Learn RFID in Hours, Right from Your PC

RFID Essentials Course 1, "Introduction to RFID", is an interactive, online learning resource designed to address the needs of end-user organizations in the exploration or early adoption phase. In about eight hours, at your pace, you can acquire working knowledge of RFID technology, and how to apply and evaluate it.

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.

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

This course will prepare you to:

• Identify and rank potential applications in your enterprise
• Choose the right RFID architecture for an application
• Talk knowledgeably with vendors
• Measure an application's financial contribution
• Systematically plan a pilot or implementation
• Take the CompTIA RFID+ Certification exam, when combined with a study guide

More about what you will learn

Why RFID Essentials Provides Unmatched Value for End Users

• 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-rich, lively, and practical experience -- Simulated applications in which users test their understanding aid comprehension and retention

  • 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 -- Learners benefit from insight gained from years of field implementation experience.
• User directed and convenient

  • Proceed at your own pace and 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 experience

PC requirements and customer support

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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 -- 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.

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