University of Kansas offers RFID Course

Summary

November 30, 2006 - The University of Kansas will be presenting "Intelligent Asset Management using RFID: Real ROI in Asset Management and Closed Loop Systems" on Wednesday-Friday, February 28 to March 2, 2007, at the Hampton Inn and Suites, Country Club Plaza, Kansas City, Missouri. Overview Spend three days gaining data collection knowledge about how to use Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) to provide the visibility in your Asset Management and Closed Loop Systems. You will find this is where your Return on Investment (ROI) can happen quickly! Who Should Attend Designed for Asset and Property Managers, CFO, engineers, executives and other professionals who need to gain accuracy, visibility, and better manage their assets, work-in-process inventory, and finished goods. Whether you are just a beginner or seasoned veteran in the field of RFID, you will gain some insight on how other companies are achieving ROI! Instructors L. Allen Bennett Mr. Bennett founded System Concepts (SCI) in 1984 and has served as its President / CEO from its inception. The company provides RFID Software Solutions through its own marketing channels and directly to industries and government agencies, large and small, across the United States. Major companies such as IBM, Chrysler, Springs Industries, Merck, Universities, and many US government agencies including Social Security Administration, Bureau of Federal Prisons, FEMA, U.S. Customs, and Department of Energy have utilized Mr. Bennett’s knowledge and talents of the automatic data collection technologies to assist them in education, consultation, direction, and developing strategies utilizing and implementing the technology. Dr. Daniel Deavours Daniel Deavours is a research professor at the University of Kansas Information and Telecommunication Technology Center (ITTC). He is the director of research of the RFID Alliance Lab, a not-for-profit testing facility that provides objective benchmarking reports on RFID equipment. He regularly reports the Lab’s findings at national and regional conferences and is a regular contributor to The RFID Journal. Dr. Deavours holds a master’s degree and a doctorate in electrical engineering, as well as a bachelor’s degree in computer engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.