How Does A Warehouse RFID System Work?

How Does A Warehouse RFID System Work?

How Does A Warehouse RFID System Work?

RFID tracking is the future. With a fixed RFID system in place, you’ll be able to automatically track your stocks, the movement of equipment, and the status of your assets.

Implementing a warehouse RFID system allows you to see how all of your stock and assets are moving. This way, you don’t need to manually update anything whenever an asset’s status changes.

itemit has a world first, off-the-shelf RFID asset tracking system integrated, meaning now setting up your RFID system is low cost, quick and easy.

Passive RFID Vs. Active RFID


What Is A Warehouse RFID System?

A warehouse RFID system is one which allows you to monitor the movements and status of your warehouse’s assets without any manual input.

All of your tools and equipment will be tagged with RFID labels. These labels will then interact with your asset tracking software and update a variety of data.

So, every time an asset moves from one location to another, your asset tracking software will automatically pick up where the change is happening and log it.

This is incredibly helpful if you want to automatically log and track a workflow. So, if you have a variety of rooms attached to your warehouse which serve different purposes, you’ll be able to see which operations are happening to which assets.


Handheld RFID Asset Tracking Benefits

When you use a larger-scale warehouse RFID system, you will also be able to benefit from handheld RFID tracking. The difference between the two systems is that your fixed RFID system will use fixed trackers and your app-based system will use external handheld readers.

As the same tags can be read by both handheld and fixed RFID readers, you will be able to contribute to asset management operations with more interactions if necessary.

So, if you need to audit equipment in a location to verify that all of the assets that should be there remain, all you need to do is use an audit feature. Once you’ve added the feature it’s as simple as pulling the trigger on your handheld RFID reader and your asset tracking app will do the rest.


More RFID Asset Tracking Applications

Fixed RFID is incredibly helpful in construction equipment tracking, healthcare asset management, and high-value asset tracking.

There are many benefits to using an RFID system, including speed, automation, and the fact that you can hide RFID asset labels. The ability to conceal labels, for example, means that you can track assets such as paintings, props, costumes, and wine bottles without affecting the value with a tag that must be visible.

Fixed RFID and automation are also incredibly helpful in environments where speed is a must. For example, if you’re working in healthcare, you may not be able to spare time to track your assets. So, automating this mitigates risks related to maintenance, accountability, and transparency.

itemit has a world-first RFID system that allows you to combine asset tags, too. This way, you’ll be able to set up your RFID asset tracking quickly and off-the-shelf, while also using GPS asset trackers and QR code asset management.

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How To Optimise Your Asset Tracking With RFID

How To Optimise Your Asset Tracking With RFID

How To Optimise Your Asset Tracking With RFID

Asset tracking is critical to your business’ success. You may already be tracking your assets via a spreadsheet or software, but RFID asset tracking software will take your operations to the next level.

Where spreadsheets offer minimal automation as they become out of date with any change, asset tracking software offers a solution which allows for real-time asset tracking. RFID asset management is the next step in this automation.

itemit is unique as it allows you to track your assets with RFID tags in tandem with barcodes, QR codes, and GPS trackers, giving you the highest levels of accountability and transparency available.

Passive RFID Vs. Active RFID


How Does Asset Tracking Work?

Asset tracking is the discipline of logging your assets, adding data to these profiles, and tracking how they change throughout their lifecycle. In this sense, asset tracking via a spreadsheet is possible.

The limitation of a spreadsheet, however, is that every time an asset is interacted with, the spreadsheet becomes out of date. This can become unwieldy and complex, especially when it comes to fixed asset management operations.

Asset tracking software, therefore, is much more effective as it automates and speeds up the logging of changes. As an asset tracking app can integrate a scanning function, the use of asset tags can automate location tracking.

Every time you scan an asset’s tag in your asset tracking app, the corresponding profile will open and the last seen location will update. This way, if you’re logging an issue, you simply need to scan the tag and log the issue while you’re with the asset to update this change across the board. Your maintenance team then has all of the data they need to speed up a fix.


What Is RFID Asset Tracking?

RFID asset tracking is a development in unique identification technologies, such as barcodes and QR codes. It works in a similar way, where all of your assets will be tagged with unique asset labels which you can then scan and update critical asset information with ease.

