30 am | Breakfast
| | 8:30 am | Welcome and Introduction
Speaker:
Mark Roberti, Founder and Editor, RFID Journal LLC
| | 8:45 am | Opening Keynote:
The DOD Benefit from RFID in the War Zone
No organization on Earth has a supply chain as complex and challenging as that used by the U.S. Department of Defense. The DOD has deployed RFID in Afghanistan and Iraq to improve its ability to deliver goods to fighters in the war zones of both countries. In this keynote address, hear how these systems provide the agency with greater visibility and flexibility in meeting the logistical challenges of managing war efforts 7,000 miles away.
Speaker:
Rear Admiral Mark D. Harnitchek, Director, Strategy, Policy, Programs, and Logistics, USTRANSCOM, United States Transportation Command
| | 9:30 am | General Session:
Taking RFID to A New Level
| | 10:00 am | Keynote Session:
Using RFID to Create Profitability and Accountability
A manufacturer of branded food products is employing radio frequency identification across multiple processes, including supply chain analytics and promotions. Hear how the company has benefited from the rollout by reducing out-of-stocks at the retail level, thereby ensuring its products are available when the customer is ready to purchase. In addition, learn how the firm is using RFID to drive internal benefits.
| | 10:45 am | Refreshment Break in the Exhibit Hall
| | | 11:30 am—Breakout Session | | » Retail/Consumer Packaged Goods:
Overcoming Tagging Challenges and Achieving a Positive ROI
A California-based private-label packer of premium canned fruits and tomatoes, was asked to tag the pallets and cases it ships to its retailers. The company took a value-added, customer-focused approach, and developed a scalable, analytics-enabled solution that improved business processes and supply chain performance for its retail customers—and for itself. The company integrated the tagging on its manufacturing line, and with its back-end system, yielding an unexpected return on its investment. Learn how they became EPC-compliant—with a heavier-than-water product encased in metal containers—and improved its operations in the process.
Takeaways:
• How to create an efficient system for tagging pallets
• Best practices for becoming EPC-compliant while improving your operations | | » Executive Strategy:
Case Study: Making a Successful Business Case for Investing in RFID
The largest health-care provider in Oklahoma recently completed a project involving the tagging of hernia meshes at its acute-care facility, located in Oklahoma City. In this session, hear how the project's results—including how the company estimated an ROI of more than $300,000—resulted in new opportunities. Learn how the company made a successful business case for RFID, and the company's visionary approach to rolling out a full deployment.
Takeaways:
• The importance of launching a pilot project before committing to full deployment to make sure the technology works and delivers a return on investment
• How to establish a cross-functional team prior to a pilot deployment, to ensure buy-in from internal stakeholders | | » How to Deploy RFID:
Tracking Files With RFID
Madison Abstract, Inc, a title insurance and real estate company has developed an RFID-based system that it uses to locate files instantaneously. In the competitive commercial real estate market, the system for locating files is advantageous because it reduces costs by eliminating the need to hunt for misplaced documents. With the average value of property closing through the company hitting $150 million on a typical day, it's critical to be able to find the proper documents out of the 800 to 1,000 that might be in use at any particular time. Learn how your company can reduce the time required to locate important files with an RFID file-tracking system.
Speaker:
Bill Cryan, , Madison Abstract
Takeaways:
• The benefits of using RFID to locate files quickly
• How to choose the correct hardware to achieve a successful implementation | | » Warehouse/Inventory Management:
Cereal Producer Optimizes Industrial Fleet Management
The world's leading producer of cereal and brand-name convenience foods has expanded its usage of a vehicle management system for a fleet of material-handling equipment at its primary manufacturing and distribution facility. The company is focused on improving safety, increasing productivity and reducing costs. Learn how RFID-enabled wireless technology has helped the firm meet its goals for optimizing industrial fleet management.
