Preconference Workshops

NFC Workshop

Near Field Communication (NFC) is an exciting short-range wireless connectivity technology that dramatically simplify the way consumer devices interact with one another, helping people speed connections, receive and share information, and make fast and secure payments. This one-day preconference seminar explains how companies can use NFC to enhance products and the consumer shopping experience.

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Retailers worldwide are employing RFID to track individual items, improving inventory accuracy and enabling them to have products on shelves when customers want to buy them. In this workshop, you will hear where the benefits are and how to achieve them—plus, you’ll get an update on the VICS Item-Level RFID Initiative, which is helping to develop standard ways of deploying the technology and best practices.

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Several major retailers are asking, or plan to ask, apparel manufacturers to tag individual items. This workshop is designed to quickly bring those new to RFID up to speed, by providing all of the information necessary to begin tagging individual garments, including tagging options, managing serialized data and more.

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Learn how to benefit from deploying radio frequency identification within your warehouse, by managing your inventory and coordinating your supply chain. Hear real-world case studies explaining the tangible business benefits of how RFID can help your organization to improve visibility regarding product movements and related transactions, as well as increase efficiencies, lower labor costs, optimize inventory levels, track assets, and differentiate your logistic service, in order to gain a competitive advantage.

During this preconference, you'll learn about specific RFID technologies for warehouse and inventory management within the supply chain. You'll also take home some very practical tools, methods and implementation best practices to get your project started on the right path immediately.

Presenter: Harold Boeck, Ph.D., Professor, Université du Québec à Montréal, and Academic Founder, Academia RFID

Ygal Bendavid, Ph.D., Professor, UQAM's School of Management, and co-founder of Academia RFID (collaboration)

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RFID Journal LIVE! 2012 is produced by RFID Journal, the World's RFID Authority.

All conference sessions are subject to change, and RFID Journal reserves the right to alter dates, programs and speakers at any time, as circumstances dictate. Sessions without assigned speakers indicate a target topic; every effort will be made to ensure that a program of equivalent standard and value is available.