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Supply Chain/Inventory Management Track
25-27 October, 2006
Hotels van Orange, Amsterdam
Tentative Agenda


26 October		  
   
11:30  Supply Chain/Inventory Management:
Using RFID to Manage Chemical Inventory and Reinforce Safe-Handling Rules
BP recently ran a six-week trial to learn how well RFID performs in the real world. The energy provider placed new active tags on 20-40 chemical containers stored at its plant in England where each node will work collaboratively to collect and share data with each other.
Speaker:
  Mike Haley, CTO, BP
Takeaways:
  Best practices for tagging chemical containers
  Understanding how to link business process management with real-world scenarios
   
15:00 Supply Chain/Inventory Management:
Why the Airlines Industry is Looking at RFID
The results from a trial by a leading aerospace association will show the business need for RFID in the airline industry. Learn about how the common airport structure can greatly benefit with in-flight, ULD, and baggage tracking.
Speakers:
  Andrew Price, RFID Project Manager, IATA
Takeaways:
  An understanding of the challenges of tagging individual bottles
  Knowledge of how RFID can be used to authenticate drugs
   
15:50  Supply Chain/Inventory Management:
The Value of Tracking Reusable Assets
Most companies use some kind of returnable transport items or reusable assets in their supply chain. In this session, our panel of experts look at what types of assets can be tagged profitably today and how a variety of RFID technologies can be used to improve asset utilization and deliver a return on investment.
Takeaways:
  An understanding of the technologies used for asset tagging
  Strategies for boosting supply chain efficiencies by tagging reusable assets
   

27 October
   
11:00  Supply Chain/Inventory Management:
UHF Tags on Metal€”Optimizing Read Rates in a Tough Environment
Reading UHF-tags on metal requires special attention and the numerous special UHF-tags that can be put directly onto metal differ largely in read range, read rate and pricing. LogDynamics Lab has executed a series of tests in lab-environment and real-world scenarios using different UHF-portal solutions to compare the different applications.
Speaker:
  Dieter Uckelmann, Manager, LogDynamics Lab, Univ. of Bremen
Takeaways:
Insight into the different solutions for UHF-tags on metal
Best practices for improving read rates on metal
   
13:30 Supply Chain/Inventory Management:
Tracking Critical Assets
A clinic in Germany, is using RFID to track bags of blood to record transfusions and ensure that patients get blood intended specifically for them. The system will be extended to blood bank supplies for about 1,000 patients, and works together with another a system for identifying patients via RFID-based wristbands.
Takeaways:
  An understanding of how RFID can be used to track valuable liquid products
  Insights into applications of RFID in the health-care supply chain
   
14:20  Supply Chain/Inventory Management:
RFID Is Fit to Track Clothes
German retailer Kaufhof Warenhaus has been using RFID to track clothes for nearly two years. The company explains the benefits of using RFID in the supply chain and in stores to manage inventory and replenishment. Among the benefits Kaufhof has found is cutting the time it takes to scan the contents of a delivery into inventory by 22 times.
Speaker:
  Uwe Quiede, Logistik€”Future Store Initiative, Kaufhof Warenhaus AG
Takeaways:
An understanding of RFID's benefits in the retail/apparel supply chain
Insights into the cost of deploying an RFID system for apparel
   
15:20  Supply Chain/Inventory Management:
The Benefits of Tracking Wine Bottles with RFID
An Italian winemaker began using SmartCorq, a cork with en embedded 13.56 MHz RFID transponder, for one of its wines in September. The vintner, who produces approximately 700,000 bottles per year, explains how RFID can deliver benefits in the wine and spirits supply chain.
Takeaways:
  A proven method for evaluating RFID applications
  Knowledge of how one company evaluated potential applications