Please join fellow CIO Forum members and invited guests at 8 a.m. on April 20 where the featured topic of the Mid-Atlantic CIO Forum meeting will be Radio Frequency Identification (RFID). RFID is an intrinsic force in a significant transformation that is occurring in the global supply chain. While large corporations have been early innovators, more and more companies are starting to venture into RFID. Hear how early implementations are doing.
Carolyn Walton, Vice President – Information Systems, Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. will speak on “Enabling the Real Time Supply Chain Through The Use of RFID”. She will address how to improve on shelf availability by the use of a standards based, RFID approach. It has been three short years since Wal-Mart invited its top suppliers to join them to use RFID. Carolyn Walton will share how Wal-Mart was able to take the technology from the ‘lab’ to the real world and deliver positive impacts, including, reducing Out of Stocks.
Brian Millsap, Vice President and Chief Information Officer of Hampton Products International Corporation, will discuss the successful experience with RFID by Hampton Products. Learn how a company, which chose to be an early adopter, approached the implementation of RFID into its business.
Pre-registration is required and seating is limited. Interested faculty, staff, and students should contact Cathy Swift at 410-704-4252 or {cswift@towson.edu} to register as well as obtain meeting logistics. For more information about the Forum, please visit {www.towson.edu/cioforum}.
The Mid-Atlantic CIO Forum, affiliated with the Division of Economic and Community Outreach (DECO) of Towson University, is designed to foster excellence in business and information technology in an environment that promotes educational and networking opportunities for CIO’s facing similar challenges and issues. CIOs participate with peers to share information and experiences, and exchange best practices in peer-to-peer discussion sessions.
