There are times in every organization when items get lost – or have gone missing. Being able to locate a misplaced item quickly and efficiently is a powerful advantage and a huge time saver. That’s why we’ve developed Pro-Locate™, an A2B Tracking software feature using RFID to find lost items.
Barcode technology relies on an assigned, designated location (or a “last known location”) for each asset. In a modern warehouse, there is a particular location for every unique asset. Obviously, sometimes there are multiple locations and any of those locations can change as long as those are recorded in the system. This best practice works extremely well most of the time — until the asset moves to a new location without being recorded. When this scenario happens barcode technology falls short.
We know better than anyone, that even with the best technology in place and with the most diligent workforce on hand — items get misplaced. It’s an unfortunate reality; but, assets are often not where they should be.
Pro-Locate™
This is why we’ve developed our new proprietary Pro-Locate™ feature for your Smartphone. Finally, a pull of the trigger allows you to efficiently search entire facilities to locate a specific RFID-tagged asset that has gone missing. Using RFID, even assets not visible to the human eye can be found. For instance, assets stored inside containers, up on shelving, in drawers or stacked under piles of paperwork can all be detected using RFID.
Zebra RFD 8500 Handheld RFID Sled
Using RFID to Find Lost Items
Using the A2B Tracking platform and a smartphone connected to the Zebra RFD8500 scanner, you can sweep an entire area with mobile RFID searching only for the lost item.
When the Pro-Locate feature detects the RF signal from the asset, an audible tone and screen alert will notify the user of the detected asset. As the RFID reader moves closer in proximity to the asset the audible tones and the screen alerts increase in frequency — when the reader moves further away the frequency decreases (indicating that the user is moving in the wrong direction). The Pro-Locate feature using this system of hot/cold directionality will lead the user directly to the missing asset in a matter of minutes. Using RFID to find lost items can save your organization an enormous of time and effort.
Pro-Locate™ can reduce search times from many hours to just a few minutes.
Instead of searching your entire warehouse and looking in every possible location – the Pro-Locate™ feature leverages mobile RFID while you walk through your facility until the system reports a successful find and guides you directly to the missing asset.
To learn more about the A2B Tracking Asset Tracking technology and a demonstration of the Pro-Locate™ feature watch this quick 1-minute video.
