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April 14, 2010 April 15, 2010 April 16, 2010
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• Supply Chain / Logistics
• Aerospace / Defense
• Pharmaceutical
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How to Deploy RFID
• Executive Strategy
• EPC Standards and Benefits
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RFID Journal University
• RFID in Health Care
• RFID in the Food Chain
• RFID for IT Professionals
• RFID for Government
• RFID in Warehouse and Inventory Management
• RFID in Oil & Gas
• RFID in Construction
• How to Sell RFID Technology to Big Companies
April 14, 2010Back to Top| 10:30 AM | RFID Basics
New to RFID? Here's your opportunity to gain a basic introduction to the fundamentals of the technology. The differences between the various classes of tags will be explained, including active and passive systems, and the need for additional IT systems to build upon RFID in real-world applications will be highlighted. The session will also include a 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 technologies, including the latest EPC Gen 2 standard, will be presented.
Speaker:
Mark Roberti, Founder and Editor, RFID Journal
| | 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 in Government
RFID in Warehouse and Inventory Management
RFID in Oil & Gas
RFID in Construction
How to Sell RFID Technology to Big Companies
| | 1:00 PM | Lunch
| | 4:15 PM | Preconference Seminars End
| | 4:45 PM | Welcome and Introduction
Speaker:
Mark Roberti, Founder and Editor, RFID Journal
| | 5:00 PM | Keynote Session:
Airbus Reveals the Benefits of Enterprise Approach to RFID
Airbus, the 2008 RFID Journal Award winner for best implementation, has been pioneering best practices in the adoption of RFID by deploying the technology as "business radar" across all aspects of its business, including supply chain logistics, transportation, manufacturing and aircraft in-flight operations. This approach, which leverages a passive and active RFID reader infrastructure for multiple applications operating on a common software platform, has yielded significant benefits. The head of the company's RFID program will explain some ways in which Airbus leverages its RFID "business radar," as well as some of the benefits the technology helps to deliver.
Speaker:
Carlo K. Nizam, Head of Value Chain Visibility and RFID, Airbus
| | 5:45 PM | General Session:
Applying RFID Along the Entire Retail Value Chain
Despite the challenging economic climate, one large retailer continues to move forward with its deployment of EPC RFID technology. In this presentation, hear how the company is using RFID to improve operations across the entire retail value chain. The speaker will provide insights into the lessons learned from using RFID in logistics, warehouse management, apparel store inventory management and quality control for fresh food products.
| | 6:30 PM | Opening Reception Starts
| | 8:30 PM | Opening Reception Ends
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April 15, 2010Back to Top| 7:30 AM | Morning Coffee
| | 8:00 AM | Welcome and Introduction
Speaker:
Mark Roberti, Founder and Editor, RFID Journal
| | 8:30 AM | Opening Keynote:
How the DOD Is Building a World-Class Supply Chain
The U.S. Department of Defense has been a global leader in deploying active and passive RFID technologies, with the aim of streamlining supply chain operations, rooting out inefficiencies and meeting its strategic imperatives. In this keynote, hear how RFID systems provide the agency with greater visibility and flexibility in meeting the logistical challenges of managing war efforts 7,000 miles away, in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Speaker:
Vice- Admiral Mark D. Harnitchek, Director, Strategy, Policy, Programs, and Logistics, United States Transportation Command
| | 9:15 AM | General Session:
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 firm's master inventory, while becoming a critical tool for locating merchandise.
Takeaways:
• How the company achieved 100 percent inventory accuracy with RFID
• How RFID can reduce store labor costs while increasing sales | | 10:00 AM | General Session:
Finding ROI from RFID
In this session, we will discuss and evaluate the value of RFID solutions in the supply chain for the major markets. Which ROI models are the top retailers using? What are the benefits for retail and the retail supply chain? Can you really reduce shrinkage, save labor and improve sales—and, if so, to what extent? Hear detailed case studies from major retailers' pilot programs.
| | 10:30 AM | Refreshment Break in the Exhibit Hall
| | | 11:30 AM—Breakout Session | |  Supply Chain/Logistics:
Container Centralen Reduces Labor Costs and Improves Visibility With Asset-Tracking System
Container Centralen (CC), a leader in the horticultural logistics industry, manages more than 3.5 million racks that it provides to its global customers. In this session, hear how the company installed 150 RFID interrogators at nurseries, greenhouses and fields, as well as at its depots, to track the whereabouts of 250,000 metal carts. When the company receives an order for carts, its workers scan the carts' bar-coded serial numbers, which are linked to shipment data on CC's back-end server. After picking up the carts, a customer can take them to its own facility, and the readers at that company's dock doors will record the tags' ID numbers and transmit that information to CC's server. Learn how the tags are again read after being loaded onto carts and wheeled onto trucks to be shipped to a retailer—and once more upon being returned empty from that store.
Speaker:
Sonny Costin, President, Container Centralen A/S
Takeaways:
• Using RFID to obtain an immediate update regarding which carts are being used by which plant grower after they were removed from the store
• How the system offers 100 percent visibility of the firm's carts | |  EPC for Visibility:
EPC-Enabled RFID in the Retail Supply Chain—Where We Are Today
As the retail/CPG industry moves toward the ultimate vision of complete supply chain visibility, organizations are already realizing successes from tracking their products with EPC-enabled RFID. The ability to simply see one's product and ensure it is on the shelf, as well as more accurately manage inventory, has led to more efficient ordering processes, labor cost reductions and increased sales. In this session, industry leaders will discuss the successes they have seen in the retail supply chain, as well as the challenges they face.
