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Wednesday, May 18, 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
- Room: South Pacific Ballroom
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Wednesday, May 18, 1:45 PM - 2:25 PM
Children's apparel retailer Carter's deployed a UHF RFID-based system at each of 750 stores in August 2021. The objective of the rollout is to improve overall inventory accuracy, spur omnichannel sales growth, and improve operational efficiencies. By knowing the status of available goods at each location, the company is better...
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Mark Roberti is a journalist with 25 years of experience covering business and technology. He launched RFID Journal from a spare bedroom in his home in March 2002. Today, it is the leading source of news and analysis about radio frequency identification and its many business applications. More than 200,000...
Wednesday, May 18, 2:30 PM - 3:10 PM
RFID’s proliferation into new merchandise categories and new retail formats is quickly putting it onto the agenda of many more executives. In apparel and footwear, where RFID took root quickest, it has already shaped the fortunes of brands and retailers that embraced it (or ignored it). Marshall Kay is the...
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Marshall Kay is the Founder of RFID Sherpas, a management consultancy that helps retailers and consumer brands make good use of RFID and other technologies. The firm also performs strategy and due diligence assignments for investors and others financially connected to the Retail sector. Marshall writes articles on...
Wednesday, May 18, 3:15 PM - 3:55 PM
Florida based retailer, City Furniture provides customers with an expanded and evolutionary lineup of home furnishings at an exceptional value. To ensure that customers find exactly what they need, inventory accuracy is key in the retail showrooms and across the supply chain. Learn how City Furniture took advantage of last...
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Chad Simpson is Senior Vice President of Technology, headquartered in Tamarac, FL. As SVP of Technology, Mr. Simpson lead’s the Enterprise Technology “CITY Tech” department with responsibilities for Infrastructure, Support, Security, Software Engineering/Development, Data & Analytics, Enterprise Architecture, Modernization & Transformation efforts.
Mr. Simpson started in the Technology industry...
Wednesday, May 18, 4:00 PM - 4:40 PM
With more than 600 stores, Lojas Renner S.A. maintains a presence throughout Brazil in the fashion, home and decoration segments, with its Renner, Camicado and Youcom brands. The firm also operates in the financial solutions segment with Realize. Renner operates in Argentina and Uruguay as well, and in addition to...
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Alexandre Ribeiro, CRO – Chief Risk Officer at Lojas Renner S/A, is an executive with over 20 years of experience in the areas of audit, loss prevention, compliance and asset security. He also worked on several of the firm's strategic projects, including the development and implementation of the RFID project....
Thursday, May 19, 9:00 AM - 9:40 AM
Research shows that retailers which have not invested in radio frequency identification have been unable to execute ship-from-store or curbside or in-store pickup consistently. Retailers employing RFID tend to have an in-store inventory accuracy of approximately 95 percent, compared to about 65 percent for retailers that do not use. In...
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Thursday, May 19, 9:45 AM - 10:25 AM
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...
Thursday, May 19, 10:30 AM - 11:10 AM
Automating supply chains leads to improved operational efficiency and higher profitability. Internet of Packaging (IoP) technologies, such as RFID, barcodes, QR codes, and digital printing, have already been understood and adopted, and are beginning to emerge with new competitive market advantages. Inventory control, authenticity, security and the customer experience, are...
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Edson Perin has more than 30 years of experience as a journalist, and is a writer and blogger with a specialized background in Digital Communications and Information Technology and Communication (IT&C) in the corporate environment. Perin is the editor of IoP Journal Brazil and RFID Journal Brazil, as well as...
Thursday, May 19, 11:15 AM - 11:55 AM
Urmi Group, one of the leading knit composite facilities in Bangladesh, is focused on delivering sustainable apparel products and services to global customers. In this session, learn how they are using RFID to reduce machine downtime and better manage production. Hear how the firm has automated inventory audit, cut labor costs...
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A business graduate, most of Mr. Hossain’s career spanning over the last thirty years has been in the textile industry of Bangladesh. Having served a spinner for eight years and an international cotton merchant based in Singapore for three years, he has been working for Urmi Group, an export-oriented knit...
