In manufacturing, where equipment, tools, raw materials, IT assets, workers, and machines are critical to production. Asset tracking ensures operational efficiency, reduced cost, and improved production time. Bluetooth-based devices like beacons, MESH nodes, and gateways play a pivotal role in this environment.
Beacons: Small, battery-powered IoT devices (virtual Bluetooth® LE technology) attached to tools, machinery, raw material, work in progress (WIP) material, or even carried by workerss emit periodic signals / beacons. These signals are detected by Bluetooth gateways, MESH networks, or mobile devices, enabling precise tracking of location within the factory.
Gateways or MESH nodes: Strategically placed BLE gateways or MESH nodes receive signals from beacons, relaying data to a central system for real-time monitoring. This setup allows manufacturers to track assets, raw materials, semi-finished goods, or finished goods across large factories or warehouses.
Beacon tags attached to asset enable instant location tracking, saving valuable time on the factory floor. Workers can quickly find misplaced material using mobile apps or scanners, minimizing downtime. Work in progress(WIP) inventory can be assessed in real-time there by controlling to cost. This improve productivity, reduces costs, reduces frustration, ensures critical equipment / material is always ready for manufacturing tasks.
Asset tracking monitors raw materials and components, ensuring they’re ready for production lines. BLE tags and IoT sensors provide real-time stock updates, preventing shortages or overstocking. This streamlines inventory processes, reduces waste, and keeps manufacturing running smoothly, saving costs and improving efficiency across the supply chain.
Real-time tracking ensures that workers accidently do not enter into hazardous areas. Bluetooth tags attached provides indication by blinking and beeping so that the employee is alerted about his presence inside a restricted / danger zone. This helps Environment, Health and Safety ensuring compliance in manufacturing environments.
Optimizing the utilization of moving assets such as Fork Lifts, Trolley, AMR is important to the productivity. Attached BLE beacon tags on these moving equipment track path, count trips between various locations such as store to assembly line, measure the time spent at various location in the facility e.g. time spent inside store, at charging station, at assembly line and allows identification of bottlenecks in the process.
Beacon tags attached to asset enable instant location tracking, saving valuable time on the factory floor. Workers can quickly find misplaced material using mobile apps or scanners, minimizing downtime. Work in progress(WIP) inventory can be assessed in real-time there by controlling to cost. This improve productivity, reduces costs, reduces frustration, ensures critical equipment / material is always ready for manufacturing tasks.
Asset tracking monitors raw materials and components, ensuring they’re ready for production lines. BLE tags and IoT sensors provide real-time stock updates, preventing shortages or overstocking. This streamlines inventory processes, reduces waste, and keeps manufacturing running smoothly, saving costs and improving efficiency across the supply chain.
Real-time tracking ensures that workers accidently do not enter into hazardous areas. Bluetooth tags attached provides indication by blinking and beeping so that the employee is alerted about his presence inside a restricted / danger zone. This helps Environment, Health and Safety ensuring compliance in manufacturing environments.
Optimizing the utilization of moving assets such as Fork Lifts, Trolley, AMR is important to the productivity. Attached BLE beacon tags on these moving equipment track path, count trips between various locations such as store to assembly line, measure the time spent at various location in the facility e.g. time spent inside store, at charging station, at assembly line and allows identification of bottlenecks in the process.
Cloud-based platforms integrate with gateways to provide dashboards for monitoring asset locations, usage, and status.
Sets virtual boundaries to trigger alerts if assets move outside designated areas.
Asset tracking system provides instant data, allowing workers to focus on core tasks like assembly or quality checks.
For example,
A manufacturing plant are uses smart IoT products to monitor the location of high-value tools, ensuring they are not misplaced during shifts. IoT Gateways provide coverage across the facility, updating the system when assets move between zones. Point-to-point connections can link specialized equipment to diagnostic devices, enabling real-time performance tracking. This reduces equipment loss, optimizes maintenance schedules, and improves production efficiency.