Moderator:
Bill Hardgrave, Director, RFID Research Center, University of Arkansas
Panelists:
Paul Arguin, USA ID Director of Technology and Engineering, CONAIR/USAID
Tom Feuerborn, Information Technology Senior Manager, JC Penney Company, Inc.
| |  Executive Strategy:
Taking Advantage of Efficiency Opportunities By Deploying RFID in the Data Center
Large enterprises are increasingly using integrated RFID solutions to optimize IT asset management and improve efficiencies in their data center operations. RFID enables organizations to track laptops and other assets with check-in and checkout verification and authorization, as well as database centralization. In this session, hear the advantages of RFID when performing inventories, including increased speed over the use of bar codes, and how cables can block bar-coded asset tags. Understand how the technology can speed the decommissioning process, and provide audit trails for such high-risk assets as hard drives. What's more, learn how third-party suppliers that host or manage data centers currently utilize specific RFID vendors for the purpose of media destruction.
Speaker:
Mike Russo, Senior VP, Wells Fargo
Takeaways:
• How to improve the full life-cycle-management environment by receiving pre-tagged products
• Pre-tagging efforts provided by IBM, Hewlett-Packard, Sun Microsystems and other hardware suppliers | |  Manufacturing:
Using Passive RFID in Heavy Manufacturing
John Deere, a leading manufacturer of agricultural, construction, forestry and turf equipment, is employing passive RFID to monitor work-in-process and ensure parts are at the right place at the proper time. Separately, the technology is being used to ensure that finished goods are properly packaged and shipped. Finally, the company has improved production efficiencies and accuracies by integrating RFID into its manufacturing execution system. In this session, hear how these systems are helping the firm cut costs and improve its manufacturing operations.
Speaker:
Jeffrey Knutsen, Technology Architect, John Deere
| |  Retail:
“Made in Italy” Protection and Logistics Management Improvement with RFID at G&P Net
Garment manufacturer G&P Net is employing RFID at its four distribution centers in Italy to control distribution channels and combat gray-market sales. When a retailer authorized to sell one product also sells another that is unauthorized—sometimes in another country—that practice is known as gray-market sales. Not only does this practice tarnish the image of a product intended for a limited group of retailers, but the cost to European businesses from unauthorized sales at unsanctioned prices can be millions of euros every year, both in reduced product value and in litigation fees, as manufacturers attempt to identify and stop such sellers. In this session, learn how G&P Net adopted RFID solutions to optimize logistics processes, in order to protect its trademark and track a specific item's shipment route. This procedure enables the manufacturer to maintain a record as to which retailer received each item. Hear how, in the event that G&P Net learns of an unauthorized seller, the company can scan the RFID number on a garment's tag and immediately determine who previously had possession of that product.
Speakers:
Otello Azzali, Vice President, Aton SpA
Luca Isidori, ICT Manager, G&P Net
Takeaways:
• How G&P Net thwarts gray-market sales, as well as how RFID helps the company track its own shipping cycles and collect updated information regarding which products have been shipped, to whom and when
• How radio frequency identification is producing a quick ROI for G&P Net | |  How to Deploy RFID:
Tracking Files With RFID
The Florida Office of the State Attorney's 15th Judicial Circuit is using passive RFID tags integrated with a real-time location system (RTLS) to create business benefits. Searching for and locating files and other important case details at the Judicial Circuit office can be time-consuming, and can potentially pull employees away from more important work. If files are not found, case outcomes can be jeopardized. In this session, learn how the staff is utilizing RFID to reduce the time spent tracking down files, assets, parts, materials and tools, and how the technology can be used to improve employees' ability to identify and serve customers.
Speaker:
Dan Zinn, CIO, Florida State Attorney's Office
Takeaways:
• Cost savings realized by using the RFID solution
• Future uses of RFID to create efficiency and continuity | |  Aerospace/Defense:
Using AIT-enabled Distribution to Support the War Effort
By leveraging the supply relationships of its suppliers and customers, using new and exciting technologies, and integrating RFID into more of its logistics footprint and processes, the U.S. Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) will soon provide improved visibility beyond just receiving. In this session, learn how this capability will deliver improved availability, trust, responsiveness, speed and efficiency within the defense supply chain to support the war effort.
Speaker:
Mark Lieberman, Program Manager, U.S. Defense Logistics Agency
Takeaways:
• How existing implementations have demonstrated the value of automatic identification technology in the defense supply chain
• How the DLA's next phase of implementation will include expanding previous initiatives, as well as enabling new capabilities | |  Pharmaceutical/Health Care:
McKesson's Strategy for the Future
McKesson has been at the forefront of RFID activity in health care since 2004, and has conducted successful pilots with Pfizer and GlaxoSmithKline. The company originally viewed RFID as a means of achieving regulatory compliance for pedigrees. Now, it seeks ways to improve the efficiency and accuracy of its high-volume distribution operations by leveraging serialization and GS1 standards. In this session, hear about the opportunities RFID presents to organizations, and the challenges executives face when presenting this innovative concept to management for funding.