Takeaways:
• Best practices for utilizing RFID to improve productivity in industrial fleet management
• Improving workplace safety and security by restricting vehicle access to trained, authorized operators, and by providing electronic vehicle inspection checklists | | » Manufacturing:
Case Study: Custom Cupboards Boosts Production and Increases Revenue With RFID
Since implementing RFID, Custom Cupboards, a cupboard manufacturer, has boosted the throughput of its total operation by about 10 percent, and increased its number of final inspections by nearly 50 percent. The company is employing RFID tags to track components, then feeding that data into workflow automation software to enhance its operational efficiencies. Learn how this easy-to-deploy system is helping to reduce costs and manufacturing defects.
Speaker:
Jason Harris, CIO, Custom Cupboards
Takeaways:
• How to improve the accuracy and speed of data collection with RFID by eliminating manual intervention
• How to link RFID to shop-floor systems | | » Pharmaceutical:
Drugmaker Implements Its Own RFID E-pedigree Plans
Although the California State Board of Pharmacy has delayed implementation of its e-pedigree requirement until 2015, one drug manufacturer is forging ahead with its own aggressive timeline for developing a system for electronic drug pedigrees. The company intends to tag all shipping containers leaving one of its distribution centers en route to wholesalers, capturing reads at the DC as the cardboard boxes are sealed for shipping. Hear how and why the drug company is moving toward a full e-pedigree system.
Takeaways:
• How to deploy a cost-effective RFID system for capturing e-pedigree data
• Insights into what data is captured at each point in the supply chain, and how it can be used to create business benefits | | » Aerospace/Defense:
Tracking Assets on the Launch Pad
Boeing is employing a real-time location system at NASA's Kennedy Space Center to reduce the personnel hours previously spent inventorying tools, and to ensure that no tools—which could damage a spacecraft—are left at the launch pad. Hear how this system reduces labor costs and boosts efficiencies by enabling workers to search for a specific tool, or to perform an inventory of all tagged items at the facility.
Speaker:
Philip Lintereur, Fluids Manager, Boeing
Takeaways:
• Best practices for using RFID for inventory tracking
• How to improve safety at a secure worksite | | » Supply Chain/Logistics:
Monitoring and Authenticating High-Value Goods
eProvenance, a startup company, recently introduced a service that tracks, authenticates and monitors bottles of wine through the combined use of semi-active and passive RFID tags, as well as specialized ink. This unique method utilizes a temperature-tracking tag placed within each case of wine. In this session, hear how passive tags can be employed to identify and authenticate items, and to link them to particular temperature-tracking tags, as well as to the shippers, distributors or brokers handling them.
Speaker:
Liz Churchill, VP Solutions, eProvenance
Takeaways:
• The benefits of allowing supply chain partners to trace an item's chain of custody
• How to utilize RFID to identify problem areas, and to discover ways to ensure products are stored and transported under optimal conditions | | » EPC Standards and Benefits:
EPC Case Study: On-Shelf Availability and Accelerated Reconciliation
In this session, several leading adopters of EPC technologies and standards will discuss how they have achieved improvements in on-shelf availability, and accelerated the shipping and receiving reconciliation process. These companies will explain how and where they have achieved benefits, revealing best practices that will enable your business to do the same.
| | 12:20 pm | Sponsored Sessions
| | 1:00 pm | Lunch in the Exhibit Hall
| | | 3:00 pm—Breakout Session | | » Manufacturing:
Manufacturer Uses RFID to Automate Record Keeping and Drive ROI
A manufacturer is employing radio frequency identification to track structures as they are produced, inspected, stored and shipped to a construction site. The passive UHF tags create an electronic quality-control trail, thereby helping the company to locate items in storage prior to shipping. Hear how the firm also achieved a significant decrease in the labor hours previously spent keeping records for quality control, thereby resulting in a positive ROI by eliminating the need for manually recording inspection data by hand.
