Keynote:
RFID
Presented By: Jack Cook, CFPIM, CSCP, CSQE
Date: Friday, April 25, 2008
Time: 8:00 AM - 8:45AM
Radio frequency identification methods have arrived. Fundamentally, RFID
is a way to provide automatic non-evasive inspection of packages,
automobiles, rail cars, shipping containers to confirm the contents is as
specified. These new devices are everywhere today in the form of Easy-Pass
on the highway, patient identification in health care, tags on medicine
packages, to tracking exact locations of rail and over the road containers.
The genesis of this technology was with the bar codes first seen in grocery
stores forty years ago. This technology rapidly moved into a required
technology for inventory control. Continued technology advances have now
moved into the ability to integrate RFID services for planning, compliance,
standards and data capture in both service and manufacturing industries. The
technology continues to advance with the distance of identification moving
from meters to satellite recognition for higher valued products and
services.
Jack Cook, CFPIM, CSCP, CSQE
Dr. Jack Cook is a professor, speaker, author, and consultant. He is an
Associate Professor of Operations and Information Systems at the Rochester
Institute of Technology (RIT). His areas of expertise include Supply Chain
Management, Lean Thinking, Information Systems, Operations Management and
Electronic Commerce. Jack's extensive experience teaching and training over
the last two decades includes over one hundred conference presentations and
numerous journal articles. He has an entertaining and engaging approach and
is known for bringing theories to life, resulting in him being honored five
teaching awards.
Dr. Cook is a Certified Fellow in Production and Inventory Management
(CFPIM), Certified Supply Chain Professional (CSCP) as well as a Certified
Software Quality Engineer (CSQE). He is a CPIM and CSCP certification
instructor, and has developed and delivered many seminars and on-site
training programs. In addition to extensively consulting and training Lean
Six Sigma Green and Black Belts, Dr. Cook developed a Lean Six Sigma x-Belt
Certification program specifically designed for non-manufacturers. His
education includes a Ph.D. in Business Administration, an MS in Computer
Science, an MBA, an MA in Mathematics, and a BS in Computer Science.
