Note: this is the a guest post from Harold Boeck, who leads the event in Montreal, and also a marketing professor at U.Sherbrooke. He reports about a recenlty created RFID group in Montreal
RFIDTribe was hosted in Montreal by Academia RFID in an RFID enabled warehouse that is currently used for liaison Can/US customers for “slap&ship” and “print&apply” RFID tagging, warehousing and transportation.
Jean-Francois Thériault, Director of Logistics and Transportation at the SAQ, presented the results from a multi-year study and proof of concept on the impact of RFID on its operational processes. He also shared his vision of the technology and where RFID benefits could eventually be found. What I thought was really interesting and of particular value, were the insightful and specific examples he provided on how certain decisions could impact the project in a big way.
There was also a networking session. This was a great opportunity to meet other people working with or evaluating RFID technology. There were so many interesting people to meet that the last participants left at 9PM! Academia RFID also sponsored some great door prizes which added a touch of “fun” to the event.
We had participants from the following companies:
Air Canada, Johnson & Johnson, Rogers Communications, Bell Canada, Academia RFID, Novva-iD, Taglogic RFID, Liaison Can/US, Mcdonald DesChênes, Kruger, Motorola Division Enterprise Mobility, Hewlett-Packard Canada, iFact inc., SAQ, BlueStar Canada, E’Mind Tek Solutions Inc., McGill University, ePoly, Ecole Polytechnique Montreal, Université de Sherbrooke, Deloitte Consulting, Overheer Systems, Atmel Corporation, Deuteron, Bell Business Solutions, Orange Silicomp, Hello, Architekt !, Ship2save.
The next meeting is planned for March 2008. You can register to join the community and be kept in the loop.
