{"id":7637,"date":"2022-08-23T16:32:03","date_gmt":"2022-08-23T23:32:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.assetpulse.com\/blog\/?p=7637"},"modified":"2025-01-08T04:24:19","modified_gmt":"2025-01-08T12:24:19","slug":"rfid-tracking-solutions-for-equipment-tracking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.assetpulse.com\/blog\/rfid-tracking-solutions-for-equipment-tracking\/","title":{"rendered":"How AssetPulse&#8217;s RFID Tracking Solutions help you to efficiently track equipment you need only occasionally"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>How do you store &amp; find excess equipment, molds, jigs &amp; test equipment you need only occasionally?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>RFID Tracking Solutions can be great for offsite storage tracking and fast retrieval. Here are the implementations and advantages we have seen:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Real Estate 100x Variance<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>R&amp;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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Reasons why Companies store Equipment Offsite<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Companies that do repeated custom work need to quickly identify molds and equipment that is in storage.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Companies that tend to do backward compatibility testing need a quick way to retrieve test and reference equipment.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Different SKUs in R&amp;D and <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.assetpulse.com\/solutions\/rfid-in-manufacturing.php\">manufacturing<\/a><\/strong> need different equipment and need to switch out equipment on their benches quickly and efficiently.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"513\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.assetpulse.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/rfid-tracking-solutions.jpg?resize=640%2C513&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"RFID tracking solutions\" class=\"wp-image-7639\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.assetpulse.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/rfid-tracking-solutions.jpg?resize=1024%2C821&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.assetpulse.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/rfid-tracking-solutions.jpg?resize=300%2C241&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.assetpulse.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/rfid-tracking-solutions.jpg?resize=768%2C616&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.assetpulse.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/rfid-tracking-solutions.jpg?resize=1536%2C1232&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.assetpulse.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/rfid-tracking-solutions.jpg?w=1920&amp;ssl=1 1920w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.assetpulse.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/rfid-tracking-solutions.jpg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Photo by <a href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/@sdadsp?utm_source=unsplash&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_content=creditCopyText\" rel=\"noopener\">Dmitriy Suponnikov<\/a> on <a href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/s\/photos\/clean-room?utm_source=unsplash&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_content=creditCopyText\" rel=\"noopener\">Unsplash<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">AssetPulse RFID Tracking Solutions for Efficient Storage and Quick Retrieval of Lab Equipment<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>How AssetPulse RFID Solutions helped a large Biotech Company handle storage efficiently.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>OFFSITE SIZE<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>30+ lab managers in 20+ buildings with need to exchange equipment between <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.assetpulse.com\/solutions\/asset-tracking-for-clean-room.php\">labs\/cleanrooms<\/a><\/strong> &amp; storage.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>500+ pallets with thousands of equipment. Labs were assigned pallets they could manage and store.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Offsite storage was laid out like a warehouse &amp; run by <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Warehouse\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">warehouse<\/a> managers.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>RFID TRACKING DESIGN<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Warehouse managers didn\u2019t want to take responsibility for what was inside the pallet or train lab managers in any manner.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Lab managers could order pallets and they managed what went into it.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Warehouse tracking was done at the pallet level \u2013 they were only responsible for efficient storage and fast retrieval of pallets.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Warehouse wanted to add temporary staff who didn\u2019t need extensive training to help in storage or retrieval or operations.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Layout had to be designed to optimize the height and volume of the building, while enabling quick retrieval.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.assetpulse.com\">AssetPulse<\/a> <\/strong>developed the software and mechanism to enable the whole process.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>RFID EQUIPMENT TRACKING SOFTWARE SPEC<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Require minimal to no training for lab managers and warehouse personnel.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Provide Integrated views for lab Managers on pallets location &amp; contents.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Provide an integrated view for warehouse on <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.assetpulse.com\/solutions\/equipment-check-in-check-out-software.php\">check-in and check-out<\/a><\/strong>, and other tracking aspects.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Have a quick way to dynamically find empty spaces and fill them with pallets. Much like how cars are stored in a multistorey garage.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Generate alerts if wrong location is used.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>No Manual Entry should be required \u2013 use handheld readers, antennas, fixed readers, tags.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Add redundancy to minimize and eliminate loss.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Photo evidence where possible on pallet\u2019s status on check-in\/checkout.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Attach images of device and pallets for easy identification.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The above is our largest implementation. We have done several projects where stored equipment is in the same building needing only <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.assetpulse.com\/products\/rfid-readers.php\">handheld reader<\/a><\/strong>, software and tags.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>AssetPulse doesn\u2019t manufacture any hardware \u2013 this enables us to source the best combination for our customers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We develop the world&#8217;s best <a href=\"https:\/\/www.assetpulse.com\/rfid-tracking\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>RFID Tracking<\/strong><\/a> Solutions. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>AssetPulse&#8217;s RFID Tracking Solutions ensure efficient storage and fast retrieval of lab equipment from any where at any time!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"container-cta\"> <h2>Looking for RFID Tracking Solutions?<\/h2> <h3>RFID Solutions Customized for your Industry<\/h3> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.assetpulse.com\/company\/contactus.php\" class=\"btn btn-lg\" rel=\"noopener\">Contact Us<\/a> <\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How do you store &amp; find excess equipment, molds, jigs &amp; test equipment you need only occasionally? 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