Webinar Part 1:
What a Barcode Professional Needs to Know about RAIN RFID Label and Tag Data
September 22, 2021
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Your customers use barcodes. Now they want to use the same barcode data but with RFID. What do you need to know? What should you do?
Part 1 of the webinar series covers the basics of RAIN RFID technology, including terminology, tag structure, data standards and security.
Topics include:
- RAIN RFID data terminology
- Structure of a RAIN RFID tag
- How to convert barcodes and 2D codes to RFID data
- RFID tag data standards
- Data security
Webinar Part 2:
What a Barcode Professional Needs to Know about the RAIN RFID Encoding Processes
Date: October 6, 2021
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When a label user wants to add RAIN RFID to the labels, how do you get started? What changes do you need to make to your processes?
Part two of the webinar series focuses on the encoding process, equipment and alternatives.
Topics include:
- Overview of the RAIN RFID label manufacturing process
- The RAIN RFID encoding process
- Encoding equipment types
- RAIN RFID label selection and purchasing
- Which tag data standard to use
- Combining RFID and printed data
- Security: setting passwords, locking, digital signature
- Handling of failed tags
Webinar host:
Juho Partanen
Director of Business Development, Co-founder, Voyantic
Juho is the co-founder of Voyantic and has 20 years of experience in RFID. Working currently as the Director of Business Development, he combines technical, business and communication aspects to make RAIN technology easier to utilize across end user industries. As a true believer in the RAIN technology, he has been driving strategic initiatives and industry collaboration in ISO, GS1 and the RAIN Alliance.
Expert Panelists:
Chris Brown
RFID Subject Matter Expert at TSC Printronix Auto ID
Chris is the RFID Subject Matter Expert at TSC Printronix Auto ID, a company fully committed to the growth of RAIN (UHF Passive) RFID as an autoID technology. After spending 20 years in Europe as the EMEA General Manager for BarTender label software, Chris moved back to America in 2017 and joined TSC Printronix. Through his background with BarTender, he is familiar with the traditional barcode channel, its challenges and its opportunities to embrace RFID. He is responsible for ensuring that TSC Printronix’s RFID printers support the latest commands and functionalities that are needed to properly work with RAIN RFID labels and tags. He also monitors the physical requirements needed for RFID printers to work with various existing and emerging tag constructions.
Chris is an active member of AIM and the RAIN RFID Alliance, participating in multiple workgroups covering topics such as pharmaceutical, healthcare, tires, aviation and tag data formatting.
Teemu Ainasoja
Sales Director at Voyantic
Teemu has over 15 years of experience from the RFID industry in Europe and the USA. He has two master's degrees: in industrial engineering and in marketing, and two patents in auto-ID technology. Teemu also actively participates in RAIN RFID Alliance activities.
Jesse Tuominen
CTO, Voyantic
Jesse has a MSc in electronics and a PhD in physics and has worked with the development of various test equipment for the last 22 years. For the last 15 years, Jesse has been working very closely with what is today referred to as the RAIN technology. This gives a good view and understanding of the path that lies behind us and the challenges that still need to be addressed.