Powerful, Cost-effective, 100% End User Focused

RFID Essentials is the premiere online learning tool for end-user organizations in the early stages of adoption. Users not only learn RFID technology, but also how to apply it profitably.

Your enterprise can shave months off a pilot or implementation by getting the entire project team up to speed early in the planning phase.

RFID Essentials is the first and only "virtual workshop" in the marketplace--highly interactive and visual. Since it is available over the Internet, you can learn at your own pace, from your office, home, or local coffee shop.

“RFID Essentials is an excellent learning tool for end-user companies piloting or rolling out RFID applications. Because it’s online and very visual, it’s well adapted to global companies. My team particularly liked its imaginative, interactive exercises. The final exam is challenging, but a good measure of a person’s readiness to plan a pilot.”

Dr. Patrick King, Global Electronics Strategist, Michelin

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Who Should Take RFID Essentials

It’s ideal for information technology, finance, operations, engineering, and sales professionals and managers who want to familiarize themselves with RFID technology without spending days or weeks reading or sitting in a classroom.

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Individuals may subscribe to RFID Essentials for 60 days. The price is $545.

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For organizations wanting to train groups, we offer a 12-month, Enterprise License featuring special pricing. Please contact us for details.

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Course Contents

RFID technology -- Active, passive, RTLS, middleware
RFID standards -- Including how to share data with trading partners using EPCglobal standards
Applications -- Including 20 actual deployments producing ROI
How to identify the most promising applications in your enterprise
Steps in planning a pilot
How to measure the financial contribution of an RFID application in your enterprise -- Including interactive case studies
How to secure tag-reader communication; and privacy policies and regulations
Final exam (and certificate) -- Tests applied knowledge; offered up to three times

Imaginative animations help you understand how RFID technology works in typical applications like hospital asset tracking (RTLS), supply chain tracking (UHF passive), and ePassports (HF passive).

Two in-depth case studies involving enterprises’ prospective investment in RFID invite you to think through the evaluation process. Learn how to how to apply key performance indicators (KPI’s) and common financial measurement techniques to assess a project’s potential.

The optional final exam, offered up to three times, tests applied knowledge—not rote memorization. Passing it certifies your readiness to plan a pilot.

More about what you will learn.

People Learn Best from Hands-on Experience

Our exclusive YouTag Virtual Workshops give you the equivalent of hands-on experience with realistic RFID tags and readers, on your PC.

RFID Essentials provides experiential learning. Users exercise critical and creative thinking in real-world, simulated applications--just what they need to implement this transformative technology.

Developed in collaboration with three top industry experts, this self-paced, eight-hour resource provides you with the confidence and readiness to advance your organization's RFID initiative.

What People Are Saying

"RFID Essentials provides a great way to learn about RFID--and one that is unique and beneficial to the RFID industry. I liked so many aspects of it, it's hard to single out anything in particular. I think the "virtual lab" experience was right on. What a great way to convey this type of activity without a real lab to work with! Bringing in EPCglobal standards was exactly the type of thing folks need to be aware of when implementing RFID. Implementing an RFID project was stressed very well, along with understanding the ROI (and various ways to determine value). Everything was well thought out and presented in a logical fashion."

Duncan Wallace, Manager, AutoID Expertise Center, Dow Chemical

"RFID Essentials is outstanding! It is rare that a self-paced course can prepare an individual to address both the business and technical considerations of RFID technology in such an interactive an effective manner."

Justin Baraga, Technical Services Manager, All-Pak

"This course was very easy to follow because the knowledge was well presented and real-life examples were used. All the modules included activities and demonstrations, which I thought were very helpful because I am a visual learner. I wish I'd taken this course before I started on our RFID project, instead of in the middle. It would have given me a base of knowledge (a visual base, which is important in my case) that would have enabled me to be more productive from the start. Instead, I had to learn about RFID from our systems team, which uses very technical terms."

D.M., Healthcare Industry Vendor

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