RFID has an edge, however. As RFID tags emit radio frequencies, you will be able to use hardware to detect RFID tags without the need to scan with a line of sight.

What this means is that you will be able to hide assets or scan them from a distance. So, for example, RFID asset tracking is critical for high-value collection tracking as you can hide RFID tags to not affect the value of your assets.

These capabilities also open up more functionality in itemit’s asset tracking app, too. With RFID, to check everything that should be in a room is still present, you simply need to walk into the room and pull the trigger on your handheld RFID reader and all of the relevant tags will be detected.


Using Fixed RFID Asset Management

itemit also has a built-in, off-the-shelf RFID asset management system. This means that you simply need to purchase tags and a reader and you can start tracking asset movements almost instantly.

Every time an asset moves from one location to another, your fixed RFID reader will pick up and log the change, totally automating your asset tracking operations.

Now, fixed RFID doesn’t require lengthy setup times, high costs, or in-depth technical knowledge of RF systems.

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How Does An RFID Asset Tracking System Work?

How Does An RFID Asset Tracking System Work?

How Does An RFID Asset Tracking System Work?

An RFID asset tracking system will take your equipment management, monitoring, and tracking to the next level. Asset tracking operations have come a long way since the use of spreadsheets, and RFID asset tracking is the next step in terms of automation.

In the past, asset tracking was largely manual and spreadsheet oriented. This meant that all updates would have to be logged onsite, and then later updated when there was access to a spreadsheet.

Then, asset tracking software took over. Asset tracking software, as it’s cloud-based, allows teams to share asset tracking operations between them. This means that it’s possible to scan and edit asset data with the equipment to hand. Then, these edits will be reflected across the board in real-time for your entire team to see.

Passive RFID Vs. Active RFID


Types Of RFID Asset Tags

There are two types of RFID asset tags. These both provide different levels of read-range and functionality. So, depending on how you’ll be using your RFID asset tracking system, one tag or the other will likely be better.


Passive RFID Tags

Passive RFID asset tags have a lower read-range than their active counterparts. This is because they have fewer components and work in a different way.

If you’re using passive RFID asset tags, you’ll need to verify that they’re suited to certain materials as the lesser amounts of components can create issues with interference.

itemit’s standard passive RFID asset tags, for example, are optimised for metals, ceramic, and plastic. This way, you’ll be able to use them for IT asset management without risking interference. You can find out more about our asset labels by following the link.

Passive RFID tags are cheaper, as they have lesser functionality and fewer components than active tags. Passive tags work by bouncing an RF signal back to a reader via an embedded antenna, indicating the existence of the tag. Your asset tracking system will then be able to match up locations in the back-end, either via phone GPS data or the locations of your fixed readers.


Active RFID Tags

Active RFID tags are more expensive as they have more components and more functionality. This can mean that customizability options are more limited, as passive RFID tags only need some core elements to work.

Your active RFID tags will also contain a battery, meaning that they can run out of charge. This is mitigated by functionality whereby an RF signal will “wake up” the tag, increasing the battery’s longevity.

The read-range is much more impressive than passive RFID tags as active tags can also emit a radio frequency with which RFID readers can interact with. The caveat to this is that these tags are often larger, as well as more expensive, meaning that they can be more difficult to conceal on your high-value assets.


How Do Asset Tags Fit In With RFID Asset Tracking Systems?

Asset tracking systems work by linking unique, digital asset profiles with physical tags. This way, you get more customizability and control over your asset management operations. 

On your system, you’ll have an entire fixed asset register of unique asset profiles. This way, you’ll be able to add maintenance data, check in check out and booking dates, reminders, and ownership information against specific assets.

Asset tags are what speed up auditing and data-editing operations. As you’ll be able to log unique asset tag data, whether barcodes, QR codes, GPS trackers or RFID tags, your asset management system will be able to pair a digital profile with a physical asset.

In other words, if you have a unique QR code on your laptop, you will be able to log this laptop on your asset tracking system and add the QR code into the system. Then, every time you scan the asset’s tag, the laptop’s digital profile will open. Here you will be able to report issues, check the assets out, or update warranty information, for example.

