RFID Asset Tracking
Project Challenge:
A private School in California would receive and maintain hundreds of tablets, laptops, printers, and other equipment for their classrooms and students. The equipment would be lent out on a regular basis to students and teachers. The school tried to track who has what by keeping notes and/or paper logs. Over time these documents would be misplaced and would result in items being lost or not returned. Using a manual system, there was no easy way to track who had what, and doing inventory counts and reconciliations were very time consuming and often inaccurate.
Solution:
Put low cost RFID tags on each piece of equipment when it is received at the school. As each item is distributed to a classroom, teacher or student, the item is checked out with the software to a location, or to the person(s) at that location. Inventory reconciliation is done by room on a bimonthly basis using a standard PDA RFID Data Collection Terminal or a Tablet Computer using a RFID scanner. Through the use of software and asset tracking, the school can easily account for their assets in real time.
Benefits:
- RFID Asset Management Software Quickly Installed
- Asset Reconciliation Accomplished Quickly, Saving Hours
- RFID Scanner allows for quick checkout or movement to location
- Web Reporting (on secured intranet) for real-time KPI's of current location, reconciliation and loss prevention reports
- Quickly know who has what and where
- Significantly reduces lost and stolen equipment