Takeaways:
• How to automate record keeping with an RFID system
• How to use RFID to manage inspections and certifications | | » Retail/Consumer Packaged Goods:
Locking In Savings Wth RFID
SentrySafe, a leading manufacturer of safes for homes and businesses, was among the third wave of suppliers required to tag shipments to Wal-Mart. In the process of meeting the retailer's RFID tagging requirements, the company also developed an internal process that utilizes RFID and Web-based interfaces to its SAP system to track the movements of products among plants and distribution centers. Learn how the company achieved internal cost savings and improved inventory accuracy while complying with retail mandates.
Speaker:
David Lewis, Business Analyst, SentrySafe
Takeaways:
• How to achieve internal benefits while meeting the RFID mandates of retailers
• How to integrate EPC tagging with back-end systems
| | » Supply Chain/Logistics:
How RFID Delivers Accuracy and Cost Savings
DePuy, a division of Johnson & Johnson, receives more than half of its ExpressKit orders to be shipped out on the same day they arrive. Before implementing its current RFID program, employees would bar-code-scan each component twice—sometimes more than 100 per kit—then repack it before shipping. This process relied heavily on operator accuracy, so DePuy required a more reliable solution. The company also wanted to shorten the kits' typical check-in and -out times, and to be able to more accurately bill surgeons utilizing the kits only for what they actually use. In this session, hear how the firm's solution lowered check-in and -out times, dramatically improved accuracy and provided 24/7 monitoring of the company's RF environment.
Speaker:
Dave Johnson, Director of Distribution & Logistics, DePuy, a division of Johnson & Johnson
Takeaways:
• How orders are fulfilled by adding a unique RFID tag to each item and sending it through a tunnel in the distribution center, which then issues a delta report of item usage so billing is initiated by running each inbound kit through a different tunnel
• How the company reduced labor costs from a per-kit average of 10-30 minutes to less than 1 minute | | » Executive Strategy:
RFID Master-Mind Panel: Is Now the Time to Invest in RFID?
With the economy slowing and credit difficult to come by, some companies are asking themselves, is now the right time to invest in an RFID project, or even a full-scale infrastructure that can deliver long-term benefits? In this session, our panel of experts will debate the pros and cons of investing in RFID and analyze the risks of not investing in technologies that can increase competitiveness.
Moderator:
Mark Roberti, Founder and Editor, RFID Journal LLC
Panelist:
Mike Russo, Senior Vice President, Wells Fargo
Takeaways:
• How the economy will affect RFID project plans, and what it means for your company
• Insights into the pros and cons of investing in RFID during a slowing economy | | » How to Deploy RFID:
How to Choose the Right RFID System for Your Application
There are many types of RFID technologies, including passive LF, HF and UHF, as well as a variety of active RFID systems. Each has different capabilities, so how do you choose the correct option? In this session, learn how and when to choose different types of RFID systems.
Takeaways:
• Insights into various types of RFID systems, and how they work in different environments
• A checklist for choosing the system that best meets your needs | | » Warehouse/Inventory Management:
Office Supply Giant Expands RFID Inventory Tracking to Additional Stores
One of North America's largest suppliers of office-related products is expanding an inventory-tracking system after achieving successful results in a five-store pilot. In this session, the company will explain how the RFID system provides accurate inventory counts and eliminates inventory shrinkage. The system also resulted in the quick balancing of the company's master inventory, while becoming a critical tool for locating merchandise.
Takeaways:
• How the company achieved 100% inventory accuracy with RFID
• How RFID can reduced store labor costs while increasing sales | | » Pharmaceutical:
Using Track-and-Trace Data to Improve Patient Safety
One global drug manufacturer is employing RFID to prepare for regulatory requirements and safeguard patients, while minimizing business risks. Hear how the company has successfully deployed three pilot programs as part of its overall strategy to enhance its business through the use of RFID technology.
