Driving Measurable Process Improvements with RFID Cold Chain Visibility (RFID Smart Labels USA 2007)

Mr Thomas Racette, Director, Business Development - RFID Tags
Motorola Enterprise Mobility Division, United States
 

Presentation Summary

  • Protecting the integrity of perishables increases the complexity of supply chain management. This session will examine some existing cold chain management practices, including examining a Class 4 active RFID monitoring system, then give some insight into what is possible with the evolution of Class 3 tags. Areas to be reviewed will include: technology, applications, architecture, and the business value of data analysis.

Speaker Biography (Thomas Racette)

Tom Racette is the Director of RFID Market Development for Motorola's Enterprise Mobility Division. Tom has an extensive knowledge in item level tagging having pioneered, worked and eventually led the $158 million EAS source tagging business during his eleven year tenure with ADT/Sensormatic (a Division of Tyco). At the time of his departure from ADT in late 2005, 4.5 billion EAS tags were being applied on an annual basis to thousands of consumer goods products around the globe. Prior to joining ADT/Sensormatic, Tom held leadership roles at IBM, CF Airfreight, Weyerhaeuser and The Stanley Works Company.