Learn RFID - On Your Schedule, from Anywhere

Radio frequency identification technology helps organizations improve operations and products, resulting in reduced costs and increased revenue.  But in order to deploy RFID successfully, employees must have a solid understanding of the technology.

RFID Essentials is an interactive, Web-based training tool designed for end-user organizations in the early adoption phase.  This is the time when many project teams find themselves "stuck in the weeds", unable to develop a consensus around how best to take advantage of the technology. 

RFID Essentials helps project team members and other stakeholders gain a firm grounding in RFID technology, and how to use it to produce measurable improvements in operations like the supply chain, asset tracking, and access control.  Having everyone up to speed early in the planning process enables an organization to move forward and avoid missteps.

Self-paced, RFID Essentials takes about eight hours to complete.  It's ideal for information technology, finance, operations, engineering, and sales professionals who want to familiarize themselves with RFID without spending days in a classroom or weeks reading.

What you will learn

This virtual workshop will prepare you to:

• Identify and rank potential RFID applications in your enterprise
• Choose the right RFID architecture for an application
• Choose vendors and evaluate their recommendations more objectively
• Develop an effective business case for an application
• Systematically plan a pilot RFID project
• Take the CompTIA RFID+ Certification exam, when combined with a study guide

View complete course syllabus

Free sample: Excerpt from Module 4

Positioning RFID tags for readability

Why RFID Essentials Provides Unmatched Value

• 100% end user focused -- Users not only learn RFID technology, but also how to apply it and measure its financial contribution to their enterprise. 

  • Passing final exam (earning Certificate of Completion) validates your preparedness to plan a pilot

• Interactive, sensory, lively, and real-world -- Users exercise critical and creative thinking in simulated applications, just what they need to implement this transformative technology.

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

• Developed by top industry experts -- Users benefit from insight gained from years of field implementation experience.
• Self paced and convenient

  • Proceed on your schedule—from the office, home, or your local coffee shop. 
  • Available 24 x 7 on the Web

  • No prior RFID experience assumed

  • Numerous, optional, "In-depth" sections for learners with prior RFID experience

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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 -- RFID in the supply chain, healthcare, access control, and more; including 20 actual deployments producing ROI
• How to identify the most promising RFID applications in your enterprise
• Steps in planning a pilot
• How to measure the financial contribution of an RFID application to your enterprise -- Including interactive case studies
• How to secure RFID tag-reader communication; and privacy policies and regulations
• Final exam -- Tests applied knowledge, offered three times
• After taking the exam, review the course as often as you wish during your enrollment.

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 RFID investments invite you to think through the the process of identifying and quantifying the business benefits. 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.

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