If you’re thinking about investing in asset tracking software, congratulations – you are making a very strategic decision to improve visibility of your assets, streamline asset management, and identify ways to save money. An electronic asset management system is an automated, systematic approach to managing the hundreds (likely thousands) of individual physical assets owned and [...]
No one enjoys the nail-biting experience of being audited by the Defense Contract Management Agency (DCMA). A DCMA auditor will go through all of your government contracts with a fine-toothed comb, looking for any deviations from the DCMA’s exacting requirements and IUID specifications, while you’re trying to make sure you followed all the right processes. [...]
“RFID-Enabled Walkie-Talkies Help Track Remote Workers” “Intel Unveils RFID System for Retailers” “RFID to Bring Literacy to Down Syndrome Children” “In Dunwoody, Ga., Police Use RFID to Open Gates” The above headlines all appeared in the trade magazine RFID Journal in the year 2015. You only need to read a few of the approximately 250 [...]
Understandably, many have become numb to terms like “mobile”, “mobility”, and “mobile technology.” The terms are used so frequently in basic functions of our lives that it is often too easy to disregard the need to evaluate and recognize the breadth of their impact, especially for tracking and managing assets. This is one area where [...]
SRA International Inc. provides sophisticated information technology and professional services to the U.S. federal government. SRA helps government customers address complex IT needs in order to achieve their missions. SRA’s website states, “We are inspired by our customers’ missions and strive to provide the best people, working together to generate the best ideas, to [...]
Asset tracking and inventory management, while both crucial to an operation’s success, share commonalities. In a nutshell: asset tracking via auto ID technology such as barcode and RFID technology will inherently manage inventory, but inventory management is a broad practice that encompasses many facets of a successful operations. Rather, it is simply one of many [...]
If you’re a government contractor and want to avoid rejected payments and lost contracts, you don’t want to mess with the U.S. Department of Defense. The Pentagon mandates that all of its contractors comply with a process that leads to products being listed in the Item Unique Identification (IUID) Registry. Basically, contractors must mark all [...]
“Where is it?” Everyone, it seems, asks this question at least a couple of times per day. “Asks,” of course, is often an understatement. If you’ve ever misplaced your credit card or your driver’s license or smartphone, even for a second, you know that you shriek “where is it?” And why do we put eight [...]
Before you can discover what questions must be asked regarding asset tracking software, you must first gain an understanding into the importance of actually tracking your assets in today's fast paced supply chain environments. The implementation of an automated asset tracking software will allow you to: Track your asset’s movement throughout your organization and supply chain. Facilitate recalls [...]
The Department of Defense (DoD) has determined that it is a strategic imperative that items valued at or above $5,000, or meeting other specified conditions, be marked with unique identification. This unique identification, also known as Item Unique Identification (IUID) is an integral part of the compliance process that was previously mandated by the DoD. This permanent marketing method is used to provide a [...]
