The Asset Tracking Forum focuses on optimum asset
management, in terms of throughput and innovation to improve traceability, safety,
efficiency and security through automatic identification.
Innovations in mobile asset management
Both private and public organizations dedicate a significant part of
their financial resource to procure and/or move packages, goods and
equipment that are often lost or stolen with a dramatic impact on both
productivity and customer experience. Mobile assets availability and
serviceability is a must within the enterprise, along the supply chain
and/or in conjunction with service providing.
How does real-time knowledge of what you have, where it is, and where
it has been, provide a strategic source of competitive advantage?
Is real-time visibility over the flows and stocks of critical resources
achievable with a realistic business case, or by implementing state-ofthe
art technology?
Supply Chain
Improving the quality of material location
and movement data leads to more
accurate data being fed to the company
information systems. Forecasting, master
production scheduling, and distribution
requirements planning systems produce
better outputs based on more accurate
inventory and shipment data. Automatic
identification promises is the ability for a
manufacturer to keep in contact with its
material as it moves through the supply
chain.
Postal Services
Advanced identification technologies
such as RFID can provide more than just
tracking and tracing solutions provided
by legacy barcode systems, for shipprs
and their customers for global business
intelligence and visibility. Secure
identification, authentication and trust
is crucial in areas such as remittance
services and e-commerce, which
represent the key to improved services
and additional revenue opportunities for
the postal and express shipping sector.
Healthcare
The healthcare sector is a key adoption
ground for state-of-the-art technologies
and solutions for identification, security
and traceability. The management of
public and private healthcare institutions
must guarantee control and efficiency
of their critical processes. Automatic
identification and disruptive wireless
technologies play a key role as key
enablers supporting processes in place
at hospitals, clinics, health centers and
public health authority institutions.
ID WORLD Academy Hot Topics
RFID
Radio frequency identification
technology is a cornerstone
of the emerging ‘Internet of
Things’, connecting people,
objects and places. Its
influence is seen in all areas
– such as transport and
logistics, real time location
and supply chain, as well
as key secure ID sectors in
eGovernment, defense and
healthcare.
Smart Cards
Continuous expansion in
smart cards has fuelled
the industry’s growth in
countries and industries
across the globe. This,
coupled with the need for
maximum ID security in many
sectors, continues to drive
technology advancements
in the rapidly emerging world
of mobile and contactless
solutions.
Biometrics
The widespread integration
of biometric technology
of all types into secure
identification devices and
processes, demonstrates
the impact both mature
and emerging biometrics
are having on sophisticated
systems for improved
security and efficiency in
access, authentication and
identification.
Data Collection
Modern methods of data
collection continue to
proliferate all sectors involved
in the flow of products and
information. The barcode
remains the most widespread
means of collection and
with evolutions, such as 2D,
continues to hold its place
in AIDC, along with process
innovations in electronic data
transmission.