Takeaways:
• The importance of alignment with supply chain partners
• Steps to take in designing a process for detecting manual errors and discrepancies | | » Aerospace/Defense:
Defense Contractor Relies on RFID for On-time Delivery of Armored Vehicles
An armored vehicle manufacturer is utilizing an RFID-enabled real-time locating system (RTLS) to track, in real time, each vehicle as it's assembled, from the time a chassis is delivered to the company's manufacturing facility to when the vehicle is shipped off to U.S. troops in Afghanistan and Iraq. In addition to ensuring that the vehicles are delivered to the war zones on time, the company has access to data enabling it to understand how long vehicles spend in each process.
Takeaways:
• How to save money by pinpointing the areas in which excess manpower is being used
• How to set up an RTLS in an industrial manufacturing facility | | » EPC Standards and Benefits:
Readiness Assessment and EPC Adoption Roadmap
How will EPC RFID adoption affect your company? Which functional areas of your organization should participate in an EPC adoption program? And how can you determine if your organization is ready to begin such program? This EPC adoption roadmap will support your implementation, answering these and many more questions you might have.
Speaker:
Sue Hutchinson, Director of Product Management, EPCglobal North America
| | 3:50 pm | General Session:
RFID in Perspective: Looking to the Future
| | 4:10 pm | General Session:
RFID Applications That Deliver Today
| | 4:30 pm | General Session:
New Levels of Value Generation Through RFID
| | 5:05 pm | General Session:
Adoption Trends: Moving Beyond the Mandates
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April 29, 2009Back to Top| 8:00 am | Breakfast
| | 8:45 am | General Session:
Welcome Back
| | 9:00 am | General Session:
2009 RFID Journal Awards
Every year RFID Journal selects a panel of independent judges to choose the Best RFID Implementation, the Best Use of RFID in a Product or Service and the Most Innovative Use of RFID. In this session, the three end users selected by the judges will each present their story, providing unique insights into the best uses of RFID from around the world.
| | 10:00 am | Keynote Session:
Tracking Savings Through RFID
A major aircraft manufacturer is utilizing RFID to track and locate parts throughout its manufacturing facilities, and to improve productivity. Hear how the company is rolling out an RFID system that will be used to track parts from one workstation to another, monitor the speed of those parts through the assembly process, track tools and reduce costs across the enterprise. Learn how and where this company is deploying RFID in its operations, and how it is achieving cost-savings benefits across the supply chain.
| | 10:40 am | Refreshment Break in the Exhibit Hall
| | 12:00 pm | Sponsored Breakout Sessions
| | 12:40 pm | Lunch in the Exhibit Hall
| | | 1:40 pm—Breakout Session | | » Manufacturing:
Glass Fabricator Increases Visibility With RFID
A Midwest glass fabricator faced challenges in tracking work-in-process (WIP). Unlike a typical assembly line, each piece of glass is customized as it's wheeled from one station to another in variable patterns, depending on the work being performed. It took time and labor to make sure each piece of glass arrived at the correct station at the proper time, so the company installed a Wi-Fi active RFID real-time location system (RTLS) to track thousands of its glass carriers as they move through production. Learn how the company—which designs windows for large commercial buildings, as well as smaller projects—benefits from using RFID to track 50 million square feet of glass annually, and process hundreds of orders at its three sites at any given time.
Takeaways:
• How to track WIP with an active RFID system
• How to deploy a Wi-Fi-based RTLS at an industrial facility | | » Retail/Consumer Packaged Goods:
Specialty Retailer Finds Savings in Yard Management
One large specialty retailer is employing an RFID-based real-time location system (RTLS) to monitor trailers arriving at its main distribution center in northern California. With more than 300 stores in 34 states, the retailer is tracking the 75 trailers in its fleet by using a system with passive EPC Gen 2 RFID tags encased in rugged housing, permanently mounted onto the trailers. The deployment has improved the yard efficiency in the distribution center and reduced costs by automating many yard-management processes that were previously performed manually.