Speaker:
Ron Bone, Senior VP, Distribution Support, McKesson
Takeaways:
• Results from a project to identify how trading partners can more effectively manage the cold chain through distribution to customers
• The future of RFID and EPC technologies at McKesson | | 12:20 PM—Sponsored Sessions
Click here to view ALL sessions w/ descriptions from this time slot | | Achieving Real Business Value From RFID—Why You Should Act Now
Sponsored by: OatSystems/Omni-ID | | 1:00 PM | Lunch
| | | 3:00 PM—Breakout Session | | EPC for Visibility:
EPC-Enabled RFID—It's Not Just for Retail Supply Chain
While the Electronic Product Code (EPC) originated in the retail supply chain, its value proposition of true visibility has expanded into other industries as well, for use within "four-walls" applications. In this panel discussion, hear from organizations in various industries that are using EPC-enabled RFID in their supply chains, in order to gain more accurate views of product quantities and locations, achieve faster auditing of valuable assets and more.
| | Executive Strategy:
Low-Hanging Fruit: How to Get a Quick ROI from RFID
Whether you are facing a mandate or not, there are many applications of RFID that can deliver a quick return on investment. This panel session looks at a number of applications across industries that will help you get started with an RFID system that delivers benefits right away.
Moderator:
Mark Roberti, Founder and Editor, RFID Journal
| | Manufacturing:
Manufacturer Deploys Work-in-Process Application to Track Orders
Killdeer Mountain Manufacturing (KMM), a contract aerospace and defense manufacturer based in Killdeer, N.D., is a family-owned business, and one of thousands of small-to-midsize companies that produce the parts and assemblies Boeing uses to make aircraft for the U.S. Air Force. KMM, which manufactures circuit cards, cable harnesses and other aerospace components, is using a radio frequency identification system to track work in process (WIP) for its cable harness product line. The project was undertaken to create transparency of the firm's inventory and manufacturing processes up and down the supply chain, thereby enabling the company to provide up-to-the-minute information regarding its products' status. In addition to the benefits seen by KMM, the real-time WIP system is geared toward helping customers such as Boeing, to better plan its production schedules and thus reduce waste throughout the supply chain. In this session, hear how the deployment brought about a dramatic transformation in the firm's operations—trimming costs and streamlining manufacturing—while also enabling Boeing to track its orders in real time.
Speaker:
Jeremy Mercer, Chief Engineer and Director of Information Technology, Killdeer Mountain Manufacturing
Takeaways:
• How RFID helps KMM save more than $160,000 annually on its production line due to the above improvements
• Using RFID WIP applications to provide more accurate data in order to drive lean improvements | | Retail:
How Retailers Benefit From Using RFID to Improve Inventory Accuracy
For the past several years, the University of Arkansas' RFID Research Center has been studying the impact various retailers have achieved by employing radio frequency identification to improve inventory accuracy and replenishment. The center has now aggregated this information, and plans to provide baseline data revealing the benefits the typical apparel retailer can expect to achieve with RFID. Attendees will also learn how the technology can be applied to improving inventory accuracy and reducing the out-of-stock problem that has long plagued retailers.
Speaker:
Bill Hardgrave, Director, RFID Research Center, University of Arkansas
Takeaways:
• Baseline data and new insights regarding the ROI that apparel retailers can expect to achieve using RFID
• The requirements for applying RFID to out-of-stocks | | How to Deploy RFID:
Reducing Labor Costs and Increasing Efficiencies With RFID at Southeast Alabama Medical Center
After carrying out a pilot deployment of an RFID real-time location system (RTLS) consisting of 1,000 tags attached to assets, as well as five tags with sensor probes installed within refrigerators and freezers, the Southeast Alabama Medical Center (SAMC) has found that the system reduces labor hours staff members spend locating equipment and monitoring the storage conditions of temperature-sensitive materials. SAMC launched its first deployment in 2008, using RFID tags for the hospital's most critical assets. Following that successful deployment, the facility began employing a wireless temperature-monitoring and -management system to track temperatures within its refrigerators and freezers, in order to ensure that proper conditions are maintained for the storage of its medicines, organs, and blood and tissue samples, as well as food. In this session, hear how the use of Wi-Fi-based asset and temperature tags has made the facility more efficient, and how SAMC intends to utilize the technology in the future.
Speaker:
Scott Lapham, Senior Network Engineer, Southeast Alabama Medical Center
Takeaways:
• How SAMC is using RFID to comply with the Joint Commission's requirements to track the temperatures of any implantable tissues, in addition to certain medications
• How the technology has improved asset tracking for the hospital's biomedical and equipment supply departments, by reducing the hours spent by employees searching for items, as well as faster turnaround times for equipment as it is used, cleaned and reused | | Supply Chain/Logistics:
Expediting Shipments With RFID
Conair, a U.S. manufacturer and marketer of health and beauty products and kitchen appliances, is expanding its use of radio frequency identification to track every item it sells, from factory to store. The company is developing an RFID interrogator that will be utilized in Conair's Costa Rica and Chinese factories to encode tags applied to products as they are manufactured and prepared for shipping. The deployment is part of the firm's two-pronged effort to employ RFID technology to improve supply chain visibility for itself, as well as for customs authorities and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS). Conair—one of the 50 largest importers to the United States—has also developed RFID-based container seals, which it is attaching to some containers it uses to ship its products to this country. Learn how the seals enable Conair, logistics companies, customs officials and the DHS to confirm what is in a container and ensure it has not been tampered with, while also allowing Conair to locate that container and its contents.
