- Tough, industrial tags designed in the UK for commercial use
- Rapid deployment, requiring no extra infrastructure or installation of tag readers at a site
- Highly configurable tags with extended battery life (up to 5 years depending on range and usage)
- Ability to read tags from any Bluetooth enabled mobile device
- Doesn’t interfere with WiFi and offers bigger zone ranges (and high concurrency)
- Able to include multiple IDs and inlays, including EPC and GS1 identifiers
- Better value for money – BLE has significantly lower total cost of ownership compared to WiFi, active RFID and RTLS
BLE Case Studies
Healthcare
- Track and trace high-value hospital assets, equipment and devices, down to ward level
- Enable staff to spend less time searching for equipment and more time caring for patients
- Improve patient care and experience
- Improve billing and administation for equipment leasing
- Tags can be discreetly attached without the need to alter or interfere with equipment
- Near-zero infrastructure installation and can be implemented at a quarter of the cost of Wi-Fi applications
Logistics
- General:
- Improve speed and agility
- Optimise logistics workflow at a lower cost
- Options for temperature, light and impact sensing
- Warehousing:
- Cover larger spaces with fewer beacons (using beacons as readers)
- Real-time information on position and number of assets and equipment
- In-transit:
- In transport hubs and on vehicles to monitor movement of items
- Track individual pallets and containers (and high-value goods in containers)
- Streamline and improve item delivery
Manufacturing, Construction & Utilities
- Locate high-value individual plant tools and building equipment in real-time
- Track from stock yards or storage facilities, in-transit and on sites
- Improve visibility of raw materials, smaller bulk items/parts carried on pallets
- Better resource and asset utilisation
- Reduce loss and theft
- Improve safety and productivity
- Feed data into workflow processes for inspection, maintenance, transfers between sites/staff, alerts (e.g missing components for tasks)
Facilities Management
- People:
- Analyse the flow of people around a building
- Assist in evacuation and other safety procedures
- Overview of shift worker movements (e.g. security patrols)
- Assets and equipment:
- Visibility and control over last known location of mobile, high-value assets and equipment
- Inspection and maintenance workflow for fixed assets
- Option for motion detection/sensing for high-value fixed assets
Acumentive are the exclusive direct supplier of Conneq BLE tags. Compatible with the SenseAnyWare software suite (including a dedicated mobile app), Conneq tags are ideal for a wide range of commercial sectors with requirements for locating and tracking high-value, volume assets and equipment indoors, outdoors and in-transit.
