RFID Tracking Devices | Asset Tracking

RFID Tracking Devices (Active & Passive)

Using radio frequency identification (RFID) technology can provide significant benefits for organisations ranging from improvements to asset utilisation, operational efficiency, customer satisfaction, brand protection, regulatory compliance to cost reduction and fraud prevention.

Active and passive RFID technologies can be used to uniquely identify and track assets, inventory and people as well as monitor temperature. A wide variety of solutions is available to accommodate individual requirements depending on the desired location accuracy, the existing infrastructure and budget constraints.

RFID TAGS

Tags are attached to equipment, stock or people.

READER

A RFID signal is transmitted from the Reader.

PLATFORM

Location data is received and displayed on your screen.

Active and Passive RFID tags offer different benefits and have distinct roles for the purposes of tracking items. Active RFID tags are powered by battery and proactively broadcast their own signal. They have the ability to track real-time locations and typically have a much longer read range than passive tags. Passive RFID tags do not contain a battery and power is supplied by the reader to enable the tag to transmit their ID, as well as offer a more cost effective solution for larger RFID Deployments.

Accurate record of asset locations
Time saved looking for equipment
Improved asset utilisation reduces need to purchase new devices
Updates inventory records in minutes
Safer patient environment
Improved maintenance efficiency to support compliance

HOW IT WORKS

RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) uses electromagnetic fields to transfer data from tags which carry a unique identifier. Tags can be attached to items including textiles in order to identify and track them automatically.

An RFID system also includes a reading system that detects the tags, reads the data and sends them to a central computer database, which can be integrated with other enterprise systems for data exchange and reporting.