Takeaways:
• How to reduce labor costs and expensive delays with an RFID yard-management system
• When to use passive RFID for yard management | | » Supply Chain/Logistics:
Produce Grower Uses All-Plastic Pallets With Built-In RFID-Tracking From Rental Pool
One of the nation's largest and most innovative growers and suppliers of premium quality melons and broccoli to major supermarket chains nationwide is utilizing plastic rental pool pallets with built-in RFID tracking. The company turned to the plastic pallet solution because of a need for increased automation and information technology across its supply chain. Hear how the firm reduced the logistical cost of shipping, and is now able to verify food and drug safety, as well as address security issues.
Takeaways:
• How to benefit from using RFID to track the delivery of highly perishable and time-sensitive products
• Reasons for switching from wood to plastic pallets | | » Executive Strategy:
How EPC Creates Opportunities for New Ways of Working Together
New Ways of Working Together is an industry initiative with a new business approach, built on a strategic framework for collaboration that enables retailers and manufacturers to focus on agreed-to plans while working together to eliminate supply chain disruptions and jointly grow their businesses. EPC, data synchronization and other standards enable this collaboration. In this session, leaders in the EPC standards movement will discuss how partners can employ these standards across a variety of sales channels to achieve a number of shared benefits, regardless of their industry.
Takeaways:
• Best practices for meeting the needs of customers through joint collaboration
• How the New Ways of Working Together framework can be employed in such areas as marketing and sales, manufacturing, business-to-business collaboration, transportation and safety to create more efficient supply chains | | » How to Deploy RFID:
How to Implement an RFID Tool-Tracking System
In many industries—automotive, aerospace, oil and gas exploration and production, and farming—a fully automated RFID tool-tracking systems can eliminate human errors, freeing up workers to perform their primary jobs without worrying about the tools needed to perform the job. In this session, learn how to choose which technology will work best in your operating environment.
Takeaways:
• How to choose the appropriate RFID technology to track tools in your environment
• The benefits of using RFID to track tools | | » Warehouse/Inventory Management:
Pharmacy Retail Chain Gets the Right Prescription With RFID-Enabled Warehouse
One of the nation's largest pharmacy retail chains has deployed an RFID system at its 600,000-square-foot distribution center. The system alerts employees before they load a shipment on the wrong truck bound for retail locations throughout the Southeast. It also enables the company to send out advance shipping notices (ASNs) as products leave the center. Nearly half of the distribution center's staff is physically or cognitively disabled, and one of the firm's initial goals in deploying the RFID system was to make the work for these staff members more manageable. Of equal importance, the system has reduced shipping errors and eliminated paperwork, and is being expanded to additional distribution centers.
Takeaways:
• How to use RFID to make sure the proper shipment gets on the right truck in the correct order
• The benefits of automating the collection of shipment information and the creation of ASNs | | » Pharmaceutical:
Health-Care Company Uses RFID to Track Intravenous Solutions
A provider of diagnostic imaging technology has launched an RFID-based system designed to help hospitals monitor the use of an injectable solution used for such radiological procedures as MRI and CAT scans. The system helps technologists ensure that the proper dosage is administered to the correct patient. The back-end system records the use of the solution automatically, then generates invoices for patients. Hear how RFID can provide a better method for tracking injectable solutions, while also streamlining the billing process.
Takeaways:
• How RFID can free radiologists to treat patients
• How to effectively meet the latest requirements for the management of storage and documentation | | » Aerospace/Defense:
Flight Management Systems Manufacturer Uses EPC Tags to Track Moisture Exposure
A manufacturer of flight-management systems needed to track sensitive microchip components. If overexposed to humidity, the components no longer fuse properly when heated. A new RFID-based system employs EPC Gen 2 tags attached to trays stored in dry boxes to measure the amount of time the components are out of the box. Hear how the system was created, and how it reduces manufacturing defects and unusable components.