Speakers:
Paul Arguin, USA ID Director of Technology and Engineering, CONAIR/USAID
John Mayorek, Senior VP, Conair; President, Conair USA ID, CONAIR/USAID
Takeaways:
• The results of Conair's 2009 pilot program to test whether RFID technology could improve out-of-stocks
• How Conair plans to shorten the supply chain by using RFID to eliminate unnecessary steps | | Aerospace/Defense:
Tracking Assets at NASA's Kennedy Space Center
Even a small tool left on the launch pad at NASA's Kennedy Space Center could potentially damage a spacecraft during liftoff, jeopardizing a mission. To prevent tools from being left behind by workers, Boeing has employed a real-time location system (RTLS). Hear how the system reduces the amount of time workers spend inventorying tools, by enabling them to search for a specific tool, or to perform an inventory of all tagged items at the facility, quickly and cost effectively, thereby reducing labor costs and increasing flight safety.
Speaker:
Philip Lintereur, Boeing Fluids, Avonics and Propulsion Systems Manager, Boeing
Takeaways:
• Best practices for using RFID for inventory tracking
• How to improve safety at a secure worksite | | Pharmaceutical/Health Care:
Managing High-Value Medical Products With RFID
The Spinal and Biologics division of Medtronic, Inc., a medical technology firm, offers products that treat a variety of disorders of the spine. The company's biologic portfolio contains products that aid fusion surgeries and distribute human tissue, which are heavily regulated by the FDA, the Joint Commission and the American Association of Tissue Banks (AATB). Medtronic is required to know the location of its entire field inventory, including items consigned to hospitals. In this session, hear how the firm has streamlined a manually intensive temperature and inventory reconciliation process with an RFID-enabled cabinet in which each product is separately tagged using Gen 2 RFID technology
Speaker:
Scott Wilson, Director of Sales Operations, Medtronic, Inc.
Takeaways:
• The savings Medtronic realized with a streamlined field inventory reconciliation, as well as by freeing up the sales force to spend more hours in surgery promoting the company's product portfolio, versus photocopying or scanning product in the field
• How the use of RFID enables the firm to maintain systemic records that can more easily be submitted to the FDA, the Joint Commission or the AATB, to confirm transaction history, location and temperature monitoring | | | 3:50 PM—Breakout Session | | Supply Chain/Logistics:
Tracking Medical and Surgical Supplies Within the Military Health System
Radio frequency identification can be employed within a military hospital in numerous ways. The challenge is to find the applications that best benefit the organization. In this session, obtain a comprehensive overview of how RFID is currently being utilized in the U.S. military, and how the U.S. Department of Defense is evaluating the possibilities of implementing the technology within the Military Health System over the coming years.
Speaker:
Garry D. Duvall, Civilian Deployment Manager & RFID Project Officer, Services Support, Logistics Department, Defense Health Services Systems, US Army
Takeaways:
• How RFID can be used to support a military supply chain, from monitoring equipment to tracking implantable surgical stints
• The potential for utilizing the technology to locate patients' medical records | | EPC for Visibility:
Why RFID Alone Does Not Equal Visibility
RFID is a revolutionary, enabling technology. By itself, however, it does not provide item visibility. To achieve such visibility, a company must be able to uniquely identify, track and share data about the movement and location of goods, and have the information understood by everyone along the supply chain. The Electronic Product Code provides a standardized common language that is accepted and understood across industries and around the globe. Learn how EPC technology is empowering RFID to deliver greater visibility of information that leads to more informed decision-making.
Speaker:
Grant Hunter, VP, Product and Solutions, EPC RFID, EPCglobal US
| | Manufacturing:
RFID Helps Lavazza and Goglio Cofibox Track Shipments
Coffee manufacturer Lavazza has teamed up with packaging supplier Goglio Cofibox to tag packaging reels and set up an EPCIS network. The project, which launched earlier this year, is taking place at Goglio Cofibox's production site in Cadorago, near Como, Italy, as well as at Lavazza's packaging and production plant in Turin. All pallets manufactured by Goglio Cofibox are tagged with Gen 2 passive RFID tags complying with EPCglobal's standards, before being shipped from Cadorago and received in Turin by Lavazza. In this session, hear how advance shipping notices (ASNs) and the traceability data are automatically available via the EPCglobal network, for a seamless flow of information between the two companies.
Speaker:
Antonio Rizzi, Director, RFID Lab, University of Parma
Takeaways:
• How Lavazza has automated the receiving process through EPCIS querying, gained visibility into the status of its order processing and increased real-time access to traceability data regarding its packaging reels
• The benefits Goglio Cofibox receives by gaining visibility into stock levels at Lavazza, enabling the company to manage those levels in consignment mode | | Retail:
RFID Is Top Priority for Store Loyalty Cards
Consumers at a food retail chain in Washington State are using RFID-enabled loyalty cards as part of a program that provides them with services far beyond a typical loyalty card's price reductions. The card links to an Internet-based system to dole out such benefits as recall notifications, refunds of prices that drop following a purchase, and refund credit for items shoppers were dissatisfied with. The system also enables customers to manage their shopping experience on the store's Web site, where patrons can input a shopping list, track previous purchases and sign up for discounts later provided at the point of sale.
