Spanish First Meeting on the RFID Implementation, 2009
Madrid April 30th, 2009, Hotel Auditorium
On April 30 2009, took place in Madrid the Spanish First Encounter focused on real and practical RFID applications, with the objective of responding to the current global economic situation.
Companies are seeking solutions to remain competitive, better customer loyalty and increase profits in the trading account. One tool that allows us to achieve higher productivity rates is RFID:
The RFID enables slash processes and unproductive labor that do not add value to the product, providing a lot of alive data that allow us to create tools for customer loyalty.
Companies collaborating with RFID 2009 Journal
Key Speakers
Dr. Gerd Wolfram
Managing Director
MGI METRO Group Information Technology (Germany)
Probably one of the most influential RFID worldwide people, "great driver" of practical RFID in Europe, is Managing Director of MGI METRO Group Information Technology and an expert on the live RFID application and EPC code including..
Paper: RFID@METRO Group – Increasing Supply Chain Efficiency
Stephane Pique
European Director EPC/RFID
GS1 EPC Global
Expert in RFID and EPC, developer of RFID European market and one of the architects of the ISO. PMID GS1 Europe and benchmark of EPC / RFID for 13 years.
Paper: Development of RFID Edge in Europe
Christian Mottet
IBM Senior Solutions
IBM Sensors Solutions (France)
Since the beginning of RFID, IBM has seen the importance of such technology would have in business organizations. It has therefore done their applications and standardizing systems for their integration into business.
Paper: Airbus, Auto-ID and Value Chain Visibility Program
Roelof Koopmans
European Manager
Mojix (California)
The Mojix system is the most significant technological advance in the RFID environment, which is well suited to modern business needs. The chain visibility and simplification of processes is the key factor.
Paper: New Paradigm in 3D RFID Readers
Santiago Depares
CTO (Chief Technology Officer)
Dipole RFID
One of the most RFID influential in Spain, driver-creator of the famous Middleware RFID Data Suite and expert direction in the implementation of RFID projects.
Paper: Implement the RFID Successfully
Antonio G. Barros
Presidente
Grupo Intercom
Spanish key part in the Internet development. Antonio is a great self-man, an expert speaker and able to excite the attendees talking about how is the innovation inside companies.
Paper: 6 ideas for innovation in our business
The RFID today on the street, with Users
Today, the RFID has passed its testing phase and is at an early stage of massive exploitation. However, a number of conceptual uncertainties persist today are sponsored by the classical trends flows, among which are:
- It tends to confuse the RFID HF and the UHF RFID, being completely different from a technological standpoint, but sufficiently indistinguishable to the user experienced
- Its tend to see the RFID like an end rather than a means to obtain business benefit, to optimize business processes
- Magnified in general have too much expectations, overshadowing the great benefits and ongoing progress in the implementation of RFID technology
- In Europe, there are no known actual costs of the RFID tag and is working with very high costs
- The role of the RFID middleware and software yet undiscovered, being a vital necessity for the successful RFID project
See also
DipoleRFID Mission, Vision and Values
DipoleRFID Overview