RFID Asset Tracking Solution
RFID Asset Tracking Solution
RFID Asset Tracking Provides Real-Time Visibility into Manufacturing
When a vital component goes missing, consider the drawback of manual asset management in a well-run plant with thousands of moving parts, people, tools and orders in process. A small group of people with imperfect knowledge must decide how much to search before giving up and restarting the whole order. How long is too long? The answer depends on an endless, ever-changing set of factors: number of workers joining the hunt, percent of work complete, schedule elasticity, external pressures, idle tool time, downstream effects, total cost of lost productivity and so on. Input from concerned stakeholders could multiply that list several times in a matter of minutes.
The best answer, “for as little time as possible,” makes a useless rule. The best solution is real-time visibility of every high-value asset, so nothing is ever lost.
How AeroScout Asset Tracking Solution Works:
The AeroScout solution provides Wi-Fi asset tracking by placing an active RFID tag on every high-value asset, such as WIP carriers, portable storage racks or bins, mobile equipment and vehicles. The tags provide asset visibility by sending regular, short bursts of data over the Wi-Fi network transmitting the location, status and condition of the asset. Manufactures use AeroScout’s MobileView software on workstations or mobile devices to direct workers searching for assets. This automated process can cut average search-time to less than 1 minute.