RFID JOURNAL LIVE! 2023

MAY 9 – 11, 2023
ORLANDO, FLORIDA

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Tuesday, May 09, 9:45 AM - 10:30 AM

  • Room: W315A
Many retailers are requiring suppliers to tag individual items with RFID transponders. This enables the retailers to track the location of items and replenish shelves, ship from store, and execute buy-online, pickup in store strategies. This expert panel will update the current state of adoption and the future of RFID... ...read more...
Speaker(s)
Dr.  Bill Hardgrave
President
University of Memphis

Dr. Bill Hardgrave currently serves as President of the University of Memphis. He previously worked at Auburn University, serving as Senior Vice President / Provost and as Dean of the Harbert College of Business. In 2005, Hardgrave founded the RFID Lab/Research Center which became the world’s leading center for...

Brand Elverston
Founder/Principal
Elverston Consulting

Brand retired from Walmart in 2017, after nearly 22 years, founding his retail risk mitigation consulting firm, Elverston, LLC., with focus on emerging, innovative technology. Globally recognized, he has extensive risk mitigation industry experience, serves on several boards, and is passionate about accelerating the solution industry’s innovation. ...

Jonathan Gregory
Global Standards Director
GS1 US

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...

JP Kamel
Managing Director
RFID Sherpas

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Justin Patton
Director, RFID Lab
Auburn University

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...

Michael Graen
Owner
Collaboration, LLC

Mike Graen was employed by Procter & Gamble from 1982 to 2008. He joined P&G after receiving a bachelor’s degree in information systems and an MBA in management from the University of Cincinnati. He joined Walmart in 2008, where he led the Supplier Collaboration Board -- a supplier/ retailer...


Tuesday, May 09, 10:40 AM - 11:20 AM

  • Room: W315A
To satisfy today’s consumers and to effectively compete, retailers need to be omnichannel ready. Omnichannel features such as buy online pickup in-store (BOPIS), ship from store (SfS), research online buy in-store (ROBIS), buy online, and buy instore are essential. Yet, many retailers struggle to efficiently and effectively offer a true... ...read more...
Speaker(s)
Dr.  Bill Hardgrave
President
University of Memphis

Dr. Bill Hardgrave currently serves as President of the University of Memphis. He previously worked at Auburn University, serving as Senior Vice President / Provost and as Dean of the Harbert College of Business. In 2005, Hardgrave founded the RFID Lab/Research Center which became the world’s leading center for...


Tuesday, May 09, 11:30 AM - 12:15 PM

  • Room: W315A
For decades RFID has been used by retailers to track inventory throughout the supply chain with the ultimate goal of improving in-stock. With the increasingly dynamic risk to inventory loss, RFID technology affords a compelling value proposition and unprecedented, item-specific visibility. In this session, learn from a retail industry veteran... ...read more...
Speaker(s)
Brand Elverston
Founder/Principal
Elverston Consulting

Brand retired from Walmart in 2017, after nearly 22 years, founding his retail risk mitigation consulting firm, Elverston, LLC., with focus on emerging, innovative technology. Globally recognized, he has extensive risk mitigation industry experience, serves on several boards, and is passionate about accelerating the solution industry’s innovation. ...


Tuesday, May 09, 1:00 PM - 1:40 PM

  • Room: W315A
Auburn University’s RFID Lab Director, Justin Patton, will discuss how companies across the food chain are currently using RFID across the supply chains to cut costs, improve safety and enhance visibility In this session hear how the Lab is collaborating with major retailers on tracking products through the supply chains,... ...read more...
Speaker(s)
Jonathan Gregory
Global Standards Director
GS1 US

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
Director, RFID Lab
Auburn University

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...


Tuesday, May 09, 1:50 PM - 2:30 PM

  • Room: W315A
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.... ...read more...
Speaker(s)
Jonathan Gregory
Global Standards Director
GS1 US

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
Director, RFID Lab
Auburn University

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...


Tuesday, May 09, 2:50 PM - 3:30 PM

  • Room: W315A
You have your retail RFID program up and running and it has been a smashing success so far. But what should you focus on next?  In this session hear from industry expert J.P. Kamel as he outlines the next steps in keeping your current program operating smoothly and how to... ...read more...
Speaker(s)
JP Kamel
Managing Director
RFID Sherpas

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