{"id":98,"date":"2020-06-05T11:55:44","date_gmt":"2020-06-05T11:55:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.inlogic.com\/blog\/?p=98"},"modified":"2020-06-05T11:55:44","modified_gmt":"2020-06-05T11:55:44","slug":"tagging-non-physical-assets-or-assets-that-you-cannot-reach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.inlogic.com\/blog\/tagging-non-physical-assets-or-assets-that-you-cannot-reach\/","title":{"rendered":"Tagging Non-Physical Assets Or Assets That You Cannot Reach"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p> When performing a physical inventory of your assets, there&nbsp;may be&nbsp;times that your assets will not be easily accessed or physically&nbsp;present&nbsp;at your facility.&nbsp;&nbsp;If these assets still need to be&nbsp;accounted for in your&nbsp;annual&nbsp;inventories,&nbsp;you have&nbsp;a few options&nbsp;to ensure they are included&nbsp;in your reporting.&nbsp; Many of our customers have found ways to&nbsp;maintain&nbsp;visibility of assets that cannot have an RFID tag attached, or that are off-site.&nbsp;&nbsp; <br><br> Examples include:&nbsp; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Equipment that is physically missing due to temporary work from home measures&nbsp;<\/li><li>Tradeshow equipment that is constantly moving and never actually in the office&nbsp;<\/li><li>Outdoor statues that cannot keep an RFID tag attached&nbsp;<\/li><li>Assets where an RFID tag might interfere with the operation of the asset (centrifuge rotors, small handheld devices, etc.)&nbsp;<\/li><li>Assets that contain electromagnets (example: MRI machine) because of the metal in the RFID tag\u2019s antenna&nbsp;<\/li><li>Art pieces that physically cannot have an RFID attached&nbsp;<\/li><li>Buildings&nbsp;<\/li><li>Software that does not have a physical container&nbsp; <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Customers in these situations have the following options:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Keep a binder of barcode tags&nbsp;for these assets, which&nbsp;you can&nbsp;pull out and&nbsp;scan as needed.&nbsp;<\/li><li> Use a software that allows you to create manual asset entries without&nbsp;having to&nbsp;scan&nbsp;the asset&nbsp;such as&nbsp;our asset tracking software,&nbsp;RFTrack.&nbsp; <\/li><li> Place a tag in an area nearby, but not physically on the asset.&nbsp; For&nbsp;instance,&nbsp;in the case of an MRI machine you might place the tag somewhere just outside of the MRI room.<\/li><li> If there are multiple assets at&nbsp;the same&nbsp;off-site&nbsp;location,&nbsp;you could&nbsp;consider buying an&nbsp;extra&nbsp;RFID handheld scanner to take inventories when needed.&nbsp; <\/li><li> Tag the case that the asset is kept in.<\/li><li> In the case of a centrifuge rotor, the stand that the rotor is stored on could be tagged.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>These options will allow you to continue to take inventory as normal, even when you cannot physically access an asset.&nbsp;&nbsp;You can still utilize an&nbsp;RFID&nbsp;asset tracking software for your business even if you have a good number of off-site assets that&nbsp;must&nbsp;be accounted for.&nbsp; Our customers continue to create innovative ways to utilize their RFID technology to save time and increase visibility of their assets.&nbsp;<br><br> Visit&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/www.inlogic.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">www.inlogic.com<\/a>&nbsp;for additional information. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When performing a physical inventory of your assets, there&nbsp;may be&nbsp;times that your assets will not be easily accessed or physically&nbsp;present&nbsp;at your facility.&nbsp;&nbsp;If these assets still need to be&nbsp;accounted for in your&nbsp;annual&nbsp;inventories,&nbsp;you have&nbsp;a few options&nbsp;to ensure they are included&nbsp;in your reporting.&nbsp; 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