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 These
are technology introductions, delivered on-line. Currently, they are offered
free of charge... the $19.00 registration fee has been paid for by members of
the Professional Registry.
Bar
Code and RFID: The Link Between Inventory and Supply Chain Control
Class
Description
This
foundation class is essential for IT and IS professionals as well as operations
managers and executives. Supply
chains are about linking products to orders and orders to shipments and
shipments to payments. The class examines the basic transactions that both cause
and result from material flow and explains how bar codes are used to identify
each different product and shipping container moving throughout a supply chain.
It
helps everyone to understand how contemporary systems are now able to obtain the
volume of real time, discrete, information that is necessary to provide 100%
accurate visibility into sales, shipments, inventory and orders to improve
procurement, inventory and scheduling systems This knowledge is valuable to any
size company regardless of its level of sophistication.
Students
will learn the base line concepts and technical capabilities so they can communicate
more effectively with:
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Customers
and suppliers who may be asking to use the technology
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Those
who provide the information, manufacturing and distribution systems that use the
information
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Other
peers when discussing new business solutions
When
the class is over, students will understand the direct and vital relationship
between material and information flow.
Class
Outline
Introduction
Standards
and information elements
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Beyond
bar codes
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Communications,
Documents. Transactions
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Product
ID (the number in the bar code)
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What
should be included in a company or industry standard
The
communication cycle
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Buyer
to supplier flow
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Information
interchange
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Bar
code interchange
Benefits
to trading partners
Support
Materials (additional charge of
$29.00)
Following
are the recommended support materials for this session. They include two
well-written, easy to understand booklets, many valuable Internet links and two
books as “recommended reading.”
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Getting
Started With Bar Codes Lite.
This hypertext document is a simple to understand primer for those just getting
involved in bar codes. The 10 pages provide the 10 terms and concepts most
necessary to understand.
- What is a Bar Code?
- Benefits of Bar Code
- Bar Code Applications
- Different Types of Bar Code
- Compatibility with Existing Systems
- Components of a Bar Code System
- Bar Code Standards
- Getting Bar Codes On Your Products
- Printing Bar Codes
- Initial
Implementation Action Steps
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Solutions
in Transportation and Distribution.
This 16 plus, page booklet explains the role of automatic data collection
in transportation and distribution. It also provides success stories from around
the world. The booklet is presented in searchable and printable PDF format so it
can be printed or used as an electronic reference item.
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Identifying Areas and Processes
Where the Technologies Can Be Used
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Shipment Information
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Identifying Consignments and
Items
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Yard and Hub-based Operations
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Field Operations
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Routing and Tracking of Goods
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Transportation Management
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Transport of People
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Data Appliances and Enterprise
Software Interfaces
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Twenty-eight
brief stories about how various technologies are being used throughout the world
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Web Links:
- Magazines
& Periodicals.
Hint: some magazines have searchable article databases.
- Business Solutions
- Frontline Solutions
- Industrial Distribution
- Integrated Solutions
- Logistics Management
- Material Handling Management
- Materials Management & Distribution
- Modern Materials Handling
- MSI
- Supply Chain Management Review
- Trade
associations that have developed supply chain standards
- AIA -
Automotive Industries Association of Canada
- APPMA
- American Pet Products Manufacturers Association
- ASA -
American Supply Association
- DIPRA
- Ductile Iron Pipe Research Association
- GAMA -
Gas Appliance Manufacturers Association
- HIA -
Hobby Industry Association
- HRAI -
Heating, Refrigerating & Air Conditioning Institute of Canada
- IBCA -
Integrated Business Communications Alliance
- IDA -
Industrial Distributors Association
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NASGW
- National Association of Sporting Goods Wholesalers
- NBMDA
- North American Building Material Distribution Association
- NFDA -
National Fastener Distributors Association
- NHRAW
- Northamerican Heating, Refrigeration & Air Conditioning Wholesalers
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NPTA
- National Paper Trade Association
- PEI -
Petroleum Equipment Institute
- PIDA -
Pet Industry Distributors Association
- STAFDA -
Specialty Tools & Fasteners Distributors Association
- WWPSA
- World Wide Pet Supply Association
- Uniform
Code Council
– The organization that has established and maintains the U.P.C. and the
EAN.UCC standards
- Recommended
Books:
- No Boundaries (2003)
Break Through to Supply Chain
- Future Capable
Company
- How to Save Warehouse
Space: 152 Tested Techniques
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