Introduction to RFID and RFID Integration Management

Used to track everything from Pepsi to people, Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) is changing the face of supply chain management. Learn about the competitive advantage of RFID technology by participating in a day of comprehensive RFID education, presented by the experts at the Center for eBusiness and Advanced IT (eBizITPA) and the RFID Center of Excellence at Penn State Erie, The Behrend College.

RFID adoption is growing at an annual rate of 46% and will eventually be found in all types of consumer goods and industrial equipment. Wal-Mart, Target and the Department of Defense all have mandates requiring their vendors to ship pallets and cases of material with RFID tags attached, and the requirements are already beginning to trickle through the supply chain. Businesses will need to adopt RFID technology, not only to satisfy customer requirements, but to increase productivity and remain competitive in the marketplace.

Introduction to RFID provides an overview of RFID technology and capabilities, and features hands-on demonstrations using RFID readers, antennas and tags. RFID Integration Management will provide attendees with a strategic vision for integrating RFID into your business enterprise. This course
examines several popular technology packages and explores what they have to offer in the way of RFID functionality. Participants will receive an overview of RFID middleware and how it is used to span the gap between enterprise software and RFID hardware. Today, middleware can take an RFID event, such as reading a tag at a dock door, and inform the enterprise software of your company of that event. Attendees will learn best practices for using RFID data to streamline business processes and get maximum return on investment.

Supply chain and operations professionals, company executives, IT managers and developers, IT solution providers and consultants can all benefit from participating in this program.

Information Sheets

• Introduction to RFID
• RFID Integration Management

Schedule

Registration: http://www.techquestpa.com/showdetails.aspx?id=369
Date: April 25, 2008
Time: 8 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Location: Harrisburg University of Science and Technology, 304 Market Street, Harrisburg, PA
Cost: $85 for QMR compliant attendees, $185 for TechQuest Partners

Brought to you by

These courses are brought to you by Harrisburg University of Science and Technology, the Technology Council of Central Pennsylvania, and the Communications and Technology Industry Partnership. This program is also supported by the Pennsylvania eCommerce Association.