AIM North America To Host Event 'Budget Cuts, Counterfeiting, And Barcodes' On Capitol Hill
The UID Supplier Alliance, a committee directed by AIM North America (NA), is sponsoring an event titled Budget Cuts, Counterfeiting, and Barcodes on June 19 in Washington, DC. The event will feature former and current senior Department of Defense (DoD) officials and business leaders. They will discuss barcodes – Item Unique Identification – and how the technology is being used to reduce costs, improve management, increase readiness, and combat counterfeiting. They will also discuss how the use of the technology can be further expanded.
DoD’s Item Unique Identification (IUID) policy was designed to provide individual identification of assets in a way that is globally unique and ensures data integrity and quality throughout an item’s life. The event will touch on recent reports and investigations by DoD and GAO.
The event will be led by Peter Collins, President, A2B Tracking Solutions, and moderated by Lt. Col. (Ret) Greg Redick, President, Potomac Redan Associates. Members of Congress, Congressional staff, Department of Defense officials, and industry leaders will be in attendance. The event will include a panel discussion and technology demonstrations.
WHO: Honorable Michael Wynne, Former Secretary of the Air Force and former
Principal Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics
Mr. Paul Peters, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense, Supply Chain Integration, OUSD(AT&L)/L&MR,
Col Jack Wayman, Director, Integration Improvement Initiatives Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff G-8, Programs Headquarters, Department of the Army
Mr. Lou Kratz, Vice President, Logistics and Sustainment, Lockheed Martin Corp.
Mr. Chuck Evanhoe, Board, AIM North America
Guest Speaker: US Senator Sheldon Whitehouse
WHAT: Panel Discussion and Use Case Scenarios (Light refreshments will be served)
WHEN: Tuesday, June 19, 2012 from 11 am – 1 pm
WHERE: Dirksen Senate Office Building, Room: G50, Washington, DC
RSVP: Visit http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/QFXGNVZ.
About the USA Committee
The UID Supplier Alliance (USA) is a committee within AIM North America dedicated to raising the awareness and adoption of the UID Policy within the DoD agencies and DoD contractors, and includes leading providers of UID and other automatic identification and data capture (AIDC) solutions. Collectively these organizations have implemented hundreds of successful UID marking and data management systems, and have demonstrated how the systems benefit maintenance, inventory, production and traceability operations for the military and contractors alike.
The USA Committee is currently comprised of:
A2B Tracking Solutions - Elder Mountain
Evanhoe & Associates, Inc. - Express, Inc.
FLEXcon - Horizons Incorporated
ID Integration, Inc - MetalCraft Inc.
Monode Pryor Traceability, LLC - Potomac Redan Associates LLC
SAVI - Seagull Scientific, Inc.
Technology Solutions - The Clarion Group
The Danby Group, LLP - UID Journal
Woelco Labeling - Zebra Technologies
If your company would like to get involved in ongoing advocacy work on behalf of UID adoption, please contact the AIM North America office by email info@aim-na.org.
About AIM North America
AIM North America is the industry trade association that represents the Automatic Identification and Mobility industry in the US, Canada and Mexico. AIM North America provides education, news and information, legislative affairs, and marketing resources to grow the businesses of the industry’s resellers, systems integrators, solutions providers, manufacturers, and distributors. AIM North America is a chapter of AIM, Inc., the worldwide authority on automatic identification and mobility for nearly 40 years.
For more information, contact the AIM North America office at 20399 Route 19 North, Suite 203, Cranberry Twp., PA 16066, For more information, visit www.aim-na.org or www.aim-na.org/UID.php.
SOURCE: AIM North America