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Conference Agenda
The complete conference agenda is presented below.
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Tuesday, August 15 |
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| 3:30 p.m. |
Leadership Forum (by invitation only)
The forum opens with an in-depth presentation by a leading researcher or consultant who has studied or is studying the impact of RFID on the apparel and footwear industry.
Presenter:
| | Mischa Reis, Director of Marketing, RFID & Security Products for Avery Dennison—Retail Information Services
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| 4:15 p.m. |
Open Discussion (by invitation only)
For the next hour, leaders discuss the potential benefits to using RFID and the obstacles to adoption.
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| 5:30 p.m. |
Networking reception begins(for all attendees)
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| 7:00 p.m. |
Networking reception Ends |
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| Wednesday, August 16 |
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| 7:00 a.m. |
Registration opens; continental breakfast
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| 8:30 a.m. |
Welcoming Remarks
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| 8:45 a.m. |
Case Study: Marks & Spencer Explains the Benefits of
Apparel Scanning
Marks & Spencer has been the global leader in using RFID technology to scan apparel to improve stock visibility. After a successful in-store trial in 2005, it began scanning individual clothing items in 42 stores earlier this year. The leader of the U.K. retailer's RFID team explains how his company is benefiting from using RFID, where the savings are, the deployment challenges his team overcame and how the Marks & Spencer plans to move forward.
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An understanding of the benefits of apparel scanning in the real world |
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Insight into the challenges of deploying RFID in a retail environment |
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| 9:30 a.m. |
Leadership in Apparel
A panel of thought leaders in the apparel and footwear sector will reveal what key issues were discussed during the previous day's leadership forum and what conclusions were reached. This session is to enlighten the audience about the obstacles to adoption, the work that is being done to overcome those obstacles and the areas where early adopters are finding opportunities today.
Panelists:
| | Russ Brown, Director of Information Services, Russell Corporation |
| | Brian O'Donnell, Director of Technical Operations & Planning,
Liz Claiborne Inc. |
| | Mischa Reis, Director of Marketing, RFID & Security Products,
Avery Dennison—Retail Information Services |
Moderator:
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Insights into the challenges facing all sectors of the apparel and footwear industry |
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Understanding how to overcome the obstacles in RFID adoption |
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| 10:15 a.m. |
Refreshment break/visit exhibits |
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| 10:45 a.m. |
Vendor Presentation: Making RFID Work For You
Whether implementing RFID in retail environments to improve inventory management or manufacturing environments to achieve cost effective tagging operations, global companies are making RFID network infrastructure a key component of their deployments. Learn how this evolution in RFID technology relates to the RFID challenges and opportunities facing the Apparel and Footwear sector.
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Takeaways:
| Understanding the benefits of RIFD network infrastructures | | Best practices for deploying an RFID network |
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| 11:30 a.m. |
Technology Panel: Solutions for Apparel and Footwear
The apparel and footwear industry faces some unique challenges in deploying RFID including the need to tag unique items to get business benefits and the need to address theft, diversion and counterfeiting. This panel examines how RFID can and is being used to deliver real business benefits.
Panelists:
| | Kevin Donahue, Director of Business
Development, Checkpoint
Systems' RFID Solutions Group
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Paul Mackinaw, Principal, VeriSign Intelligent Supply Chain Services |
| | Marc Osofsky, VP Marketing and Product Management, OAT Systems |
Moderator:
Takeaways:
| How to get the most benefits from RFID | | Strategies for overcoming the challenges in deployment |
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| 12:15 p.m. |
Lunch/visit exhibits
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| 1:30 p.m. |
How LAWSGROUP Leveraged RFID in Its Manufacturing Operations
Two years ago, LAWSGROUP, one of the largest apparel manufacturers in Hong Kong that supplies clothes for major specialty stores, such as the Gap, JCPenney and American Eagle Outfitters, introduced a short-range RFID solution in its manufacturing operations. The system tracks work-in-process from fabric cutting and sewing to quality control and shipment. This enables the company's production planning team to make real-time decisions regarding each order lot, which is critical in an industry with extremely short product life-cycles. In this session, you will learn how LAWSGROUP deployed its RFID Production Monitoring System, the efficiencies that have been achieved in material procurement, logistics and other operations, additional benefits achieved through backend integration with ERP and human resources applications, and the possibilities for integrating the system with those of key customers.
Speaker:
| | Bosco Law, Corporate Development Director, LAWSGROUP |
Takeaways:
| An understanding of how RFID can be used to track work-in-process from fabric cutting to quality control and shipment | | Insights into the productivity improvements that RFID can deliver to apparel manufacturers |
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| 2:15 p.m. |
International Case Study: Kaufhof and Lemmi Fashion
German retailer Kaufhof Warenhaus has been using RFID to track clothes in pilots for nearly two years, allowing the company to decrease its content-scanning procedure by a factor of 22. Lemmi Fashion, a German children's-wear manufacturer, began tagging 100% of its products in 2004, enabling the company to increase its productivity and greatly reduce costs within one year of deployement. This session will highlight how international apparel and footwear retailers are moving forward with deploying RFID in the supply chain, and in stores.
Speakers:
| | Uwe Quiede, Logistik—Future Store Initiative, Kaufhof Warenhaus AG |
Takeaways:
| An understanding of RFID's benefits in the retail/apparel supply chain | | Insights into the cost of deploying an RFID system for apparel |
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| 3:00 p.m. |
Achieving Benefits from RFID Today
Where are the real benefits of using RFID today in apparel and footwear? Do retailers get the savings while suppliers pick up the cost of tagging individual items? When will the cost of tags fall to a point where all apparel items can be tagged profitably? Can privacy and other issues be overcome, or will they inhibit adoption? Our panel of experts will address these questions and many more during this interactive session with the audience.
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Takeaways:
| An understanding of where RFID can benefit the apparel and footwear industry | | Best practices for individual item-level tagging |
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| 3:45 p.m. |
Closing Remarks
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RFID Journal — AAFA Apparel & Footwear Summit is produced by RFID Journal, in partnership with the American Apparel & Footwear Association and in association with the Fashion Institute of Technology's Center for Professional Studies.
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