RFID Now! (RFID-101) is an intensive one-day course for professionals engaged in RFID initiatives, designed to provide a thorough and up-to-date understanding of today’s RFID landscape. Taught by Alien RFID Academy subject matter experts with extensive field experience in leading-edge RFID implementations, RFID Now! leads students through the science, standards, break-through technologies and best practices behind successful, enterprise-class RFID solutions.

Not just “what,” but also “how”

With an eye on discovery and building a broad base of applicable knowledge, students engage in:

• Hands-on examinations of the latest RFID antenna, reader and tag designs.
• Deep-dive explanations and impact of the global standards and regulations currently guiding RFID.
• Detailed assessments of the communication protocols that provide the glue for today’s RFID environments.

RFID Now! utilizes a combination of interactive class room discussion, team challenges, and real-life scenarios and case-studies to equip students for outlining solutions, selecting technology and implementation partners, and sourcing equipment. Particular emphasis is placed on:

• Recent compliance initiatives and how your business can best respond.
• The new capabilities presented by the Gen2 protocol, and the speed, flexibility and adaptability it brings to RFID.

Takeaways:

Topics:

How to make the components of a RFID solution work together to your business’s best advantage The impact of standards and regulations on performance and global deployments Optimum tag, antenna and reader types for RFID implementation How to ensure optimal tag placement and maximum read rates under a variety of conditions Major compliance guidelines and what they mean to your business How to leverage key characteristics of the Gen2 protocol

The state-of-the-art in readers, antennas and tags Current global standards and regulations EPC protocols RFID deployment options: Systems and network topologies Tag type capabilities and benefits Tagging pallets, cases and items Tag and product interactions Antenna types and field profiles Compliance requirements Implementation process and blueprint

Instructors
Alien RFID Academy courses are taught by teams of experienced RFID Application experts, who have helped define and lead some of the industry’s most successful deployments. Actively on the forefront of RFID in the field, these instructors focus on delivering an intensive, hands-on educational experience addressing the real-life issues and challenges in implementing RFID.

Who should attend?
Alien RFID Academy courses are designed for technical management and staff responsible for RFID strategy or implementation, including:

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