Takeaways:
• How RFID is being used to offer shoppers a loyalty card that has the ability to send data including alerting customers in the case of a recall or a potential credit
• Promotional opportunities that can be built into an RFID-enabled card | | How to Deploy RFID:
How to Track Assets and Monitor Usage With RFID
Genesis Health Systems has installed an RFID-enabled system to better track assets as they pass through its clinicians' hands, as well as its sterilization and biomedical departments.
The firm sought a solution that would allow it to locate rented pumps and return them on time, as well as know where the hospital's own pumps are located, and recognize when there is a bottleneck that could cause an equipment shortage. The Wi-Fi-based technology provides the facility with detailed reports based on equipment movement and usage, and enables it to respond more quickly to natural disasters or other emergencies. In this session, hear how the time spent locating missing equipment has been reduced from 22 minutes to a maximum of 2 minutes searching via computer.
Speakers:
Al Loeffelholz, Logistics Manager, Genesis Health Systems
Steve Montgomery, Supervisor of Logistics, Genesis Health Systems
Takeaways:
• Using RFID to track the movement of equipment over a 24-hour period, thereby reducing staff time spent walking through the facility to determine which equipment was in which location
• How the system provides Genesis with building-, campus- and enterprise-level maps of the facilities, with icons representing any items a user requests | | Executive Strategy:
Managing Risk in RFID Projects
The application of emerging technologies within an organization carries considerable risks, which are compounded in RFID projects in which users are faced with technology-selection risks along with project risks. This session will discuss how an organization can minimize risks and increase the probability of success for RFID projects.
Speaker:
Pankaj Sood, Founder and Manager, McMaster RFID Applications Lab
| | Aerospace/Defense:
U.S. Navy pRFID Challenges and Keys to Success
To achieve the most benefits from technology, Navy AIT is moving quickly to RFID-enable its operations and significantly enhance its productivity, while reducing operating and inventory costs. The Navy AIT's passive RFID program, which began in earnest with a deployment under a U.S. Department of Defense joint initiative on the island of Oahu, is expanding rapidly to include plans for more than 100 Advanced Traceability and Control (ATAC) and commercial maintenance sites within the U.S. Navy's repairables supply chain. In this presentation, the audience will hear first-hand how the Navy is addressing complex Information Assurance (IA) and NMCI requirements, as well as the development of an enterprise architecture, and how it tested the use of passive RFID on a Navy vessel.
Speaker:
Robert Bacon, Program Director, Navy Automatic Identification Technology
| | Pharmaceutical/Health Care:
Preparing for Serialization and Visibility Within the U.S. Pharmaceutical Supply Chain: The 2015 Readiness Program From GS1 Healthcare US
GS1 Healthcare US is an industry group focused on driving the adoption and implementation of GS1 standards in the health-care industry, to improve patient safety and supply chain efficiency. In this session, learn how members from across the U.S. pharmaceutical supply chain are working together to build an industry reference model to enable efficient product serialization and visibility using GS1 standards. Hear how the program, based on simulation methods, is providing a unique opportunity for members to gain insights into the benefits of supply chain visibility, and to prepare for serialization, while also driving industry practices.
Speaker:
Bob Celeste, Director of Healthcare, GS1 US
Takeaways:
• Utilizing a simulated supply chain to test exception processes for minimizing implementation surprises, decreasing the need for trading partner pilots and testing new concepts and data to discover additional benefits
• How to resolve the majority of issues prior to implementation with trading partners, thus reducing implementation costs |
April 16, 2010Back to Top| 7:30 AM | Morning Coffee
| | 8:30 AM | General Session:
Welcome Back
Speaker:
Mark Roberti, Founder and Editor, RFID Journal
| | 9:00 AM | General Session:
Bombardier Runs a Smarter Railroad With RFID
Bombardier Transportation, a global leader in passenger rail equipment and services, is employing radio frequency identification to improve the effectiveness of its passenger rail operations, as well as make positive impacts on its manufacturing processes. In an effort to improve rail worker safety, the company developed TrackSAFE, an RFID solution that alerts train operators as they approach mobile track inspectors. The firm also utilizes RFID to manage the configuration of rail cars throughout the product lifecycle, thus reducing costs and improving regulatory compliance. In this session, hear how the firm has involved various stakeholders in system design, its development and deployment strategies, and the ROI of key RFID projects.
Speaker:
Keith Sheardown, General Manager, Technology Solutions, Bombardier Transportation
| | 9:45 AM | General Session:
2010 RFID Journal Awards
Every year, RFID Journal selects a panel of independent judges to choose the best RFID projects. In this session, the finalist will be announced, and each will present its story.
