{"id":5905,"date":"2020-12-14T10:20:53","date_gmt":"2020-12-14T10:20:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beaconzone.co.uk\/blog\/?p=5905"},"modified":"2022-02-02T15:47:40","modified_gmt":"2022-02-02T15:47:40","slug":"bluetooth-asset-tracking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beaconzone.co.uk\/blog\/bluetooth-asset-tracking\/","title":{"rendered":"Bluetooth Asset Tracking"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Bluetooth <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beaconzone.co.uk\/blog\/bluetooth-sensor-tags\/\">tags\/beacons<\/a> detect the position of people and assets. Software maps jobs, valuable tools, parts, sub-assemblies and people onto your floor plans or maps.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"998\" height=\"251\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beaconzone.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/bluetoothassettracking.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5906\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.beaconzone.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/bluetoothassettracking.png 998w, https:\/\/www.beaconzone.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/bluetoothassettracking-300x75.png 300w, https:\/\/www.beaconzone.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/bluetoothassettracking-768x193.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The main uses are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li><strong>Searching<\/strong>. Knowing the location of something such as a piece of equipment, parts, stock, pallets, a job or person without ringing round. Locating expensive, shared, equipment so fewer spare assets are required to cover an area.<\/li><li><strong>Security<\/strong>. Alerting when people or assets enter or leave an area.<\/li><li><strong>Protection<\/strong>. Detecting quantities such as temperature and humidity for sensitive items that can spoil.<\/li><li><strong>Process Control<\/strong>. Knowing where things have been. Knowing what happened at a particular location. Knowing when measured values exceeded their expected range.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Bluetooth LE is particularly suitable because it is:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li><strong>Real Time<\/strong>. Better than barcode scans and NFC tags where the data is only as up to date as the last successful manual scan.<\/li><li><strong>Compatible<\/strong>. Bluetooth LE works with existing devices such as smartphones, tablets, laptops and desktops.<\/li><li><strong>Reliable<\/strong>. Works in electrically noisy situations <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beaconzone.co.uk\/blog\/bluetooth-le-on-the-factory-floor\/\">such as the factory<\/a>.<\/li><li><strong>Inexpensive<\/strong>. Commodity hardware is more affordable than non-standard technologies such as ultra wideband (UWB).<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The end result is reduced downtime, less time re-ordering or re-making things that have been lost, optimum productivity and better use of skilled staff doing their job rather than searching for assets and people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.beaconzone.co.uk\/IndustryManufacturing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Read about Beacons in Industry and the 4th Industrial Revolution (4IR)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.beaconzone.co.uk\/AssetTrackingForManufacturers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Learn about Asset and Pallet Tracking for Manufacturers<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/beaconrtls.net\/\" target=\"_blank\">Discover BeaconRTLS\u2122<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/bluetoothlocationengine.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Read about BluetoothLocationEngine\u2122<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bluetooth tags\/beacons detect the position of people and assets. Software maps jobs, valuable tools, parts, sub-assemblies and people onto your floor plans or maps. The main uses are: Searching. Knowing the location of something such as a piece of equipment, parts, stock, pallets, a job or person without ringing round. Locating expensive, shared, equipment so &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beaconzone.co.uk\/blog\/bluetooth-asset-tracking\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Bluetooth Asset Tracking&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[294,297,230,31],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beaconzone.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5905"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beaconzone.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beaconzone.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beaconzone.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beaconzone.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5905"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.beaconzone.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5905\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7087,"href":"https:\/\/www.beaconzone.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5905\/revisions\/7087"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beaconzone.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5905"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beaconzone.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5905"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beaconzone.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5905"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}