Pittsburgh Section

Voice And RFID Technologies In Supply Chain Operations

 

Speaker: Tom Kerr – Director, Applied Research, Vocollect

Date: Tuesday, April 21, 2009

Time: 6:30 PM Refreshments, 7:00 PM Presentation

Place: Vocollect, Inc., 703 Rodi Road, Pittsburgh, PA 15235

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Sponsors: IEEE Pittsburgh Section Computer Society, Vocollect

Presentation Overview: Vocollect is leading the convergence of Voice and RFID technologies in supply chain operations. Voice and RFID are complementary technologies that, when integrated together, mutually enhance their benefits. Vocollect Voice with RFID creates the equivalent of a “talking RFID tag,” and “hearing what the tag says” is safer, more accurate and more productive way to access information, saving time, money and labor.

This presentation will provide an overview of both voice and RFID technologies, and show how they work together for mutual benefit. The current state of the art in mobile RFID will be presented, as well as a discussion of the current state of adoption in the supply chain market. Some case studies will be presented to show examples of what has worked and what hasn’t in specific applications. Market trends and future technology directions will be discussed.

 

Speaker: Tom Kerr is Director of Applied Research at Vocollect, the world leader in Voice-Directed Work®. Tom leads technology development efforts for new products that improve the performance of active mobile workers. His team is advancing the state of the art in wearable RFID reader technology by combining innovations in diverse fields including RF engineering, materials science, embedded systems and human-computer interaction. Tom is the co-author of several peer-reviewed articles on RFID and related technologies and is an invited speaker at academic and industry events on the subject. Tom is a Senior Member of IEEE and serves on the IEEE Technical Committee on RFID. He was a technical editor for RFID for IEEE Applications and Practice Magazine and also served as Co-Series Editor for one edition. He holds a BSEE degree from Penn State and a MSEE degree from Florida Institute of Technology.

 

Directions: Take Parkway East to Penn Hills Exit 11. Take the first right immediately past the exit ramp. Stay right and follow the winding road up the hill past the Comfort Inn to the white Vocollect building. The meeting room is located on the lowest level of the white building. Enter the building through one of the doors near the loading dock.

Note: The Vocollect buildings are located on an access road called Maple Lane, so Google Maps and other programs usually give incorrect results when our Rodi Road mailing address is provided. Better results may be obtained by searching for “Maple Lane, Pittsburgh, PA 15235.”