Speaker:
Mark Roberti, Founder and Editor, RFID Journal
| | 10:30 AM | Refreshment Break in the Exhibit Hall
| | | 11:30 AM—Breakout Session | | Supply Chain/Logistics:
Using RFID to Track Assets, Baggage and People at Toronto Pearson Airport
Canada's busiest airport is employing radio frequency identification to track mobile assets, baggage and the movements of firefighter recruits during training exercises. In this session, hear how the Greater Toronto Airports Authority (GTAA) is making a significant investment in RFID, and how the organization is improving efficiencies, saving staff time and ensuring secure baggage handling through successful deployment of the technology.
Speakers:
Currie Gardner, Manager of Facilities Systems Engineering, Greater Toronto Airports Authority
Mike Riseborough, General Manager of Building and Facilities Maintenance, Greater Toronto Airports Authority
Takeaways:
• How RFID can be utilized to improve the security of baggage tracking, as well as the monitoring of cleaning carts and mobile assets
• The results of an innovative project at GTAA that used RFID to track the movements of firefighters in a training exercise | | EPC for Visibility:
The Value of Visibility
Being able to see your products and assets as they move from one location to another is great—but how does that translate to business value? Attend this session and learn what having visibility throughout your processes and workflows can mean to your business' bottom line.
Speaker:
Bob Celeste, Director of Healthcare, GS1 US
| | Executive Strategy:
The State of RFID Adoption Globally
As the editor of RFID Journal, Mark Roberti has had a unique view of the RFID industry's development around the globe. In this presentation, Roberti will bring attendees up to date on the state of adoption worldwide, share insights into which industries are adopting RFID most quickly and explain which factors are currently driving adoption.
Speaker:
Mark Roberti, Founder and Editor, RFID Journal
| | Manufacturing:
Adding Value With RFID
Michelin has pioneered the development of an RFID transponder that can be embedded in tires during the manufacturing process. In this session, learn how the company's ongoing use of radio frequency identification is being utilized as a value-added offering to its customers in the commercial trucking industry. Hear how the firm has successfully employed RFID in pilot projects, and its plans for future uses of the technology.
Speaker:
Chris Tolbert, Business Segment Manager, Commercial Truck Tires, Michelin
| | Retail:
RFID Item-Level Tagging in Fashion and Apparel
In the retail industry, apparel is expected to continue driving deployment of item-level RFID tagging during the next five years, according to a research study conducted by ABI Research, entitled "RFID Item-Level Tagging in Fashion and Apparel." ABI anticipates the apparel industry will spend $44.8 million worldwide on item-level RFID solutions in 2009, tripling to $125 million for 2014. In this session, a panel of leading end users in various stages of implementation will discuss how they utilize item-level tagging to help them become more efficient and remain competitive.
Moderator:
Michael Liard, Practice Director for RFID, ABI Research
Panelist:
Tom Feuerborn, Information Technology Senior Manager, JC Penney Company, Inc.
Takeaways:
• Results from extensive pilot testing
• Key business metrics for deployment | | How to Deploy RFID:
Increasing Efficiencies by Using RFID to Track Assets
Several years ago, Tallahassee Memorial HeathCare began employing radio frequency identification as a means of tracking assets. In this session, hear how the company employs RFID asset tags to provide increased supply chain efficiency and an improved return on investment. The presentation will also include a look into the firm's future plans, and how it anticipates utilizing RFID technology down the line.
Speaker:
Jay Adams, IT Enterprise Architect, Tallahassee Memorial Healthcare
| | Aerospace/Defense:
Improving Inventory Accuracy at Luke AFB With RFID
The 56th Security Forces Squadron (SFS) at Luke Air Force Base in Glendale, Ariz., replaced a bar-code tracking system at its 25,000-square-foot storage warehouse with an RFID solution, in order to better manage equipment inventory for staff members on the base and personnel deployed abroad. The warehouse stocks two types of inventory: supply and mobility. Supply inventory is used to support on-base workers, while mobility inventory consists of everything needed to support teams deployed in foreign battle zones (including all supplies necessary to survive for five days without base support, such as weapons, food, water, generators and fuel) and must be ready to ship within 24 hours. In this session, learn how Luke AFB uses RFID labels containing an EPC Gen 2-compliant tag to track more than 65,000 items within its warehouse. Additionally, hear how the system generates an inventory list at the supply desk, thereby providing inventory traceability and minimizing the time needed to process and log inventory levels.
Speaker:
Matthew F. Owen, Resource Advisor, Luke Air Force Base, United States Air Force
Takeaways:
• Using RFID to reduce purchasing costs by automatically triggering stock reorders
• Reducing the time necessary to issue gear to base personnel | | Pharmaceutical/Health Care:
Radio Frequency Radiation: Can RFID Be Used for the Biopharmaceutical Supply Chain?
RFID has direct implications for pharmaceutical distribution, particularly for temperature-sensitive products. The FDA will not allow the technology to be used for biopharmaceutical drugs, however, since the potential impact of RF radiation on active ingredients and proteins is not well-documented. In this session, hear the results of a recent study on the effects of active biopharmaceuticals on protein structures by exposure to RF energy at different wavelengths, using twice the equivalent isotropically radiated power (EIRP) authorized in the United States by the FCC. Learn how products from major pharmaceutical companies with five different protein structures are investigated, and how their integrity and efficacy are determined after exposure to 8 Watts of EIRP RF radiation for a full 24 hours, using a protein purity test.
