Wireless tracking solutions enable you to locate, track, communicate, alert and report on people, assets, inventory and much more in manufacturing using your existing Wi-Fi networks. So here are 5 tips on how you can use them in manufacturing to save money.
1. Reduce downtime
Use robust wireless tags with 2-way call buttons for signalling requests such as for manufacturing parts or machine or line service through push button signals, device alarms and other triggers. Using its two-way communication capability, the tag is able to display status of the manufacturing request or event, which can provide users with an estimate on delivery time to the person that dispatched the call.
In addition advanced sensor and telemetry nodes within wireless solutions can be used to monitor various control, sensor and alarm systems. This means Wi-Fi tags can automatically wirelessly relay alerts and status information to manaufacturing plant management systems.
2. Save time and ensure duty of care responsibilities by tracking and communicating with key personnel and contractors
Use wireless hardware to send 2-way text messages and communicate to individual or groups of people, plus track their location whether in a single manufacturing building, in separate manufacturing and warehouse buildings on the same site or on a campus. This ensures duty of care responsibility and enables you to send group alerts and receive fast responses without needing to manage multiple incoming phone messages, or waste group personnel time making needless phone calls.
3. Don’t lose expensive and critical stock and assets both within and between buildings
Whether you are tracking stock or assets between buildings on the same site or between sites, transfer stock to an internal warehouse or partner site you can have full visibility of arrival, departure and movement around a building using wireless tags, all from existing Wi-Fi networks. Plus web based software records and reports on all historic and live movements so you know the location of critical equipment and assets, thus reducing the time taken to search for it or find out its whereabouts.
4. Manage accidents quickly to reduce lost time
Wi-Fi tags enable manufacturing employees to alert managers and emergency workers to an incident and its location quickly and efficiently.
5. Temperature and sensor management
Rather than manually recording and monitoring chilled inventory and products this can all be completed using wireless tags and temperature probes. This enables staff to ensure safe and compliant temperature ranges remain in storage freezers and refrigerators.