Takeaways:
• How to save money by utilizing RFID to track high-value components
• How to set up a system to track temperature- and moisture-sensitive items | | » EPC Standards and Benefits:
Using EPC and GS1 Identifiers to Drive Business Value
The Electronic Product Code (EPC) is part of the GS1 system—an integrated suite of global standards that provides for accurate identification and communication of information regarding products, assets, services and locations. These standards can be employed to uniquely identify physical things (trade items, assets, logistic units and physical locations), as well as logical things (corporations or a service relationship between provider and recipient). This session will help you efficiently build solutions to improve your operations with simplicity and consistency by using the appropriate GS1 identification numbers.
Speaker:
Michele Southall, Director of Community Development, EPCglobal North America
| | | 2:30 pm—Breakout Session | | » Manufacturing:
Equipment Manufacturers Find Safety in RFID
Paper reports, in any industry, can get lost and be difficult to track. But when employees of one construction equipment manufacturer traveled to mines and other work sites to inspect equipment, they required a better solution than paper. The company has successfully implemented a system that uses handheld mobile computers with 13.56 MHz RFID interrogators holding up to 8 gigabytes of item-related data. The handheld device identifies the equipment and prompts inspectors as to which procedure they should conduct for that specific category of equipment, and also requests input for each task. Learn how this system has greatly improved the efficiency of the inspection process.
Takeaways:
• How to employ RFID to satisfy government regulations regarding safety inspections
• How to use RFID to collect information on the inspection history of specific items | | » Retail/Consumer Packaged Goods:
Eyewear Retailer Finds RFID Helps It See Its Merchandise More Clearly
One eyewear retailer has implemented an RFID-enabled security system that has reduced shoplifting from about $12,000 per year down to zero. The technology worked so well that the company is now adding an RFID-based inventory management system to its optical services and lab operations. The EPC Gen 2 RFID tags are shaped in an hourglass configuration, with adhesive backing that can be affixed to the eyeglass temples. The new system will reduce the time required to conduct inventory of the store's 800 to 1,000 frames by at least 80 percent, thereby saving time and money. Learn how this system can be used in other types of retail outlets.
Takeaways:
• The benefits of using a simple, inexpensive RFID solution to deter shoplifting
• How to dramatically reduce the time and expense involved in taking inventory via RFID | | » Supply Chain/Logistics:
Monitoring Hazardous Shipments in Real Time
One of the world's best-known chemical companies is using an RF-based auto-ID system to monitor, in real time, the status and location of the fleet of tank railcars it uses to transport chemicals posing a toxic inhalation hazard. The transponders combine sensors, a two-way satellite communications modem and GPS positioning. The information transmitted by the device enables the company to receive regular updates regarding the railcars' locations, along with alerts in the event that something goes wrong. Learn how the company benefits from the improved visibility of hazardous materials.
Takeaways:
• How to integrate GPS and RFID for continuous real-time location monitoring
• The benefits of using RFID and GPS to monitor products in transit | | » Executive Strategy:
General Session:
How to Calculate the ROI of an RFID Project
For many adopters of RFID, when it comes to a return on investment, it's not a matter of "how much," but rather "when." In this session, discover how to make a comprehensive plan to collect, integrate and analyze the data collected by tag readers. Gain an understanding of how companies realize both direct benefits (such as those resulting from the elimination of manual processes) and cost reductions, as well as indirect savings from improved efficiencies, error reductions and improved customer satisfaction.
Takeaways:
• Developing a cost-benefit analysis for RFID projects
• How to calculate RFID investments and operating costs | | » How to Deploy RFID:
How to Choose the Right UHF RFID Reader
RFID handheld interrogators can provide a cost-effective means of capturing data for specific applications, and mobile and fixed readers have their role to play in any RFID system. How do you choose the proper interrogator for your application to ensure the system works properly, while keeping the total cost of ownership low? This session explains how to choose readers for various applications, and what you should look for in fixed, mobile and handheld models.