Speakers:
Jean-Pierre Emond, Interim Dean and Research Professor, University of Florida
Ismail Uysal, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Florida
| | 12:20 PM | Sponsored Breakout Sessions
| | 1:00 PM | Lunch
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Using Passive UHF RFID to Create an Intelligent Facility
Large, complex infrastructures have diverse communications needs that include complex and often varying service requirements, traffic profiles and user expectations. The Intelligent Airport (TINA) is a three-year research project being carried out by a well-known university. In this session, hear how RFID can manage a wide range of fixed and mobile equipment. Uses for RFID in large facilities include information and entertainment services, security cameras, biometric sensors, and explosive and chemical detectors, as well as logistical support for retailers, facility services and operations.
Takeaways:
• Improving efficiency and security through the active tracking of visitors and employees, by using RFID tags to aid in the detection and identification of possible intruder threats
• How RFID can be utilized in airports to locate checked-in passengers who are either missing or late, thereby facilitating the reduction of passenger-induced delays and speeding up aircraft turnaround | | EPC for Visibility:
Using EPCIS Data Sharing for Full Supply Chain Visibility
EPC Information Services (EPCIS) is a set of networking and data-sharing standards that offer companies the ability to share information not just about serial numbers read from RFID tags, but also the context of those reads. In this session, learn how EPCIS data can be utilized to help realize benefits from RFID in the supply chain for a wide range of industries, including retail, consumer packaged goods, aerospace, defense, health care and more. Hear how EPCIS goes beyond just identifying and tracking assets, and turns that visibility into action.
Speaker:
Ken Traub, Consultant, Standards Strategy, GS1 EPCglobal US
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RFID Mastermind Panel: Is Now the Time to Invest in RFID?
With the economy slowing and credit difficult to come by, some companies are asking themselves if now is 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.
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 | | Manufacturing:
Mobile RFID in Rugged Environments
An engineering construction company responsible for safe environmental disposal services for the U.S. Department of Energy is using a ruggedized mobile RFID tracking system, designed to ensure the safe removal of contaminated waste material from clean-up sites. The firm provides environmental remediation services in which waste material is transferred to designated landfills. Each disposal vehicle must be recorded in detail prior to departure, and then verified, weighed and/or time-stamped at various checkpoints along a route. In this session, hear how the company is deploying a system that automatically identifies vehicles at designated checkpoints, thus giving the firm visibility into real-time material tracking, as well as the ability to remotely manage the RFID systems.
Takeaways:
• How RFID simplifies the record-keeping process
• How the technology enables the company to remotely manage the systems, even in locations where infrastructures may be nonexistent | | Retail:
Department Store Improving Sales-Floor Processes With RFID
A department-store chain has successfully deployed an item-level RFID system for apparel inventory management. Small RFID tags were successfully attached to apparel items from select suppliers at one of the company's stores. Learn how management can determine, in real time, where each apparel item is located, and which styles and sizes sell best.
Takeaways:
• How to employ RFID to improve overall store efficiency while enhancing the customer experience through complete stock visibility
• How to track individual clothing items from receiving to the point of sale, and how to ensure customer privacy | | How to Deploy RFID:
Choosing the Right RFID Tool-Tracking Systems to Save Time and Money
In many industries—including automotive, aerospace, oil and gas exploration and production, and farming—a fully automated RFID tool-tracking system can eliminate human errors, freeing up workers to perform their primary jobs without worrying about the tools needed to do so. In this session, learn how to choose which technology will work best in your particular operating environment.
Speaker:
Justin Patton, RFID Lab Director, University of Arkansas
Takeaways:
• How to choose the proper RFID technology to track tools in your environment
• The benefits of using RFID to track tools | | Aerospace/Defense:
DOD RFID Update: Progress Report on the World's First RFID-Enabled Supply Chain
The U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) is now five years into its effort to transform its supply chain using both active and passive RFID technologies. In this session, a panel of experts will provide an in-depth update regarding the rollout's progress, both within the United States and overseas. In addition, attendees will gain insights into the next stages of the deployment, and have their questions answered by experts.
Panelist:
Kathy Smith, Spec. Asst. for Cust. Support, Supply Chain Integration, U.S. Department of Defense
Takeaways:
• How to employ automatic data-capture technologies to build trust in supply chain operations
• Insights into how the DOD is benefiting from radio frequency identification | | Pharmaceutical/Health Care:
Contract Drug Manufacturer and Developer Uses RFID for Major Customer
In the first quarter of 2009, a contract drug developer and manufacturer specializing in semi-solid and liquid pharmaceuticals began a track-and-trace and serialization pilot for one of its customers (a pharmaceutical firm focused on treatments for skin conditions). The topical ointment is sold in tubes, and the RFID tags are affixed to the interior of the individual cartons in which the product is packaged. Once the tubes are inserted into the cartons, a conveyor moves them past an RFID interrogator. In this session, learn how each tag's readability is verified, and how its ID number is captured and sent to a back-end system that can then utilize that data to create an e-pedigree and invoice.
