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NAIT AHEAD OF THE
CLASS WITH RFID TECHNOLOGY
Northern Alberta
Institute of Technology (NAIT) announces
strategic partnership with Academia RFID
to offer Radio Frequency Identification
(RFID) training in Alberta.
October 9, 2007
– Edmonton, Alberta
The Northern Alberta Institute
of Technology (NAIT), Canada’s leading
technical training and applied education
center which offers over 250 programs and
more than 1,000 continuing education courses,
has announced its partnership with Montreal’s
Academia RFID to offer Radio Frequency Identification
(RFID) training.
Radio Frequency Identification
(RFID) is an emerging technology that uses
smart labels and intelligent transponders
to uniquely identify containers, pallets,
cases and individual items throughout the
supply chain or internally to control inventory
and asset management. The technology's momentum
has increased since the U.S. Department
of Defense and Wal-Mart mandated a number
of their suppliers to adopt RFID a few years
back.
Businesses around the globe
are redefining the processes of lean and
efficient supply chain management by using
this new technology to automate their inventory,
communicate real-time needs to their suppliers
and capitalize on the advantages of immediate
visibility to facilitate business decision
making. While Canadian companies have begun
investigating the impact on their business
and the ROI of RFID technology by using
it in closed loop processes, market studies
have shown the lack of RFID education as
the primary delay for widespread industry
adoption in North America.
As part of the Fall 2007 schedule, participants
will be given the opportunity to register
for The Fundamentals of RFID technology
as well as a RFID Return on Investment (ROI)
course which provides a comprehensive learning
experience delivered by Academia RFID’s
PhD-level university professors on-site
at NAIT’s downtown Edmonton campus.
NAIT’s Associate
Vice-President - Office of Research and
Innovation, Dr. Ben Silverberg adds, ”Academia
RFID, Canada’s leading academic authority
in RFID Technology, presented us with highly
developed RFID courseware which matched
our vision for innovation and applied solutions
for businesses and industry professionals.
Our strategy is to promote a strong base
of knowledge with these two courses and
then move beyond to very specific industry
applications offered as customized training.”
“With over 17,500 full-time and apprenticeship
students, and more than 50,000 continuing
education registrants, as well as Alberta’s
rapidly growing economy, NAIT was the perfect
institution to align ourselves with to meet
the needs of business and technical professionals
seeking RFID education and certification,”
says Anthony Palermo, Director of Academia
RFID.
The courses are available
by registering directly on-line at: http://www.nait.ca/course_RFID101.asp
http://www.nait.ca/course_RFID120.asp
About Northern
Alberta Institute of Technology
NAIT is one of the largest institutes of
technology in Canada, providing education
in business, advanced technologies, and
skilled trades to more than 86,500 students
annually at eight campuses in Alberta. Overall,
the Institute offers some 250 programs and
over 1,000 continuing education courses.
Each year, about 4,000 graduates receive
applied degrees, diplomas, and certificates
and more than 2,000 apprentices complete
their technical training component for journeyman
certification. NAIT is also home to Canada’s
first commercial fuel cell, has the largest
diploma-granting business school in western
Canada, offers Alberta’s only Bachelor
of Technology in Technology Management and
has one of the most technologically advanced
facilities in the world – the NAIT
HP Centre for Information and Communications
Technology.
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