Supply Chain RFID Forum Discussion at the Automation Summit ...

Supply Chain RFID at the Automation Summit: Al Frink, US Department of Commerce to Keynote at SME Automation & ...

From Yahoo News (press release) ... RFID Forum (Radio Frequency Identification) "Making Waves: Integrating RFID into Your Supply Chain," and a Workshop "Extending the Lean Toolkit to the Whole ...

... Al Frink, assistant secretary, Manufacturing and Services, U.S. Department of Commerce, Washington, D.C., will deliver the keynote, "A Government Perspective -- The Role of Government in Automation and Assembly," on Wednesday, April 20, 2005 - 8 a.m. - 9:15 a.m., at the Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME) 2nd Annual Automation & Assembly Summit, "Achieving World Class Manufacturing with Advanced Automation." The event is being held at the Sheraton West Port Hotel Lakeside Chalet, St. Louis, Mo., on April 18-20, 2005. ...

SME established the Automated Manufacturing & Assembly Community (AMAC) to identify advanced and evolving manufacturing technologies and processes in the area of automation and assembly.