Then, every time you scan an asset’s tag, the last seen location and the user who scanned the tag also updates in your system. This provides you with a neat audit trail of where all of your assets have been and who has been interacting with them.

RFID asset tags, overall, speed up these operations greatly and allow you to do more with asset tracking. You need to scan a QR code or barcode with your phone’s camera whereas, with an RFID asset label, you will use external hardware.


Types Of RFID Asset Tracking Systems

There are two types of RFID asset tracking systems. One uses handheld RFID readers to interact with RFID asset tags, whereas the other uses fixed readers.

Both have separate benefits, so it’s difficult to compare which is better for your operations, but both are certainly an improvement upon QR code asset management.


Handheld RFID Reader-Based Systems

Handheld RFID reader-based systems open up possibilities such as faster auditing, distance scanning, and the ability to hide RFID tags. These handheld readers connect to your phone via BlueTooth. 

Therefore, this system is great within many verticals. For example, if you’re asset tracking in the healthcare industry, you’ll be able to scan RFID tags from a distance so as not to disrupt patients. Alternatively, if you’re tracking high-value collections, you’ll be able to hide RFID tags on your assets, meaning you don’t affect the quality or look of your paintings, wine, or equipment.

Another use case handheld RFID is incredibly helpful for is auditing with a large number of assets. As you can scan from a distance and without a line of sight, verifying that assets are where they should be is an instant process.

In other words, if you’re tracking your inventory of laptops or equipment and you want to add it to a room, you’ll be able to add all of the equipment to that location using itemit’s quick add feature. Simply log the room as a location and press “quick add”. Then, with your handheld RFID reader, all you have to do is hold down the trigger and itemit will detect the items and log the move.

After this, you’ll be able to use itemit’s asset audit feature. It works in a very similar way, simply pull the trigger and itemit will tell you which assets have been discovered and which haven’t.


Fixed RFID Asset Management

Where handheld-based RFID asset management improves all of your existing asset tracking operations, fixed RFID asset management offers you a whole new set of opportunities and functionality.

Fixed RFID asset tracking offers you total automation when it comes to tracking where your assets are on-site. You’ll be able to place your RFID readers in tactical locations in your building. Then, when an RFID tag crosses the reader’s RF field, your fixed reader will be able to detect the tag and which direction it’s moving in.

In practice, this revolutionises stock management and location monitoring, as it totally automates asset location tracking. If time savings are critical, for example in healthcare asset management, you’ll be able to see which equipment is in which location without the need for manual input or updates.

You can buy a fixed RFID reader set from our website, too, as itemit has created a world-first, off-the-shelf, easy to set up fixed RFID system.


How itemit’s Asset Tracking Software Integrates All Of This

itemit’s asset tracking software is unique, innovative, and world-leading in its functionalities. Based on several year’s knowledge and experience in building bespoke RFID systems under our company, RedBite solutions, we noticed that these systems address similar needs and gaps.

Therefore, itemit’s RFID integration is to create an off-the-shelf system that can benefit all businesses. As it’s off the shelf and as no bespoke development or consultation is required, the set-up time is reduced from months to hours, and the costs are reduced massively.

What this means is that itemit is a system for large businesses that are already looking at fixed RFID systems and would otherwise spend tens of thousands at least to implement them, but it is also a system for SMEs in a way that was previously inaccessible due to these same cost barriers.

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itemit’s uniquity expands further, however. itemit is the only system worldwide which allows you to combine QR codes, barcodes, fixed RFID, handheld RFID, and GPS asset management simultaneously on one streamlined, simple, and effective solution. 

This means that it’s possible to track where your assets are wherever they are whenever they move, as you’ll be able to fill accountability gaps when assets are in transit with GPS asset tracking, while also automating location tracking within your business for fixed RFID asset management.

itemit removes the need for technical knowledge, lengthy implementation time, high costs, and lots of frustration with a streamlined app and effective web portal. This is why our system is award-winning and we’re certified RFID experts by Zebra technologies, world-leaders in RFID hardware and solutions.

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What Is A Passive RFID Asset Tracking System?

What Is A Passive RFID Asset Tracking System?

What Is A Passive RFID Asset Tracking System?

