How do you store & find excess equipment, molds, jigs & test equipment you need only occasionally?

RFID Tracking Solutions can be great for offsite storage tracking and fast retrieval. Here are the implementations and advantages we have seen:

Real Estate 100x Variance

R&D labs, clean rooms and manufacturing real estate can be 10x to 100x more expensive than offsite storage. These facilities optimize space usage and tend to remove any equipment not routinely needed.

Reasons why Companies store Equipment Offsite

1. Companies that do repeated custom work need to quickly identify molds and equipment that is in storage.
2. Companies that tend to do backward compatibility testing need a quick way to retrieve test and reference equipment.
3. Different SKUs in R&D and manufacturing need different equipment and need to switch out equipment on their benches quickly and efficiently.

AssetPulse RFID Tracking Solutions for Efficient Storage and Quick Retrieval of Lab Equipment

How AssetPulse RFID Solutions helped a large Biotech Company handle storage efficiently.

OFFSITE SIZE

1. 30+ lab managers in 20+ buildings with need to exchange equipment between labs/cleanrooms & storage.
2. 500+ pallets with thousands of equipment. Labs were assigned pallets they could manage and store.
3. Offsite storage was laid out like a warehouse & run by warehouse managers.

RFID TRACKING DESIGN

• Warehouse managers didn’t want to take responsibility for what was inside the pallet or train lab managers in any manner.
• Lab managers could order pallets and they managed what went into it.
• Warehouse tracking was done at the pallet level – they were only responsible for efficient storage and fast retrieval of pallets.
• Warehouse wanted to add temporary staff who didn’t need extensive training to help in storage or retrieval or operations.
• Layout had to be designed to optimize the height and volume of the building, while enabling quick retrieval.
• AssetPulse developed the software and mechanism to enable the whole process.

RFID EQUIPMENT TRACKING SOFTWARE SPEC

• Require minimal to no training for lab managers and warehouse personnel.
• Provide Integrated views for lab Managers on pallets location & contents.
• Provide an integrated view for warehouse on check-in and check-out, and other tracking aspects.
• Have a quick way to dynamically find empty spaces and fill them with pallets. Much like how cars are stored in a multistorey garage.
• Generate alerts if wrong location is used.
• No Manual Entry should be required – use handheld readers, antennas, fixed readers, tags.
• Add redundancy to minimize and eliminate loss.
• Photo evidence where possible on pallet’s status on check-in/checkout.
• Attach images of device and pallets for easy identification.

The above is our largest implementation. We have done several projects where stored equipment is in the same building needing only handheld reader, software and tags.

AssetPulse doesn’t manufacture any hardware – this enables us to source the best combination for our customers.

We develop the world’s best RFID Tracking Solutions.

AssetPulse’s RFID Tracking Solutions ensure efficient storage and fast retrieval of lab equipment from any where at any time!

Prospects ask – what is different about AssetPulse’s RFID tracking solution?

Over 15 years, we have developed proprietary RFID deployment and tracking technologies that help reduce deployment time/cost, increase tracking accuracy and enable expand-as-you-go deployments.

We have competed head-on at top labs, SMBs, technology companies, biotech, pharma, manufacturing companies, police, government, DOD and won – purely because we gave each of our customers a competitive edge that could not be matched by any other RFID solution provider.

RFID Tracking Solution Partnered with Best-in-Class RFID Hardware Vendors

Almost every RFID hardware vendor (reader, antenna, tag) and technology provider wants to work with us, because they know we have had a good track record of getting into high-profile accounts while at the same time, can provide quickly deployable solutions for SMBs. Our vendor’s salespeople know very well that when they involve us as an implementation partner, they will almost always get a complex deal.

We are proud to say that we get all the advanced equipment, pricing, tags, roadmaps, etc. from all top vendors in RFID industry. So, we have a pulse on where a lot of technologies are heading.

We have a testing lab that stress tests all the hardware we work with. Our customers source hardware from us because we stress test all the new versions.

US Patented RFID Tracking Solution

Here is an example of the US patent we were granted (I am on the patent too!)

AssetPulse Patent – Systems and Methods to Detect Cross Reads in RFID Tags

We have several machine learning algorithms and hardware technologies that can do automatic testing of tags at various orientations that enable speedy and accurate deployments.

If you are thinking of deploying RFID in any manner, please call me. Even if our solution is not a fit for you, I will make sure you get enough data so that you can pick the right vendor and solution.

Talking to hundreds of prospects each quarter over the last 15+ years has helped me have a deep understanding of the RFID space. When we talk, you will be leveraging that knowledge at absolutely no cost.

We welcome VARs, Integrators & Partners

We have worked with several VARs, System Integrators & Partners. If you have an ongoing project, we can work with you. In fact, some of the biggest projects have come for us by leveraging relationships of existing contractors with customers.

Hardware vendors & integrators know that their chance of closing sales go up by 300% if they bring us to the table. Their customers clearly see that we have the experience to reduce deployment and implementation risk.

Reach out to us if you want to learn more about AssetPulse RFID Tracking Solutions.