Automatic Identification (Bar Code & RF ID) Workshops

         AUTOMATIC IDENTIFICATION? AUTOMATIC DATA CAPTURE?            KEYLESS DATA ENTRY? MACHINE READABLE CODING?
(Bar Code, Magnetic Stripe, Radio Frequency Data Communications, Radio
Frequency Identification, Voice Data Collection, Michine Vision, SMART Cards, Optical Character Recognition, Magnetic Ink Character Recognition, Biometrics, EDI)

				At
			Keele University  
			      Keele
		          Stafforshire

	          	Thursday March 11th 1993
		Monday April 19th - Thursday April 22nd 1993
	 

Whatever you wish to call it, the collection of machine-readable data for automatic computer input is fast becoming a prerequisite in many business sectors. Human error and bottlenecks can be virtually eliminated. Stocks can be minimised, and efficiency maximised.

If you are involved in the introduction of such a system in your organisation, or if you are a newcomer working in the Auto ID industry itself, you could save a great deal of TIME, EFFORT and MONEY by familiarising yourself with the options open to you - and how to go about implementing them.

PRACTICAL WORKSHOPS A modular programme of workshops covering all you need to know about getting started with automatic identification and automatic data capture has been designed to enable YOU to pick which to attend. Each day can be treated as a stand-alone course.

The emphasis is on HANDS-ON experience. Equipment is there to try out, with instruction from experienced university tutors as well as industrial specialists.

The workshops are jointly organised by the Automatic Identification Group at Keele University and AIM UK, the trade association dedicated to this area of technology.

                         IDENTIFICATION AND TRACKING                             WORKSHOP PROGRAMME All courses begin at 10.00 am (in the AIM UK Training Support Laboratory, Department of Physics) and finish at approximately 6.00 pm.

Thursday March 11th 1993

Auto ID Technologies for Process Improvement: An Introduction

This one-day course is designed to increase general knowledge of the technologies and the benefits to be gained from automating data capture processes. Video and printed course material will be provided for further study.

Monday April 19th - Thursady April 22nd 1993

Delegates can Choose from one to four days on the following topics;

DAY 1: Auto ID Technologies for Process Improvement: An Introduction         

	This one-day course is designed to increase general knowledge
	of the technologies and the benefits to be gained from
	automating data capture processes. Video and printed course
	material will be provided for further study.

DAY 2: Bar Coding in Practice

	Bar Code Symbologies and Scanning
	Label Design and Printing
	Portable Data Capture
	Bar Code Standards
	Looking at applications

DAY 3: 	Radio Frequency Identification (tagging)

	The technology and its capabilities
	Limitations; regulations, range, cost factors
	Typical applications
	Selecting a system

DAY 4:	Systems Intergration and Data Communications

	Interfacing to Computer Systems
	Networking and Communications
	Selection for Systems Integration
	Electronic Data Interchange

	NOTE: Whilst this particular workshop is focused upon bar
	coding, RF tagging, and systems integration, future workshops
	will cover other auto-ID technologies, including MAGNETIC
	STRIPE and SMART CARD, VISION and VOICE systems and PERSONAL
	ID.

WHO SHOULD ATTEND? Those at the "front end" of project planning-especially people engaged in LOGISTICS/WORKS MANAGEMENT, and MIS/COMPUTER SYSTEMS/INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY.No prior knowledge of automatic identification is necessary.

COST
(Note ...the more days you attend, the cheaper the daily rate)
Daily rate includes meals and workshop materials.

		1 day.........#175.00
		2 days........#290.00
		3 days........#385.00
		4 days........#440.00

Overnight accommodation is not included in these prices but can be arranged....contact workshop organizers for details.

HOW TO GET TO KEELE UNIVERSITY: The University is on the A525 two miles

				west of Newcastle-under-Lyme, in
				Staffordhire.

				BY CAR
				From the North, leave the M6 at
				junction 16 and follow the A500 and A34
				to Newcastle-under-Lyme, the A525 to
				Keele.

				From the South, leave the M6 at
				junction 15 and follow th A519 to
				Newcastle-under-Lyme, then the A525 to
				Keele.

				BY RAIL
				The nearest railway station is
				Stoke-on-Trent (Euston to Manchester
				Line), the next nearest is Crewe

For registration and or further information contact:

	Dr A Furness - AIM UK Training Support Laboratory
	Automatic Identification Group
	Department of Physics
	Keele University
	Keele 
	Staffordshire
	ST5 5BG

	Telephone +44 (0)782 58 3322
	Fax +44 (0)782 711093
	Internet E-mail:  auto-id_at_seq1.keele.ac.uk