Advantages of Using Bluetooth Beacon for Warehouse Asset management
Warehouse Logistics asset tracking with Bluetooth Use Case
Warehouses are likely the cornerstone of businesses. But, if it’s not tracked efficiently and accurately, your warehouse will lose its value fast. An adequately managed warehouse can track and ensure the quality of goods from manufacturer to end-user. Warehouse Management helps in accuracy, cost control, efficiency, cleanliness, safety, and security, but the core processes are complicated, challenging for warehouse managers.
Warehouse Logistics Asset Tracking With Bluetooth Beacons
Technology continues to evolve, and we see the vast improvement almost every year. One such technology that has changed warehouse logistics is Bluetooth technology used in IoT devices. Asset tracking solutions are among those that can be Bluetooth-powered. But as technology improved, a new version of Bluetooth emerged ― Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) technology.
BLE Beacons are mainly being used in warehouses for asset tracking and management. Managing both your inventory and assets is crucial to the success of your business. Inventory management is all about monitoring the company’s products that move in and out of the stores. Meanwhile, asset management lets you keep track of the items or assets that your organization requires to function correctly.
As your stocks and assets move, you want to make sure that they are all in the right place. When the day is done, they should be where they are stored. Monitoring all
the items you have with Beacons technology can be such a hassle. It is a good thing that BLE technology makes everything more straightforward for you.
How Does It Work?
Using the BLE tracking solution, you can track all inventory and assets in your warehouse. You can also tell right from the tracking platform if you need to restock.
Various gateway devices are positioned in the warehouse to monitor all your inventory, pallets, expensive machinery, forklifts, and even staff members. Some are designed to be installed in delivery vehicles.
With the gateway devices tracking and monitoring, driver’s Identification, behavior, and the supplies movement are possible.
Bluetooth beacons are mounted on the boxes of the inventory. As the stock moves around the site or warehouse, the tags will continually send signals to the nearest gateway. After receiving the beacon, the gateway will automatically report the location of the beacon. It is simple, fast, and hassle-free.
Advantages of Using Bluetooth Beacon for Warehouse Asset management
- PALLET SECURITY
As warehouse pallets can often be lost, stolen, or misplaced, tracking them using an Eelinktech Gateway device that uses Bluetooth technology makes it easier to find, thus improves security by tracking assets moving within the premises,
- REAL-TIME STATUS AND LOCATION
Beacon technology streamlines inventory management by locating critical assets, reducing inventory time. You can get real-time status and location of the warehouse pallet or even backtrace the location. There will be no human error and fewer lost or misplaced pallets by monitoring the asset, which enhances productivity.
- LOW MAINTENANCE
The BLE beacons attached to the pallets work on a small battery. Their performance is such that they can last for years. Once the beacon is mounted on a pallet, you do not need to worry about the maintenance and risk of losing your assets.
- STORAGE OPTIMIZATION
Usually, inventory is stored in separate zones to avoid mixing and easy retrieval. IoT based warehouse Asset tracking can easily be tracked even if the items are stored together, thus optimizing storage space.
- TRACK AND TRACE USING SMARTPHONES
If your warehouse pallet is out of the range of any Gateway device. In that case, the system will tell you the last known location of the pallet. As all mobile phones are Bluetooth capable these days, IoT pallet tracking can search for the pallet using a mobile device easily, thus saving on buying specialized readers
On the whole, it automates the whole inventory management process. Bluetooth Beacons offers a unique opportunity for radical changes in daily operations for any logistic need, which enables you to monitor right from your desk while also ensuring that the smart warehouse’s principles are followed.
CONCLUSION
In summary, Bluetooth Beacons are a valuable source of Asset Management in Warehouses. From space management to stock maintenance, they are a modern solution to issues faced in logistics. They not only help in identifying and tracking location but also help in the utilization of assets and equipment.
Moreover, it is up to the warehouse in-charge to decide whether he wants to place Bluetooth tags on inventory objects or other valuable assets present in the warehouse. These can include pallets, scales, expensive machinery, forklifts, and even staff members. This can lead to better communication, less idle time, more productivity, a minimal margin of error, on-time shipments, and more profit to the business.
Bluetooth Beacon is simple, efficient, and undoubtedly a product of the future!
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Eelinktech is leading the way in joining supplier-managed inventory with superior supply chain technology. We support your warehouses for asset tracking and management by using smart BLE Beacons so that you can access your inventory from your desktop computer or your phone, 24 hours a day
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