Speaker:
Justin Patton, RFID Lab Director, University of Arkansas
Takeaways:
• Insights regarding when to employ fixed, mobile and handheld readers to reduce deployment costs
• A checklist of what to look for in handheld, mobile and fixed interrogators | | » Warehouse/Inventory Management:
Third-Party Logistics Provider Improves Service and Reduces Costs With RFID
One third-party logistics (3PL) company provides end-to-end supply chain shipping services to more than 100 retailers, including land, sea and air shipments. The firm has deployed an RFID system at one of its warehouses to better manage customer inventory. Learn how the system has enabled the 3PL to provide compliance services, meet customer service level agreements and improve the efficiency, accuracy and profitability of its warehouse operations.
Takeaways:
• How to deploy an RFID system to improve warehouse operations
• Insights into the value of real-time data for monitoring the status of shipments at any particular time of day | | » Pharmaceutical:
2-D Bar Codes or RFID for Pedigrees?
The pharmaceutical industry is struggling with whether to deploy 2-D bar codes or RFID to track drugs individually through the supply chain. Bar codes are cheaper to print, but cost more to scan. Our expert panel discusses when and where 2-D makes sense, and when and where RFID is the more cost-effective solution.
Takeaways:
• An understanding of the costs involved with deploying 2-D and RFID systems for track and trace
• Insights into how RFID can be employed to automatically populate e-pedigrees | | » Aerospace/Defense:
DOD RFID Update-the Future Vision of Asset Visibility
The U.S. Department of Defense is now four years into its effort to transform its supply chain using EPC RFID technologies. In this session, get updated on the rollout's progress, receive insights into what is ahead and learn how the DOD is improving asset visibility by implementing both passive and active RFID systems.
Takeaways:
• How the DOD is transforming its supply chain through the use of EPC RFID
• The tangible results of the DOD's closed-loop application of the technology, and the next steps in its EPC RFID rollout | | » EPC Standards and Benefits:
Driving Benefits From EPC Data Using EPCIS
The EPC Information Service (EPCIS), which enables companies to share EPC data securely over networks, is part of the suite of EPC standards for inventory and asset traceability. This session will explain the EPCIS standard, exploring why it is critical to getting value from EPC systems. From the supply chain to the manufacturing line to the data center, learn how to couple simple data and analytics with Electronic Product Codes to offer your business the advanced process visibility it requires for lasting competitive advantage.
Speakers:
Sue Hutchinson, Director of Product Management, EPCglobal North America
Ken Traub, Consultant, Standards Strategy, EPCglobal Inc
| | | 3:20 pm—Breakout Session | | » Retail/Consumer Packaged Goods:
Tracking and Tracing Products From Manufacturer to Customer: The Results of a Successful European RFID Project
Recently, 13 European brands in the fast-moving consumer goods field collaborated on an innovative logistics pilot designed to validate the feasibility and benefits of using RFID to track and trace goods from the point of manufacture to the point of sale. Learn how Auchan (a French retailer), Carapelli (an Italian olive-oil producer), Chiesi (a pharmaceutical firm), Conad (an Italian retailer), Corriere Cecchi (a 3PL company), Danone (a food manufacturer), Goglio (a packaging manufacturer), Nestlé (a food producer), Parmalat (a milk and dairy products company) and others collaborated on the project. In addition, hear the results of employing RFID and the EPC network, as well as the managerial benefit—improved supply chain visibility—and learn how those findings are being utilized today.
Speaker:
Antonio Rizzi, Director, RFID Lab, University of Parma
Takeaways:
• How manufacturers, 3PL companies and retailers can all benefit from improved supply chain visibility with RFID
• How to develop applications supporting the EPC network, enabling the secure exchange and traceability of data between supply chain partners | | » Executive Strategy:
Developing an RFID Infrastructure for Your Company's Long-Term Needs
Many firms enter into an RFID implementation plan hoping to realize significant cost savings, as well as supply chain visibility and efficiency gains. But achieving those goals may be difficult, as there are many application development, integration and deployment challenges. Developing an RFID infrastructure can be complicated and time-consuming. In this session, obtain the practical knowledge you need to move ahead with a realistic delivery plan that will allow you to ensure you've chosen the correct infrastructure.
