As a former trade association and user group executive, Bert Moore is sensitive to the needs of organizations to continually provide added value to their members.

IDAT Consulting & Education offers a number of services specifically designed to meet the needs of these organizations and their membership.

• Educational programs
• Standards development
• Implementation Consulting

From basic overviews to total overhauls, IDAT can help get organizations up-to-speed on AIDC – and help their members implement the plans they've made.

Education

Education is, of course, an important part of any organization's mission. IDAT Consulting & Education can help -- with presentations ranging from a one-hour session at your normal educational seminars to custom-designed a one- or two-day seminars focusing on your specific industry needs. Included could be such topics as:

• How the technologies help you work smarter.
• The latest developments in technology – and what's just over the horizon.
• The latest benefits and uses of technology.
• How others have successfully applied AIDC.
• Which customer or supplier groups are developing standards that will impact your members.

Working with your staff and education committee, IDAT will tailor a program to meet the needs and experience level of your membership or expected audience.

Standards

Developing standards for bar code or other types of AIDC technology is a task many organizations have undertaken -- admittedly, with some considerable fear and trepidation.

There's always the possibility that some powerful vendor or member will try to skew the standard in his favor -- and there are times you'll never know it. But developing standards is frequently viewed as a membership service.

So, what to do?

Having an experienced and knowledgeable facilitator to help guide standards development committees avoids many of the potential pitfalls. Having chaired inter-industry standards activities, worked with ANSI and CEN, IDAT is capable of helping you develop your standards as well.

Alternately, IDAT can draft a standard for membership review. This relieves staff and members of tedious and time-consuming document drafting chores and lets them concentrate on the content.

IDAT can provide a range of services including:

• Committee or work group organization,
• Committee facilitation,
• Technical review, and
• Document development.

Wherever you are in standards development, we can help.

Ongoing Implementation Consulting

There are usually more questions than answers when it comes to implementing AIDC within an industry -- and within a company.

IDAT Consulting & Education can provide retainer-based consulting and implementation assistance to build and maintain momentum in applying standards -- and reaping their economic and competitive benefits.