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Sixth Annual Global RFID ROI Summit

Tuesday, January 29, 2008

Dates: January 29-30, 2008
Venue: M,O,C Munich
Location: Germany
URL: http://www.rfid-roi.com
Contact: Oliver Sloane – Manufacturing and Supply Chain Industries Director, oliver.sloane@wtgevents.com

Description: “The world’s foremost gathering of RFID practitioners”

Taking place 29th and 30th January 2008, Global RFID ROI 2008 is the event bringing together the leading RFID practitioners from a broad cross section of industries that will give you the opportunity of discovering the real ROI behind RFID implementation.


Conference program highlights include:

  • Understanding the value proposition and the case for RFID investment: Realising the benefits

  • Deploying RFID in manufacturing: Realising the ROI through improved processes
  • Choosing the right standards for worldwide use - how the new EPC Information services standard will facilitate revenue enhancing and cost saving
  • Tracking returnable transport items: Successfully deploying RFID to track dollies and crates in the supply chain
  • Combining PLM & RFID: Product Lifecycle Management and Information Tracking using Smart Embedded Systems
  • BRIDGE: Building RFID solutions for the global environment through the EU’s biggest RFID project
  • Book now for the special price of £1595 for access to all the keynote conference sessions and interactive workshops that will equip you with the necessary information to take back and implement in your own operation and achieve real business value. [end] 

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