RFID

RFID (CIS519): "The competitive battles of the future will be won and lost in the supply, manufacturing and distribution networks, not in the front office, by companies that are highly adaptive and relentlessly efficient - all in real time." – Dr. Hau Lee, Graduate School of Business, Stanford University. Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) is the newest technology businesses use to track inventory and assets from the warehouse, manage inventory and watch over manufacturing and distribution networks. Today, many companies including Wal-Mart, Metro Group and Target have established compliance standards requiring vendors to adopt RFID. Military organizations, such as the United States Department of Defense (DoD), have also accelerated the adoption rate of RFID by requiring their suppliers to use RFID technology. Presently, these mandates and regulations that set the infrastructure for RFID have had an impact on over 700,000 companies. RFID technology continues to expand into new markets including tracking, logistics, counterfeit protection, supply chain management, airport luggage, health care and silent commerce. As the RFID revolution gains momentum, large amounts of capital flow into this sector to facilitate greater commercial success for RFID technology. The largest, anticipated use of RFID technology within the next ten years is in tags used to track the movement of consumer product goods from the manufacturer to the point of sale. In 2008, it is estimated that about $4 billion worth of RFID tags, readers, hardware and software will be bought worldwide by various user organizations, to tag trillions of dollars worth of items. In this RFID course (CIS519) students will be exposed to various aspects of RFID technology, including basic RFID concepts, practical applications for RFID, EPCglobal protocol standards, the role of commercial RFID Middleware and the manageability of an RFID system. Through carefully designed course modules, attendees will learn essential information from practical examples that are kept short and simple to best illustrate this emerging technology. What will you learn? Basic RFID concepts Practical applications for RFID EPCglobal protocol standards The role of commercial RFID Middleware The manageability of an RFID system   Contact Information Ms. Jerilyn Tinio Administrative Office Manager Email: office@ksi.edu Phone: (847) 679-3135 Fax: (847) 679-3166

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