Many of the most complex manufacturing and supply chain operations are in the aerospace and defense sector, in which component parts and finished goods need to be tracked across their entire lifecycle—from initial manufacture to time in service. RFID can play a critical role in process efficiency, by automating part marking, supply chain management, tool tracking, work-in-process tracking and aircraft maintenance. A panel of aerospace and defense OEMs and Tier 1 manufacturers will share best practices for automating processes with RFID, based on their own implementations. They will also discuss how the technology can address emerging industry trends, including supply chain integration, ATA Spec 2000 and U.S. Department of Defense initiatives.
Speakers:
Todd Boyle, Material and Process Engineer, Rockwell Collins
Aaron Druyvesteyn, Manager of Logistics, Bell Helicopter Textron
Carlo K. Nizam, Head of Value Chain Visibility and RFID, Airbus
Dr. Sanjay Sarma, Professor, MIT; Co-founder, Auto-ID Center at MIT, Chairman, Board of Governors, EPCglobal, Massachusetts Institute of Technology