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This publication is a professional quality DVD video covering rugged RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) methods and solutions. RFID is a major enabler in terms of tracing products, processes, accounting for inventory changes close to real-time, and integrating supply chains with the purpose of cutting losses and making any enterprise leaner. On its own, RFID is an exciting technology only... the key is to integrate RFID into a transparent, visually controlled business. VFM is an integrated set of methods and technologies for the purpose of reducing waste at all levels, improving profitability, increasing lean production control, product & process quality, productivity, safety, on-demand / just-in-time (JIT) production / delivery, and employee morale in a factory, or virtually in any business. In this video we discuss durable RFID designs with pharmaceutical, automotive, packaging, quality control, and other application examples, the integrated antenna controller, RFID cost issues, RFID tag read / write strategies, RFID networks and configuration control software, RFID tag-embedded database aspects, gateway concentrators and Ethernet connectivity, real-time performance monitoring / reporting and data-logging, error message management, connectivity and traceability, and process bottleneck analysis issues with real-world examples. In terms of VFM with RFID, the next step is typically the implementation of a 'Five S', a 'Lean Six-Sigma', and a 'Monozukuri' program. (See more about these methods and technologies in Professor Ranky's Library.) System Requirements: DVD-ROM: NTSC standard definition (SD) DVD video player for TV, or computer. Approximate length 23 minutes, in 16:9 widescreen format, also playable on a 4:3 regular screen, or any good computer screen (800 x 600 resolution, or better). Furthermore available in PAL DVD video, in streamed digital, and Apple Video iPod formats. The HD (high-definition NTSC and PAL) formats are also available as soon as the

About the Actor

Eur-Ing. Professor Paul G. Ranky, Dr-Techn/ PhD, Full Tenured Professor at NJIT, USA, is a Registered and Chartered Professional Engineer, specializing in integrated product and process design (www.cimwareukandusa.com), PLM (Product Lifecycle Management), using digital product, process, manufacturing, and factory design methods and tools, concurrent / simultaneous engineering, in design for manufacturing / assembly / disassembly / quality, in manufacturing systems and industrial engineering, in hi-tech project management, in requirements analysis, in process risk analysis, in total quality management, in designing and operating lean systems, and in information technology, in underwater device test engineering (including corrosion and MEMS / nanotech. device testing), with nationally and internationally recognized academic, industrial and engineering management experiences in: Integrated product and process design, PLM (Product Lifecycle Management), object oriented collaborative concurrent/ simultaneous engineering, multi life-cycle assessment and integration of product design and manufacturing/ de-manufacturing processes, product requirement analysis, product innovation, product development from concept to product, process analysis and design, design for manufacturing / assembly / demanufacturing / quality, Lean and agile flexible/ cellular manufacturing and automation system design, simulation, operation control and programming, manufacturing/ machining/ electro-mechanical, automotive assembly process design, CAD/CAM to CNC, tool management, robotics (research and industrial scale), certain aspects of medical robotic design and manufacture, (see more at cimwareukandusa.com), Total quality control and management, ISO9000x, product testing and evaluation, Information technology (IT), including computer programming, computer graphics, interactive multimedia authoring and programming, web-authoring, object-oriented user interface design for engineering multimedia, di