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Monday, September 27, 2:00 PM - 2:30 PM
While many benefits relating to inventory visibility have been realized with store level use of EPC/RFID, there remains untapped potential benefits in leveraging EPC/RFID for the purpose of aiding in supply chain visibility to support claims compliance and reconciliation, which constitutes an annual industry cost in the tens of billions. ...
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As Global Standards Director at GS1 US, Jonathan Gregory facilitates collaboration among trade partners to optimize the use of GS1 Standards in various industries. With a focus on leveraging the RFID technology, Mr. Gregory draws on his 13 years of RFID implementation experience in aerospace and retail industries to help...
Justin Patton oversees the RFID Lab at Auburn University, a research institute focused on the business case and technical implementation of RFID and other emerging technologies in retail, supply chain and manufacturing. He has participated in most of the seminal business case research for RFID in the United States for...
Monday, September 27, 3:10 PM - 3:40 PM
Kloekner Metals, one of the largest metals manufacturing, supply, and service companies in North America, is employing RFID to reduce the time spent locating metal in facilities and to increase production. Nominated for an RFID Journal award in the category of Best Manufacturing RFID Implementation, learn how the firm is...
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Monday, September 27, 3:45 PM - 4:15 PM
Many cities throughout South America, particularly those located in Argentina, face serious problems in urban solid waste management. These difficulties are due to several factors, including the absence of parameters for measurement, as well as obstacles to tracking usage. One way to collect waste is through containerized routes. These routes...
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Ernesto Castagnet has worked in the auto-ID industry since his studies at Ohio University, where he served as the technical director of the Center for Automatic Identification, Education & Research (CAIDER). Before founding his own company, he worked for Sulzer and Dow Chemical Co. (formerly PBB Polisur), where he gained...
Monday, September 27, 4:20 PM - 4:55 PM
This session will describe a new award-winning MIT technology for locating passive off-the-shelf UHF RFID tags with centimeter-scale accuracy. The technology can read, locate, and track unmodified RFIDs and improve visibility in practical indoor environments. The presenter will also describe a robot that uses this technology with machine learning and computer...
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Monday, September 27, 5:15 PM - 7:00 PM
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Tuesday, September 28, 9:00 AM - 9:30 AM
Harvard has over 15,000 capital assets located in 160 buildings, spread across multiple campuses at the University. Federal law mandates all federally-funded assets to be physically inventoried every two years. In order to meet those requirements, the University developed a remediation plan which included committing to an inventory schedule and...
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Jeff DiCiaccio has over 30 years of experience as a procurement professional. He has worked in multiple industries; however, the last 18 years have been in higher education. He joined Harvard Medical School in 2014 and is their Director of Strategic Procurement. In 2016, he was given the additional responsibility...
Tuesday, September 28, 9:35 AM - 10:05 AM
Value-added services (VAS) can create a huge bottleneck when it comes to getting goods shipped. It is where hangers are added or removed, where items are placed in polybags and then removed, and where additional labels are applied to meet customer requests. VAS also adds additional steps and time in...
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Doug Harvel is an RFID consultant with a combination of more than 39 years' experience in healthcare, manufacturing and distribution environments using Manhattan Associates' WMS software, and more than 21 years of working with RFID. If you have any questions please feel free to contact him at doug.harvel@gmail.com.
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Tuesday, September 28, 10:10 AM - 10:40 AM
Global defense technology company BAE Systems has boosted its chemical tracking capability with a UHF RFID solution. The system moves beyond bar code and automates the capture of data, thereby providing real time awareness of shelf-life material. The firm learned from the previous success of RFID for assets and material,...
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Tuesday, September 28, 10:45 AM - 11:15 AM
Logistik Unicorp, a provider of uniforms for Canadian agencies and companies, built an in-house system that enables it to link raw materials with finished products, and to track those goods as they are received from a manufacturer. Products are stored in its 2220, 000 square foot warehouse and then shipped...
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