RFID asset tracking will automate your operations, improve the transparency you have over your tools and equipment, and lead to you saving time and money.

With passive RFID asset tracking, you’ll be able to monitor how assets move within a building without needing to physically interact with them. In other words, you’ll be able to automate location tracking and auditing operations.

Find out more about passive RFID asset tags and RFID asset tracking, here.

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How Does Passive RFID Asset Tracking Work?

Passive RFID asset tracking works through the use of passive RFID tags. These asset tags link your physical assets to digital counterparts. You will have hardware that can read these tags and couple up the tag and the asset.

In other words, if you’re using passive RFID asset tracking for construction equipment tracking, you’ll stick passive RFID labels onto your tools and equipment. Each of these tools will have a unique profile on your asset tracking software, then you can use the label on the tool to link the profile to its physical counterpart.

There are two main bits of hardware that you can use when it comes to RFID asset tracking. Both have different levels of automation.


Handheld RFID Asset Tracking

Handheld RFID asset tracking uses handheld readers which link to your asset tracking app via BlueTooth. This way, you’ll be able to speed up audits and location tracking with ease.

This type of asset tracking works in a similar way to QR code asset management, only you will be able to scan from a distance without a line of sight.

This means that you can use standard asset management operations from a distance to track high-value collections where a tag cannot be visible.


Fixed RFID Asset Management

Passive fixed RFID asset management uses passive fixed RFID readers. These readers are placed in tactical locations in your building and read your passive RFID asset tags when they’re in range.

As fixed RFID readers utilise antennas, they will also be able to track which directions your assets are moving in. In practice, therefore, if you’re using asset management to speed up audits for healthcare operations, your fixed readers will pick up when an asset moves from ward A to B, for example.

This provides a much higher level of automation, allowing you to track your assets’ movements with minimal physical interaction.


What Are Passive RFID Asset Tags?

Passive RFID asset tags don’t have a battery, unlike active tags. Passive RFID tags only have two main components, an antenna and a microchip.

These tags are called “passive” as they work from the radio frequencies emitted by your handheld or fixed readers. In other words, these tags will pick up the frequency sent out by your fixed RFID reader and bounce it back to indicate that this unique tag is in range.

There are a few different types of passive RFID asset labels and they differ in functionality. For example, Ultra High Frequency (UHF) tags will have a higher read-range than High Frequency (HF) or Low Frequency (LF) tags, as their read range’s radius will be larger.

There are also different materials to ensure that some passive tags don’t interact with metallic surfaces and become nullified, for example.


Using itemit As Your Passive RFID Asset Tracking System

itemit is a world-first RFID asset tracking system as you can use itemit’s RFID capabilities off-the-shelf. You can purchase fixed RFID readers and passive RFID tags from us directly, meaning your set-up costs are non-existent.

itemit passive fixed RFID asset tracking system is fast to set up, low-cost, and integrates with our software instantly, meaning you don’t need any custom development.

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How To Track Your Tools With RFID Asset Management

How To Track Your Tools With RFID Asset Management

RFID asset tracking makes tracking your tools easy. You’ll be able to run speedy audits and location checks to ensure that all of your tools are in the correct place, and you’ll be able to automate your operations.

In the past, RFID asset tracking was costly, a lengthy process to set up, and highly technical. With itemit, these barriers have been removed. This means that now the automation that RFID asset management can provide is available for your business.

 

How To Track Your Tools With Asset Tracking

Knowing how to track your tools is simple when you sign up to an asset tracking software. Asset management systems allow you to log all of your business’ critical tools and equipment and add data to them.

Asset tracking software gives you a granular view of your fixed asset register. What this means is that you’ll be able to see asset data related to specific assets, such as maintenance, usage, and location information.
After you’ve logged your assets, you’ll also be able to use asset tags to speed up your operations. These tags will allow you to scan your assets to update their last seen locations and edit their information.

Tagging and Tracking with QR Code Asset Tags

Once you’ve picked up your asset management system and tagged your assets, discovering how to track your tools will be an instinctive process.

 

How Does RFID Asset Management Help?

RFID asset management has an edge over standard QR code asset management as it provides you with more automation and greater ease-of-use.

