{"id":34,"date":"2019-11-11T18:37:56","date_gmt":"2019-11-11T18:37:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.inlogic.com\/blog\/?p=34"},"modified":"2020-05-12T18:14:19","modified_gmt":"2020-05-12T18:14:19","slug":"fixed-asset-inventory-using-rfid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.inlogic.com\/blog\/fixed-asset-inventory-using-rfid\/","title":{"rendered":"Fixed Asset Inventory Using RFID"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>There are many advantages of using RFID for inventorying assets vs using manual and barcode processes.\u00a0 The main advantages we have identified are&#8230;\u00a0<br><br><strong>RFID Reads Multiple Tags\u00a0At\u00a0Once\u00a0<\/strong><br>Manual inventory processes require individually matching an Asset&#8217;s tag number or serial number to a number in a spreadsheet or report.\u00a0 This is very time consuming and often leads to inaccuracies in reporting.\u00a0 Barcode inventory processes are more accurate, however, they still require assets to be scanned individually at at close range, so although it is faster than a manual process it is still a long process.\u00a0 RFID inventories, once implemented, use a handheld scanner and can read 20 or more tags each second, simultaneously.\u00a0 This translates into faster inventories and more accurate results.\u00a0<br><br><strong>No Line-of-Sight Required For RFID<\/strong>\u00a0<br>Manual and barcode processes require tags to be physically located\u00a0and visible.\u00a0 With RFID you\u00a0can\u00a0read tags that are not\u00a0visible to the eye.\u00a0\u00a0As long as\u00a0they are within the range of the handheld, there is no need to physically locate the asset.\u00a0 This is helpful when you have tags on assets that are up under a desk or table.  With manual processes, you would have to crawl up under to find and locate the tag.\u00a0 There are exceptions to this rule, especially when the tag is being blocked by metal or liquid, but\u00a0as long as\u00a0there no interference, the tags can be scanned, found, and you can move on to another location in your building.\u00a0<br><br><strong>Process Improvement\u00a0<\/strong><br>When you are using manual and barcode process to inventory assets, you often\u00a0have to\u00a0pull employees from their normal responsibilities for a time-consuming task.\u00a0 Often these employees are over-qualified and over-paid for this job.\u00a0 This can affect your bottom line.\u00a0 RFID-based asset inventories dramatically reduce the man-power that is required for tracking your assets.\u00a0 It can also provides more visibility for your assets because inventories can be done more frequently.\u00a0<br><br><br><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are many advantages of using RFID for inventorying assets vs using manual and barcode processes.\u00a0 The main advantages we have identified are&#8230;\u00a0 RFID Reads Multiple Tags\u00a0At\u00a0Once\u00a0Manual inventory processes require individually matching an Asset&#8217;s tag number or serial number to a number in a spreadsheet or report.\u00a0 This is very time consuming and often leads [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":37,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[24,49,43,50,48,44,47,46,45],"class_list":["post-34","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-asset-tracking","tag-asset-management-software","tag-barcode-inventory-process","tag-inventory-audits","tag-manual-inventory","tag-radio-frequency-identification","tag-rfid-asset","tag-rfid-asset-tracking","tag-rfid-handhelds","tag-rfid-tags"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.inlogic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.inlogic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.inlogic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.inlogic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.inlogic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.inlogic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":82,"href":"https:\/\/www.inlogic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34\/revisions\/82"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.inlogic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/37"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.inlogic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.inlogic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.inlogic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}