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Supply Chain/LogisticsSupply Chain and logistics companies will play a key role in ensuring end-to-end visibility in the supply chain. Some are already tagging products for their customers. Others are examining how they can benefit internally by improving the utilization of containers and chassis with RFID tracking. 
What You Will Learn From This Track: • Insight into the best use of RFID with existing solutions April 17, 200811:30 am—Breakout Session The J.B. Hunt Way To Leverage RFID in the Supply Chain There are a number of auto-ID and tracking solutions currently in widespread use in the transportation logistics industry. J.B. Hunt uses many of these and has studied how new and evolving solutions based on RFID can be used to replace or improve upon such existing solutions for tracking and tracing, inventory management and supply chain visibility. In this session, hear what J.B. Hunt considers the best way to leverage RFID with these solutions. Speaker:Ken Mangold, Senior Vice President, Information Services, J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc. Takeaways:• Insight into the best use of RFID with existing solutions 12:20 pm—Sponsored Sessions Click here to view ALL sessions w/ descriptions from this time slot How Global Telematics Technologies Combined With Active RFID Deliver an ROI in Track and Trace Sponsored by: Wavetrend Improving Airline Customer Service With RFID for Baggage Tracking Sponsored by: Alien Technology Building an Intelligent Supply Chain Through Discovery Services Sponsored by: Afilias Limited Examining Several Leading Manufacturing Case Studies Sponsored by: OATSystems Case Study: Top Global Retailers Are Evolving to RFID Sponsored by: Checkpoint Systems UHF Gen 2 for Item-Level Tagging of Retail Apparel Sponsored by: Impinj, Inc. Case Studies: Improving Production Shipping and Receiving Processes With RFID Sponsored by: Blue Vector Systems 3:00 pm—Breakout Session Freightliner Achieves Labor Cost Savings, Improving Inventory Accuracy Freightliner deployed an RFID-based solution at its Portland, OR, manufacturing plant to better track the manufacturing replenishment process and reduce the labor required to control inventory accurately, thus solving problems within the company’s existing supply chain event. Hear how Freightliner overcame its closed-loop challenges, and where else it sees benefits in using the technology Speaker:Louis Fleischer, Automation Engineer, Freightliner Takeaways:• Understanding how to create the best business case for supply chain material visibility with RFID April 18, 200812:00 pm—Sponsored Sessions Click here to view ALL sessions w/ descriptions from this time slot How End Users Capture Value from RFID Sponsored by: NXP Semiconductors Leveraging RFID Sensors and Printed Electronics in Pharmaceutical Packaging and Cold Chain Logistics Sponsored by: Information Mediary Corp. How RFID-Enabled Applications Are Setting a New Bar for Operational Efficiencies Sponsored by: Xterprise Mojix STAR System: Field Trial Results and New Possibilities for RFID Sponsored by: Mojix Managing and Deploying Assets in Large-Scale Construction Projects Sponsored by: IDENTEC SOLUTIONS AG Enabling RFID Mass Adoption Through the Microsoft BizTalk RFID Platform Sponsored by: Microsoft Corp. How HP Gained Supply Chain Visibility Internally--and for Its Customers Sponsored by: Hewlett-Packard Co. (HP) How to Use RFID as an Anti-Counterfeiting Measure Sponsored by: Alien Technology 1:40 pm—Breakout Session Megatrux Leverages RFID on Shipments from China Megtrux Companies, a Top 50 3PL that provides global end-to-end supply chain solutions, saw an improvement in shipping accuracy as it began to tag and track cases and pallets bound for Wal-Mart facilities, achieving an ROI within 14 months. The success of that implementation has led the company to deploy RFID in China and offer point-of-origin tagging as part of its supply chain solutions. Learn how Megatrux is employing RFID to drive new efficiencies and offer tracking capabilities to its customers. Speaker:KC Pelle, Executive VP, Megatrux Takeaways:• How to use an RFID compliance system to improve shipping accuracy 2:30 pm—Breakout Session RFID in Logistic Applications Researchers at the LogDynamics Lab and University of Bremen in Germany have been researching RFID's value in logistics operations. In this session, the head of that effort discusses the results of tests done with RFID in beverage, automotive and cold chain logistics. He will discuss how to choose the right tag and the right standards and which applications of RFID deliver value on logistics.
Speaker:Dieter Uckelmann, Manager RFID-Application and Demonstration Center, BIBA-IPS, Log Dynamics Lab 3:20 pm—Breakout Session Lexar Media Leverages RFID to Gain Distribution Visibility, Flexibility and Control
Lexar Media, a marketer and manufacturer of NAND flash and DRAM memory products, deployed RFID to achieve quick compliance with RFID mandates without sacrificing control and flexibility across its entire distribution operations, affording it improved visibility and control of its DC operations. RFID has allowed the company to improve productivity, reduce shipment errors, decrease costs, increase quality and improve product sales. Lexar now benefits from RFID-enabled distribution capabilities across its entire operations. RFID data helps its sales staff strategize the movement of product throughout customer locations, while electronic proof-of-delivery (POD) is helping the finance department reduce non-compliance shipments. Speaker:Lee Mar, Senior Logistics Analyst, Lexar Media
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