Takeaways:
• How to develop a plan to implement RFID successfully in your company by laying the technical groundwork
• Insights into the types of technologies that can be leveraged as an infrastructure for cutting costs | | » How to Deploy RFID:
How to Implement an RFID Inventory Management System
Implementing an inventory management system utilizing RFID technology can offer a straight path to profitability by reducing operating expenses through the improved management of materials inventory. In this session, learn how each item in inventory is affixed with a pre-encoded RFID tag, with the data stored in a database so required items can be quickly identified with real-time accuracy. Hear how an RFID inventory-management system can be used to effectively order needed materials and track products so they can be utilized on a first-in, first-out basis.
Takeaways:
• How to employ RFID to increase profitability by reducing operating expenses and over-stocking
• How to use the technology to monitor stock and automate the reordering process | | » Warehouse/Inventory Management:
Medical Device Maker Cures an Inventory Problem
A manufacturer of stents and other medical devices used by vascular surgeons doesn't just hire salespeople to sell its products. It makes an investment in its staff and employs highly trained experts. Given the high level of expertise and training its reps receive, having them spend many hours each quarter performing physical inventory-counting of company stock at the hospitals they serve made little sense. Therefore, the company turned to an automated inventory system that uses RFID. Learn how the firm is saving time and money with this system, and how RFID can be employed to conduct inventory in remote locations.
Takeaways:
• How RFID can increase the inventory accuracy of consignment and trunk stock, thereby resulting in fewer inventory write-offs
• How to turn RFID traceability into a selling point | | » Pharmaceutical:
The Future of Track-and-Trace Regulations
Many states are actively pursuing legal requirements for drug companies to track individual units with RFID or bar codes. In this session, receive an update on what's happening in various states, the prospects for approval of new drug pedigree requirements, and developments at the federal level.
Takeaways:
• An update on regulations at the state and federal levels
• Insights into how the California pedigree requirements will influence other states
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Synchronizing Aircraft Assembly Line and Tracking Tools
This session will provide an in-depth look at the benefits of tracking aircraft parts through the entire supply chain to the assembly line. Hear how one company tackled the challenge of improving the visibility of parts from the supplier, and how this saves the firm time, labor and money.
Takeaways:
• How one company used an RFID-enabled solution to end product-processing delays
• The importance of improving delivery progress information | | » Supply Chain/Logistics:
Tapping Into RFID to Keep Delivery Service Flowing
A water delivery service is using RFID to keep its product stocked in homes and businesses. The company has installed large tanks and employs wireless sensors coupled with tiny cellular modems, each carrying unique ID numbers, to track water levels in those tanks. The sensors and wireless communications ensure customers' tanks never run dry—and the company saves money, because it knows exactly the amount of water it needs to put on trucks before they are dispatched. The system also helps eliminate waste, because trucks no longer return to the company's yard with inventory that must be dumped.
Takeaways:
• How to automate the replenishment of stocks in ongoing delivery services
• How to use sensors to monitor product levels and communicate data wirelessly | | » Manufacturing:
Manufacturer Saves Time and Money With Passive RFID
A leading manufacturer of agricultural equipment is employing passive RFID at one of its factories to monitor work-in-process (WIP) and ensure parts are at the right place at the proper time. The company also deployed an RFID system with its manufacturing execution system (MSE) at another factory, to improve production efficiencies and accuracies. Hear how these systems are helping the company to cut costs and improve its manufacturing operations.
Takeaways:
• Benefits of utilizing an RFID-enabled WIP monitoring process in a manufacturing environment
• Understanding how UHF passive RFID systems can improve logistics and tracking | | » EPC Standards and Benefits:
EPC in the Hot Seat
As the leading standards body, EPCglobal will have a huge influence on the direction RFID technologies and adoption will take. In this panel, EPCglobal leaders from around the world will answer tough questions from attendees, RFID Journal readers and editor Mark Roberti.
Moderator:
Mark Roberti, Founder and Editor, RFID Journal LLC
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