Below you will find links to the recordings and slides from the keynote addresses and general sessions held during RFID Journal LIVE! 2022. You must be logged in to view these.
Planning Your Manufacturing Line Deployment
Tuesday, May 17, 2022: 10:45 AM – 11:30 AM
The last thing any manufacturer wants to do is disrupt its finely tuned, high-speed production line. Deploying RFID technology successfully on any line requires careful planning. This session will address how to conduct a proper site survey and work with line managers, IT managers, facilities and other constituencies to ensure a successful deployment.
Speaker: Doug Harvel, Senior IT Distribution Analyst, Kontoor Brands
Integrating RFID into Manufacturing Processes and Systems
Tuesday, May 17, 2022: 11:30 AM – 12:15 PM
Learn how RFID improves manufacturing processes in ways manual processes or other technologies cannot. The session begins by helping attendees identify opportunities for process efficiency and in defining a business case prior to proceeding. Armed with a clear set of requirements, costs, and project success criteria, attendees will review a checklist of integration steps that includes PLC integration guidelines for ensuring your project produces a highly-reliable production quality system. Participants will discuss their specific environment and applications for selecting the best integration strategy and have the opportunity to ask questions.
Speaker: Jim Barlow, RFID/NFC Technical Marketing, STMicroelectronics
Testing and Quality Control
Tuesday, May 17, 2022: 1:00 PM – 1:45 PM
It is critical, once an RFID system is deployed, that it function as designed. Failure to read 100 percent of tags in some cases can mean disruptions to a manufacturing line, which costs a company money. In this session, the presenter will discuss the steps required to ensure that tags are read 100 percent of the time, and that the system functions properly.
Speaker: Doug Harvel, Senior IT Distribution Analyst, Kontoor Brands
Choosing the Right RFID Equipment
Tuesday, May 17, 2022: 1:45 PM – 2:30 PM
Depending on the speed of your manufacturing line, it might be difficult to find RFID-enabled label applicators that are fast enough to apply tags inline, without slowing down the manufacturing process. If you need to write data to a tag, this, too, can slow down production. This session will tell you everything you need to know about the RFID hardware you will need, and how to deploy it in a way that will keep your line humming.
Speaker: Kevin Berisso Ph.D., Director, AutoID Lab, University of Memphis
Integrating RFID With PLCs and Manufacturing Systems
Tuesday, May 17, 2022: 2:45 PM – 3:30 PM
An RFID system cannot simply be bolted onto an existing manufacturing or packaging line. It must be integrated with that line. Tags must be applied inline, and there must be a system for checking that each tag is functioning, and for rejecting items with malfunctioning tags. This requires integrating RFID systems with programmable logic controllers (PLCs). RFID readers also need to be integrated with back-end databases, so tag IDs can be linked to products. This session will explain successful integration strategies and how to implement them.
Speaker: Kevin Berisso Ph.D., Director, AutoID Lab, University of Memphis