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AIM North America

Association of Automatic Identification and Mobility

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Don Ertel Background• AIM Chair NA

• AIM RFID Experts group chair

• AIM history – Member of the AIM board of directors for over 6 years

• Member of the AIDC 100

• CDO Technologies Inc. Senior Vice President of Operations

• Over 27 years in the Auto ID industry

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AIM Mission Statement

As the unbiased resource for networking, education, advocacy and standards, AIM will help its members grow their businesses by fostering the effective use of Automatic Identification and Data Capture (AIDC) solutions

AIM Vision Statement

Advancing the effective use of automatic identification and data capture

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AIM Values and Resources• Advocacy

• Global Network of over 700 Solution Providers

• Standards

• Over 40 years of leadership in Automatic Identification and Mobility

• Unbiased • Professional • Innovative

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Representing…

RFID

Barcode

Mobile Computing**Images from Intermec

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AIM Board of Directors• Chuck Evanhoe,

Evanhoe & Assoc. (Chair)

• David Coons, Zebra

• Matt Schler, Datalogic Scanning

• Mehul Patel, Honeywell

• Steve Cuntz, BlueStar

• Michael Poldino, Motorola Solutions

• Frithjof Walk, EMEA Representative

• Don Ertel, CDO Technologies, North America Representative

• Clive Hohberger, Emeritus

• Will Strobel, At Large• Rick Schuessler, At Large

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Advocacy & Outreach

AIT Alliance - AIM North America committee advocates use of automatic identification technologies within the US government.

Healthcare Committee -AIM North America committee works to educate constituents on the adoption of UDI and SNI using AIDC.

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Standards Groups

Technical Symbology Committee (TSC)• Bar code specifications, standards and

quality guidelines

RFID Experts Group• RFID implementation guidelines and

technical reports

SC31 Liaison Relationship

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Technical Symbology Committee (TSC)

Chair: Kevin Berisso, University of Memphis

• AIM bar code specification development• Color Ultracode – Nearing Final Revision

• Data Carrier Identifiers• On going maintenance to the document

• Ongoing technical analysis activities including responding to industry questions

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RFID Experts Group

Chair: Don Ertel, CDO Technologies

• Health Care Initiative- Effect of RFID on electrical medical equipment- Development of protocols for testing of all RFID

devices in healthcare environments

• RFID with Explosives & Explosive Environments

- Published a report on the use of RFID in these areas

• RFID Tag Data Content and Structure - Guidelines on data systems, primary ID and

attributes nearing completion

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RFID Experts Group

NEW REG Work Groups:

Innovation in RFID

Material Handling

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Internet of Things (IoT)

Chair: Denis Bishop, Lowry Computer

Actions include:

• Completion of an introduction presentation on IoT

• Development and publication of white papers

• Revision of Applications Matrix for general audience

• Development of plan to influence policy makers

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RAIN RFID

• An AIM Industry Alliance

• Marketing organization similarto the Wi-Fi Alliance

• Promotes UHF RFID conforming to

ISO/IEC 18000-63 and EPC G2V2

www.RAINRFID.org

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Global AIM Network

• Benelux

• China

• Denmark--NEW

• Germany

• India

• North America

• Russia

• AIM Europe

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VAR Channel & AIM

• AIM North America – focus on VARs• Needs and challenges• Services to support VAR Channel• Research – we want your inputs

• Questions for AIM Research• VAR Channel Dynamics• SaaS products in AIDC - effects• Other “As a Service” offerings?

• Hardware?

• AIM history

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On the Internet

• Case Studies

• Whitepapers

• Technical Standards

• LinkedIn

• Research

• Webinars

• News

• Twitter

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On the Internet

AIM Store

• International specifications and technical reports

• ANSI standards

• AIM standards and guidelines

• Technology education and implementation guidance

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On the Internet

Online Buyer’s Guide and RFP Service

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On the Internet

THE Source for Industry News

• AIMatters

• AIMemo

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Collaborations

• AIAG

• AIDC100

• EuroID

• US FDA

• GS1

• GTRA Research Council

• IEEE

• MHI

• RFID Journal

• RFID Security Alliance

• Supply Chain & Transportation

• UID Forum

• UDI Conference

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Member Event

AIM SummitSeptember 7 – 10, 2014

Crystal City, VA USA

• Bar code, RFID, RTLS, mobile computing

• Executive education

• AIM chapter meeting and networking

• 2015 to be co-located at RFID Journal Live in San Diego

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Contact Us

AIM North America

20399 Route 19Suite 203

Cranberry Township, PA 16066

+ [email protected]

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Questions ?