Training Course 301
Weeks 7 - 9

Course 301 AIDC System Design and Integration

(2 Day Course)

AIDC Course 301 is designed to apply what you have learned in the first 2 segments to design and implement AIDC systems, which will improve business processes and save companies money.  This section starts with a discussion of host connectivity and the various hardware and software components necessary to integrate the data from AIDC systems.  We will discuss:

• Batch processing

• On-Line, Real-Time processing

• Pre-Processing and use of middleware

• Distributed processing

• Getting Started with AIDC, discusses organizing the project team, utilizing standards, selecting vendors, pitfalls, training and implementation

• Cost Justification provides the tools to justify the AIDC project to management.

This section also provides information on how to implement various applications and case studies, including:

• Inventory Management

• Warehousing & Distribution

• Shop Floor Production

• Retail & Telecommunications

• Documentation & Asset Management

System design workshops provide the hands-on experience of actually developing AIDC systems.

Documentation: For each course we provide a handout in Acrobat PDF format that can be downloaded and printed for the slides covered for that segment of the course. Space is provided to take notes next to each slide.  The handouts also provide space for answering the self focused exercise questions. Other PDF documents to be downloaded and printed include lab exercises, system design worksheets and final exams.

Module 21: shows you a step by step approach to successfully implement an AIDC project without pitfalls.  It includes formation of the project team, training, implementation stages, vendor selection and auditing the implementation.

Module 22: Covered will be the best alternatives for integrating the RFID and Bar Code peripherals into corporate computing systems.  What are the advantages and disadvantages in each of these various options? Alternatives being Batch Systems, a Middleware approach, On line, Real –Time systems and Distributed Networks.

Module 23:  RFID and Bar Code systems in general have a very high return on investment (ROI). Learn the techniques that companies use to justify the implementation of RFID / Bar Code systems. Learn how to prepare a cost justification analysis, Return on Investment Analysis and Rate of Return

Module 24: This module covers the Purchasing Process, Fast receiving with RFID and bar code plus Supplier Certification, RFID and Bar Code in an ERP, EC, MRP and JIT process, case studies and several alternatives in designing a receiving process.

Module 25: Warehousing and Distribution describes how to increase inventory accuracy while reducing the amount of time it takes to perform inventory transactions.  This module discusses a variety of RFID and bar code warehousing methods, ranging from small inventory applications to very large distribution centers.  Topics covered include put-away transactions, cycle counting methods, picking methods, replenishments, batch RFDC and RFID inventory systems.  Lab 8 allows you to participate in a workshop in which you will select the best alternative in the automation of a warehouse.  You will design a bar code batch system, a bar code system using RFDC and an RFID system. Lab 8 counts as 4% of the total grade.

Module 26: Shop Floor teaches you how several corporations have taken advantage of RFID and bar coding to control these processes with applications ranging from Time and Attendance systems, methods of tracking material movements, quality reporting and labor collection.  In Lab 9 You will design a RFID/bar code tracking system. This workshop counts as 4% of the total grade.   

Module 27: Retail you will learn AIDC solutions used in the Retail industry: Distribution, Point of Sale, and Quick Response.  This will be followed by a system design workshop where you will have the opportunity to design a Retail RFID / Bar Code system. This workshop Lab 9A counts as 2% of the total grade.       

Module 27A: You will learn AIDC solutions used in the Telecommunications industry: - Maintenance, RFID in dispatch, inventory and asset management

Module 28: covers methods for tracking and storing documents and managing assets.  RFID and bar code, along with GPS (Global Positioning Systems) methods are illustrated, which enhance these processes by providing an accurate method of traceability.  The module covers assets in hospitals, computers, tools and office equipment management.  

Module 29: Students will load, creates and test an Asset RFID / UID Management system. Students will be given software to download load into their notebooks for a 45 day trail. They will then learn to create and then test the movement of assets. Students will then be able create their own Asset tracking system. This workshop Lab 10 counts as 10% of the total grade.

Module 30: Students will undertake an inventory case study, which will allow you to design a system using RFID and or bar code technology. Perform a Cost Justification, Conduct an RFDC site survey, Design Label formats, Select RFID and or Bar Code hardware and define system functionality.  This workshop Lab 11 counts as 10% of the total grade.

Final Exam: After completion of all modules, you will need to complete the final Exam.  The grading of the course is based on the Final Exam (70% of the grade) and the hands-on labs (30% of grade).

The exams are either multiple choice or T/F with a passing grade of 75%.

Training Course 101 Training Course 201 Training Course 301

• Week 7
  • Module 21
  • Module 22
  • Module 23
  • Module 24
• Week 8
  • Module 25
  • Lab 8
  • Module 26
  • Lab 9
  • Module 27
  • Lab 9A
  • Module 27A
• Week 9
  • Module 28
  • Module 29
  • Lab 10
  • Module 30
  • Lab 11
  • 301 Interim Exam
  • 301 Final Exam