Radio frequency identification topic of Wednesday meeting

On Wednesday, APICS The Association for Operations Management's Fox River Chapter 207 will hold a professional development meeting on "Radio Frequency Identification: Past and Future," presented by Tom O'Boyle. This will be a joint meeting with Institute of Management Accountants.

The program will begin at 5:30 p.m. with networking at Long Island Sound, 1920 New York St., Aurora. Cost is $30. It will be followed by dinner at 6:15 p.m. and speaker at 7 p.m. Register at www.apics-foxriver.org or e-mail to directoraccom@apics-foxriver. org by noon today. Provide your name, company, and whether you are an APICS member and contact information.

Radio frequency identification, or RFID, has evolved since its inception decades ago into many different innovative solutions for various problems. Today RFID is performing tasks such as meeting Wal-Mart's compliance program, and improving management of expensive hospital equipment. Find out the basics of the technology as well as current cost and expectations for the future. Understand that compliance alone will not provide the ROI needed for the investment to pay back.

The technology is moving rapidly into many fields impacting the supply chain, government, and the consumer. O'Boyle presents developments going on in business today with RFID and how it may be an asset for your firm for the future.