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Ask the Experts: Doug Ahlers, Vice President of Operations, InCom Corporation

Monday, June 6, 2005

Doug Ahlers is the Vice President of Operations for the InCom Corporation.

Brittan Elementary School called InClass’s® wearable RFID tags “safety badges.” Does this accurately describe the purpose of the system?

No — but it does describe one of the many values the system has to offer. The InClass® system is an automated electronic attendance taking system designed to improve attendance taking and reporting accuracy, while saving teacher and administrator time. InCom’s proprietary RFID badge holders have a pocket where the school can insert the student’s identification card. The school supplies the card. Brittan Elementary School, a K-8 grade school, planned on having students wear identification cards for security reasons. The principal saw InClass® as another benefit which he could implement at the same time.

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