Retail RFID Conference: Wal-Mart and Target Sit on Panel With Their Suppliers to Discuss ...
From Business Wire (press release) ... Top IT and business executives from Wal-Mart, Target Stores, HP, and Kimberly Clark will discuss critical issues around
RFID during one of the three opening ...
Retail Systems 2004/VICS Collaborative Commerce
17-19 May, 2004
McCormick Place, Chicago IL USA
Conference RFID highlights...
Keep Pace with RFID and other Evolving Technologies
Improve Product Movement and Visibility
Collaborate with Trading Partners
Align IT with Business Objectives
Walmart keynote speaker:
Mike Duke will discuss the long-term vision driving Wal-Mart Stores’ decision to integrate Electronic Product Code (EPC) and RFID network technology into his company’s supply chain practices. He will discuss his senior management team’s rationale for the well publicized Wal-Mart 2005 initiative and its implications for the suppliers of the world’s largest retailer. He will describe how he views transformational technologies such as RFID and their potential impact on logistics, store operations and merchandising.
Michael, who is one of the primary business sponsors of Wal- Mart’s RFID initiative, is responsible for the day-to-day retail and merchandising operations of Wal-Mart’s discount stores, Supercenters and Neighborhood Markets in the US.
Prior to this position, he served as executive vice president of administration. Mike joined Wal-Mart in 1995. During his time at the company he has also served as executive vice president of logistics, senior vice president of logistics and senior vice president of distribution. A long-time retail industry veteran, Mike spent 23 years with Federated Department Stores, May Department Stores and Venture Stores.
VICS
Come join members of the VICS Board of Directors as they provide an overview of the VICS Strategic Plan, highlighting the significant changes that will define VICS for the short- and long-term future, 2003 accomplishments, and major initiatives planned for 2004 - 2005. The new VICS value proposition, of critical importance to existing as well as potential members, will be discussed. An explanation of member benefits, including a revitalized Web site and newsletter that will feature current and relevant information, will conclude the session.
SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT at DOD
Adopt an RFID Supply Chain Practice
Maurice Stewart
Deputy Chief of DOD Logistics Automatic Identification Technology
Automatic Identification Technology (AIT) Office U.S. Department of Defense
Maurice will look at how the Department of Defense (DOD) is preparing to deploy RFID technology. He will explain how the DOD, which has been using active RFID tags to track freight containers since 1995, will require all suppliers to use active and passive RFID tags on all shipments to the military by January 2005. Learn about the feedback from supplier educational meetings of October 2003, and the RFID Summit of January 2004, as well as analysis of the DOD’s initial RFID projects. Explore the intricacies considered when phasing in RFID requirements on a large scale. Understand the DOD’s plans for embracing and utilizing diverse numbering schemes, and leveraging RFID technology throughout the DOD supply chain.
Technology Viewpoint Session on Microsoft RFID
Features and benefits of Microsoft’s Smarter Retail Initiative
Frank May
Industry Manager
Microsoft
An overview of the Microsoft Smarter Retailing Initiative will identify the functional benefits of providing “new edge of the enterprise” information to both retailer’s customers and sales associates in the store. A description of the architecture behind the initiative will illustrate how Microsoft and their partner solutions can be installed today to provide a competitive edge in the marketplace. The availability and usage of real time operational data provided by this architecture provides the methodology to migrate current systems into this new world. Integration of this architecture into an existing IT infrastructure will be discussed. Emerging wireless and RFID and other technologies introduction into the architecture will also be described.
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