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7:30
Continental Breakfast
8:15
Welcome and Introduction
Speaker: Mark Roberti, Editor, RFID Journal
8:45
Opening Keynote: Supply Chain Success: The METRO Story
METRO, the world’s third largest retailer, already has been able to cut costs and improve operations from its RFID deployments. The company also has been a world leader in exploring the potential benefits of using the Electronic Product Code throughout its extensive supply chain. Learn about its results to date and how it plans to move forward in 2006.
Speaker: Dr. Gerd Wolfram, Managing Director, MGI METRO Group Information Technology GmbH
9:30
Implementing the Internet of Things
As the successor of the Auto-ID Center, the Auto-ID Labs is the most renowned global network of research labs in the field of RFID. Its mission is to shape the infrastructure of the Internet of Things, the existing EPC-Network being the first building block. The presentation will cover new research in the Labs, RFID pilots that have been launched and how they are being used in the business world for applications such as rental, anti-counterfeiting, merchandizing or insurance services.
Speaker: Elgar Fleisch, Co-Chair, Auto-ID Labs, ETH Zürich/University of St. Gallen
10:15
Refreshment Break
BREAKOUT SESSION
TRACK 1: RETAILING
10:45
Can RFID Reduce Out-of-Stocks and Spoilage?
As much as eight percent of the time consumers want to buy a product, the shelves are empty, resulting in a missed opportunity to make a sale. On the other hand, having too many goods in stock increases inventory costs and, with perishable goods, causes losses due to spoilage. RFID advocates say the technology can strike a balance between out-of-stocks and overstocks: keeping sufficient items in stock while simultaneously reducing inventory and spoilage in perishable goods. Can these goals really be achieved? A panel of early retail adopters debates the issue.
Panelists: Dirk Heymann, Auto-ID '.Director Europe, Gillette Group International; Frans-Peter Scheer, Project Manager, Supply Chain Management of Perishables, Agrotechnology & Food Innovations, Wageningen University and Research Centre; Dave West, Operation Manager, Worldwide Fruit
Moderator: Jonathan Collins, Europe Editor, RFID Journal
BREAKOUT SESSION
TRACK 2: MANUFACTURING
10:45
Volkswagen Keeps 10,000 Containers from Going Astray
Volkswagen, one of the largest automobile manufacturers in the world, has been using active RFID for nearly four years in logistics, manufacturing and final preparation of cars for delivery. The company will talk about its successful use of RFID, where it achieved a positive return on investment. VW uses active transponders in three different locations to track more than 10,000 containers. RFID tags on each container enable Volkswagen to optimize the flow of containers and materiel. The company also will talk about its application of active RFID in a truck manufacturing plant in Poznan, Poland.
Speaker: Christoph Pelich, Project Manager for VisuM-Middleware Development and Integration Volkswagen
BREAKOUT SESSION
TRACK 3: SUPPLY CHAIN/LOGISTICS
10:45
Active RFID Case Study: pH Europe
Logistics provider ph Europe leases bulk containers that its clients in the pharmaceutical and chemical industries use to transport products, many of which are hazardous and must be kept within limited temperature ranges. To avoid contamination, containers cannot be used for different products, even after cleaning. To track its inventory and make sure containers are used properly—and to let customers know the locations of their goods at all times—ph Europe developed a real-time tracking system that combines RFID, GPS and bar code data.
Speaker: John A. Hawkins, Director of Technology, pH Europe Ltd.
11:30
Movement from Room to Room
11:35
Sponsor Breakout Sessions
The leading RFID vendors from Europe, the United States and Asia will present information about products and services that can deliver real business benefits today.
BREAKOUT SESSION
TRACK 1: RETAILING
11:35
To be announced
BREAKOUT SESSION
TRACK 2: MANUFACTURING
11:35
Finding Value in the Supply Chain with RFID
RFID holds the promise of a significantly improved supply chain including such tangible benefits as reduced inventory and out-of-stocks as well as improved service levels. But how do companies get there when they already have a well run supply operation? This session will discuss how supply chain processes must change to take advantage of this technology and will outline the opportunities that exist in even a partially enabled RFID world. Attendees will learn how to find value in RFID beyond compliance and develop a strategy for reducing costs through the implementation of RFID technology.
Speaker: Eric Peters, CEO, True Demand Software
BREAKOUT SESSION
TRACK 3: SUPPLY CHAIN/LOGISTICS
11:35
Cutting Through the Hype: Quantifying the ROI on RFID
Amid all the hype around the recent Wal-Mart and DOD deadlines for RFID compliance, the media is full of stories focused on the promises and pitfalls associated with RFID technologies. In this session, Unisys will separate the myth from reality and explore the bottom line business benefits delivered through successful RFID implementations by exploring what visibility means to the extended supply chain (the benefits of end-to end visibility) and building the business case to quantify the benefits RFID and other emerging technologies.
Speaker: Peter Regen, Vice President, Global Visible Commerce Solutions, Unisys
BREAKOUT SESSION
TRACK 4: INDUSTRY CASE STUDIES
11:35
Real-Life Supply Chain Collaboration via EPCIS
This session will cover real-life customer examples of using EPCIS for supply chain collaboration in the retail/consumer products and pharmaceutical verticals. We will provide our perspective on the information-sharing issues and technical solutions in each vertical. Our goal is to enable you to accelerate your supply chain collaboration initiatives.