Takeaways:
• The benefits of implementing RFID, serialization and e-pedigree technologies
• Using RFID to improve inventory control for manufacturers | | | 2:50 PM—Breakout Session | | Executive Strategy:
Investing in RFID
The Dayton RFID Convergence Center (DRCC) is the premier center providing business acceleration and intelligence to entrepreneurs and early-stage companies in the RFID, sensor, data-management and mining technology industries. In this session, hear how the DRCC is part of a regional effort to grow the emerging RFID sector in southwestern Ohio. A panel of experts with real-world experience will discuss how the center is accelerating the formation and growth of early-stage RFID technology ventures.
Speaker:
Bradley C. Proctor, Executive Director , Dayton RFID Convergence Center
Takeaways:
• How to obtain funding for an RFID project
• Insight into identifying compelling RFID technology | | Supply Chain/Logistics:
Manufacturer Deploys Wireless Vehicle Management System
A global manufacturer is using a wireless vehicle-management system on a fleet of industrial trucks at a production and distribution facility in Germany. The system has enabled the firm to gain a competitive edge in its material-handling operations, by identifying opportunities to reduce costs and improve operations. In this session, learn how the company is reducing fleet maintenance expenses by automatically uploading vehicle data, reporting vehicle problems electronically, scheduling maintenance according to actual vehicle usage rather than by calendar or manual data entry, and helping determine the optimal economic time to replace equipment.
Takeaways:
• Configuring a system so that employees can use existing identification badges
• Improving supply chain productivity by establishing accountability for the use of equipment | | EPC for Visibility:
Getting Ready for Visibility
Industry mandates and government traceability initiatives for safer food, pharmaceuticals, hospitals, customs and other areas are driving the need for visible supply chains through EPC-enabled RFID. How do you prepare to meet these inevitable requirements while delivering additional value for your own organization? This session will walk you through an adoption roadmap, outlining how your organization can best prepare to incorporate EPC RFID technology from both technical and operational perspectives.
Speakers:
Sue Hutchinson, Director of Product Management, EPCglobal US
Michele Southall, Director of Community Development, EPCglobal US
| | Manufacturing:
Bottled Water Company Uses RFID to Provide Wireless Vehicle Management for Industrial Trucks
A leading bottled water firm has deployed a wireless vehicle-management system at two sites, with expansion planned to more than 100 sites globally, based on expected system benefits. The system has helped to improve supply chain productivity by establishing accountability for the use of equipment, thus ensuring that equipment is in the proper place at the right time, as well as streamlining material-handling work-flow and providing unique metrics on equipment utilization.
Takeaways:
• How the company utilizes the system to maximize the safety, efficiency and productivity of material-handling activities
• Using RFID to reduce fleet maintenance costs | | Retail:
Beverage Company Rolls Out RFID to Track Kegs
A beverage company is using radio frequency identification to track the aluminum-and-steel kegs it utilizes to distribute the ale and beer it produces at its brewery in Fort Collins, Colo. In so doing, the company can track when a particular keg was filled at its facility, shipped to a distributor that delivers it to a bar, restaurant or liquor store, and then returned to the brewery for servicing and refilling.
Takeaways:
• Utilizing RFID reads to decrease man-hours spent tracking kegs and the product they contain
• How the company is employing RFID to track the performance of distributors, bars, restaurants and stores in respect to the kegs' usage, as well as any damage found on returned kegs. | | How to Deploy RFID:
How to Choose the Right RFID System for Your Application
There are many types of RFID technologies, including passive low-frequency (LF), high-frequency (HF) and ultrahigh-frequency (UHF), as well as a variety of active RFID systems. Each has different capabilities, so how do you choose the right option? In this session, learn how and when to choose each type of RFID systems.
Takeaways:
• Insights into the different types of RFID systems, and how they work in various environments
• A checklist for choosing the system that best suits your needs | | Aerospace/Defense:
U.S. Navy's RFID HERO Risk Mitigation and Shipboard Demonstration
The use of radio frequency (RF) emitters on Navy platforms and facilities poses the potential risk of inadvertently detonating or dudding ordnance, or of creating electromagnetic interference (EMI) to sensitive electronic systems. Such usages are regulated in order to assure both safety and operational compatibility. In this session, hear how ordnance risks are managed by the Naval Ordnance Safety and Security Activity (NOSSA), through the Navy's Hazards of Electromagnetic Radiation to Ordnance (HERO) program. Electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) is achieved through acquisition controls that impart compliance testing to verify operation in the expected electromagnetic environment (EME).
Speaker:
Mike Slocum, E3 Assessments and Evaluations, Naval Surface Warfare Center, Dahlgren Division, United States Navy
Takeaways:
• How safety and compatibility are achieved by imparting frequency-dependent amplitude restrictions upon RFID equipment
• The criteria used by the Navy, and the results of a shipboard experiment conducted to determine the functionality of compliant RFID equipment | | Pharmaceutical/Health Care:
The Benefits of Using RFID to Monitor Drug Temperatures
A pharmaceutical company recently completed tests intended to prove the efficiency and accuracy of tracking temperature-sensitive pharmaceutical products from manufacturing through distribution to an overseas warehouse. This presentation will show how RF temperature monitors and an RF network infrastructure were used to automatically capture data. Learn how the technology compares to existing temperature-monitoring techniques, why the company undertook the project, the scope of the work performed and the results.
Takeaways:
• A comprehensive review of the pilot protocol, as well as the trial runs and locations
• Outcomes, including metrics and successes, along with future recommendations | | 3:30 PM | Conference Concludes
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