A Quebec-France Signed Partnership For RFID Technology
Montreal's Academia RFID Centre for Excellence which specializes in electronic traceability (RFID) has just signed an agreement with France's Traç@bilitic which will give the latter access to all the knowledge and teaching material developed by the centre over the past few years.
The RFID Centre for Excellence is composed of a number of professionals who provide public and private organizations with a very unique service and it offers them advice related to the analysis, the development, the selection, the deployment, and the technical support related to electronic tracing solutions. As well, the Centre's priority is to keep the market abreast of all the advantages offered by RFID technology through vendor-neutral training and certification. Academia RFID recently organized a one-day educational session on RFID applications in the healthcare sector, and more than 50 participants working in that area participated in the seminar.
Situated in Valence, Traç@bilitic is the Projects Department of Pôle Traçabilité and its objective is to guide companies who are in the process of implementing a traceability technology, and offer technical training, notably in RFID, all the while overseeing the educational work, research, development, and standardization of RFID solutions throughout Europe. "We are noticing an ever increasing interest in that sector. In fact, at the request of public authorities, we are engaged in general interest undertakings aimed at promoting the development of technologies associated with material traceability by examining the various methods to be adopted in the area of health, in the field of agriculture, or in the automobile industry in France. Partnering with Academia RFID gives a unique international dimension to the training programs we offer our members, partners, and customers because they have earned an excellent reputation over the past few years thanks to its outstanding expertise in the field," said Jean-Marc Morlet, President of Traç@bilitic.
Mr. André Lacaille, Vice-President of Academia RFID Centre for Excellence concludes: "We are very honored that Traç@bilitic has chosen a company from Quebec to provide it with the necessary guidance and knowledge. This underlines the level of expertise we've been able to attain. This partnership will allow us to be fully aware of all the analytical and developmental work taking place in Europe, as well as all the implementations. This association not only confirms our international profile and the enormous importance of the technology, but it also highlights the relevance of our Centre for Excellence in RFID technology in Quebec.
About Academia RFID Centre for Excellence
Academia RFID Centre of Excellence is a world-class training, research & development and consulting center driven by a team of PhD researchers and accredited RFID experts in the fields of industrial engineering, operations management, supply chain management, transport & logistics, distribution & retail, and e-commerce marketing. Creator of RFIDRadio.com (a bi-monthly educational podcast), Academia offers RFID training and certification courses worldwide in-lab, on-site or on the web. Please visit the RFID Academia website for more details and schedules at www.RFIDacademia.com
About Pôle Traçabilité
Pôle Traçabilité's objective is to establish relationships with companies and organizations which will allow them to (1) improve their ability to compete (internal functioning, supply chain, after-sale, (2) improve their risk control (forgery, falsification, misappropriation of a brand or of a distribution network) and limit their consequences, and (3) add value to their products, create new services through innovation based on the utilization of tagging as a strategic lever in the management of goods and services as well as personnel (identification, authentication, localization, securement, associated services). Pôle Traçabilité is a pole of competence which functions the same way as a cluster, in accordance with the international meaning. Pôle Traçabilité is neutral, independent, guarantees confidentiality and it operates under the umbrella of a nonprofit association with a national outlook. www.poletracabilite.com
SOURCE: Montreal's Academia RFID Centre