Speaker: Craig Asher, EPCIS Product Manager, IBM
12:20
Technology Showcase Opens; Lunch Served
14:35
Technology Showcase Closes
BREAKOUT SESSION
TRACK 1: RETAILING
14:40
Tracking Returnable Transport Items in Retail:
Hidden Ingredients
This presentation will focus on recent projects involving the tracking of customer products and their associated returnable transport items (RTI) around the retail supply chain. It will explain the business case argument for the deployment of asset-based RFID/EPC tracking. An update will be given on the progress towards global standards for RTI tracking through the EPCglobal RTI Work Group. It draws on CHEP's worldwide experience in RFID applications, which includes participation in the Metro Future Store Initiative, UK "Chipping of Goods" Initiative and the EPCglobal European Adoption Program.
Speaker: Andy Robson, Business Development Manager, CHEP
BREAKOUT SESSION
TRACK 2: MANUFACTURING
14:40
RFID as an Anti-Counterfeiting Tool
Apparel makers, distillers, pharmaceutical manufacturers and other manufacturers lose billions of Euros each year to counterfeiting. Our expert panelists look at how RFID can be used to create audit trails and reduce counterfeiting.
Panelists: Mitch Javidi, Director of the Biopharma Forum, College of Management, North Carolina State University; Adrian Simmons, Managing Director, Total Brand Security; Thorsten Staake, Project Manager, Anti-Counterfeiting Special Interest Group, Auto-ID Labs St.Gallen/Zurich
Moderator: Jonathan Collins, Europe Editor, RFID Journal
BREAKOUT SESSION
TRACK 3: SUPPLY CHAIN/LOGISTICS
14:40
The Use of RFID Within Volvo Today and Tomorrow
Volvo has been using RFID in production and logistics for a long time and continues to launch new pilot tests on a regular basis. This session will communicate how RFID has improved Volvo's visibility, traceability and lead-time reduction. Besides demonstrating where Volvo is today, the leaders of the company's RFID projects also will look into Volvo's future, where RFID seems destined to enhance its entire supply chain.
Speaker: Stina Apel, RFID Project Manager, Volvo; Annika Johansson, RFID Project Manager, Volvo
15:25
Movement from Room to Room
15:30
Sponsor Breakout Sessions
The leading RFID vendors from Europe, the United States and Asia will present information about products and services that can deliver real business benefits today.
BREAKOUT SESSION
TRACK 1: RETAILING
15:30
From POC Toward the Real-Time Enterprise: Scaleable RFID Solutions
In the next phase of RFID implementations, new challenges emerge: How to handle the information generated by RFID and how to control and manage all the equipment in view of frequent technology updates.
Speaker: Erik Cramer, Global RFID Program Director, Atos Origin
BREAKOUT SESSION
TRACK 2: MANUFACTURING
15:30
How RFID Can Benefit Your Business
RFID and the usage of sensors in combination with ICT can be an effective way for companies (as well as the government) to both save and make money. This session will use a number of illustrative examples from different industries, not only to present significant opportunities, but also to discuss the impact of them. The information explosion that will result from the introduction of these technologies will push the requirements for the IT systems behind them to the extremes.
Speaker: Edwin Kalischnig, Director of Business Development for RFID & Sensor-Based Services, Europe, Middle East and Africa, Oracle
BREAKOUT SESSION
TRACK 3: SUPPLY CHAIN/LOGISTICS
15:30
It's All RFID to Me
This session will focus on the theme that RFID is not a technological evolution, but a business revolution. Attention will be given to all the spectrum and consideration of solutions, transformations of business process and global connectivity as well as what's in it for the "little guy." The speaker will focus on the European dilemmas in the use of RFID, both real and imagined, in seeking to identify positive business benefits that RFID can provide to all the parties in a transaction.
Speaker: John Greaves, Vice President, RFID Solutions, NCR
16:15
Refreshment Break in Technology Showcase
16:45
Passive UHF Item-Level Case Study: Marks & Spencer
One of the United Kingdom's top retailers has been tagging clothes in two stores as part of a trial. The aim is to improve on-shelf availability and distribution costs. In this case study, the leader of that effort talks about the results of those trials.
Speaker: James Stafford, Head of RFID, Marks & Spencer
17:30
EPC-enabled Collaborative Promotion Management
IBM and partner TrueDemand will demonstrate an RFID implementation that brings true value to retailers and manufacturers by providing a proactive promotion management application. The solution provides a combination of store execution and in-flight forecasting and replenishment capabilities with predictive analytics to identify and prevent problems before they occur. The benefits delivered include predicting and preventing out-of-stocks and lost sales, improved trade funds effectiveness, increased product sell through, no end-of-promotion overstocks, improved store execution, and optimized product merchandising and displays. This solution, which provides a single collaborative application environment for manufacturers and retailers, is the first of its kind.
Speakers: Craig Asher, EPCIS Product Manager, IBM; Eric Peters, CEO, True Demand Software
Moderator: Mark Roberti, Editor, RFID Journal
18:00
Networking Reception in the Technology Showcase
19:30
Technology Showcase Closes for the Day
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