RFID asset labels can be scanned without a line of sight, meaning that you can run asset audits and update asset information from more of a distance.

You’ll also be able to implement fixed RFID asset tracking to automate your location tracking. This system allows you to move assets around and have their locations logged by your asset tracking system without the need for manual input.

RFID asset management works in exactly the same way as QR code asset management, but it provides you with more automation and time-saving benefits, as well as providing you with more accountability over your asset register.

 

The Benefits Of RFID Asset Tracking

As you’ll still be logging, tagging, and tracking your assets with RFID asset tracking, you still get all of the time and cost-saving benefits that a QR or barcode-based system will provide you with.

Any asset tracking system will help you save time and money by allowing you to:

  • Lose fewer assets
  • Update asset information
  • Avoid purchasing duplicates
  • Leverage your fixed asset register for accounting and insurance
  • Keep an accurate record of what you own.

RFID asset management builds on these benefits as by using RFID readers, you’ll be able to automate further and increase the accountability and transparency your asset management software can provide you with.

To find out more about how itemit’s asset tracking system can benefit your business, you’ll be able to book a demo using the button below.

You can also contact the team at team@itemit.com to find out more about how to track your tools or fill in the form below to start your 14-day free trial.

 

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How To Use A Simple RFID System For Your Asset Tracking

How To Use A Simple RFID System For Your Asset Tracking

RFID unlocks the potential to automate and improve your asset tracking operations. With RFID, you’ll be able to speed up audits, track asset locations better, and improve high-value asset management procedures.

In the past, RFID asset management and the use of RFID was unwieldy, complex, and required lengthy setup times and expensive consultancy. itemit’s simple RFID system removes the need for complexity, allowing you to start tracking your assets with RFID in an instant.

So, whether you’re a small business or a large enterprise, RFID asset tracking is now accessible, affordable, and easy to set up.

 

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How Does RFID Asset Tracking Work?

RFID asset tracking works with the use of RFID asset tags. Then, you’ll use hardware to set how these tags are used and scanned. 

These tags relate to unique asset profiles. So, the physical hardware can read the tag and discern which asset is going through a change. In other words, if an asset moves location, your RFID system will be able to understand which asset is moving and where it is.

There are two main types of RFID tracking available.

 

Handheld RFID Asset Management

Handheld RFID asset management uses handheld readers which link to your asset tracking app via BlueTooth.

Handheld RFID asset management is incredibly useful in high-value asset tracking and in speeding up operations in a way that QR codes or barcodes don’t allow for.

For example, if you’re logging multiple assets into a new location or collection, you’ll be able to use your RFID scanner to log this. Simply hold down the trigger and detect the assets and the change will be logged for all of them simultaneously.

RFID on the whole also allows for better high-value asset tracking as you can hide RFID asset tags in a way that you can’t with QR codes or barcodes, as they require a line-of-sight to scan.

 

Fixed RFID Asset Tracking

Fixed RFID asset tracking provides you with even more automation. Where handheld RFID asset management works in a similar way to QR code asset management, where you still need to manually scan a tag to interact with an asset, fixed RFID removes the need for this.

Setting up fixed RFID asset tracking is a process of placing readers in tactical locations across your sites. Then, whenever your tagged assets move from one location to another, your simple RFID system will log the change automatically, without the need for any manual input.

This is very helpful for high-speed environments, where any automation will assist with operations. Hospitals, for example, will benefit from this level of automation.

 

Setting Up Your Simple RFID System

itemit is built around ease-of-use, affordability, and simplicity. This means that the team’s attitude is to make any operations within the system as quick as possible to pick up and use.

For this reason, with itemit, your RFID system is quick and simple to set up, with very effective results. Handheld RFID tracking is a simple process of connecting your readers with your app via BlueTooth, and fixed RFID tracking is a simple process of attaching your fixed readers to your sites and linking them to the itemit system.

The team are here to help every step of the way, whether you’re using RFID asset tracking or if you’re using QR codes and barcodes. This way, you get effective advice and you get up and running in an instant.

To find out more about itemit’s RFID asset tracking system, you’ll be able to book a demo using the button below.

You can also contact the team at team@itemit.com or fill in the form below to start your 14-day free trial.

 

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