Offers auto id coding, auto-id center, automatic identification, ePC, and ONS. Alan Thorne is Program Manager for the Centre's Cambridge Lab. Thorne graduated from Anglia Polytechnic University in Electronics and Control Systems and has a varied background in the field of Automation and Control. He has been involved in British Aerospace/IBM research projects as a systems engineer investigating flexible manufacturing systems on civil and military aircraft production. More recently, he has been involved in projects relating to the development of novel AI based machine control strategies. Thorne is the manager of the Manufacturing Automation laboratory in the Institute for Manufacturing and is responsible for the overall operations and development of the laboratory as well as being directly involved with a number of past and present projects as a systems engineer. He plays a key role in developing and demonstrating teaching activities that take place within the lab for undergraduate/postgraduate courses. Thorne is a member of the Automation and Control Group and is heavily involved in supporting research activities within the Laboratory.

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Following the great success of March's kick-off meeting , the ePC Alliance will meet this summer at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. A members-only dinner will precede the July 12th meeting. "The ePC Alliance is working with the Auto-ID Center to advance technology and thereby create a completely visible supply chain," notes Pam Stegeman, Vice President of industry affairs for the Grocery Manufactures of America. "GMA is pleased to be lending our expertise to this future-moving project, and other associations to become active in shaping the direction and outcomes of the Alliance's important work." The March meeting was attended by non-profit trade bodies representing such diverse groups as retail, food marketing, grocery manufacturers, chain drug stores, convenience stores, textile services and hologram manufacturers. Any non-profit trade bodies that would like to attend the July meeting should contact Brooke Peterson for further details. To bring bits and atoms together to form one seamless network, using the very latest advances in technologies including, electromagnetic identification, computer modelling, and networking. Offers auto id coding, auto-id center, automatic identification, ePC, and ONS.