Asset management systems

Iottag provides turnkey asset management systems, designed and developed in Australia. We provide comprehensive local support from our Melbourne office as well as select partners across the country. Our proprietary systems empower organisations with real-time information on their most important assets. This data then passes through our analytics engine to identify patterns, generate heatmaps, and flag anomalies. Through the application of big data principles, we have the ability to identify elements that do not match expected values. Once these elements have been identified, corrective action can be taken by management to create new operational efficiencies; resulting in reduced CAPEX and labour costs improving the bottom line. Our asset management systems provide substantial ROI by preventing loss and unlocking insight into your organisation’s day-to-day operations.

A typical deployment will utilise existing wifi infrastructure as receivers for tag advertisement data, which is then relayed back to our server for processing. The resultant information, including asset location and telemetry data, will be displayed through the iottag portal. Prior to installation, we recommend performing a physical site survey, which involves one of our technicians coming on-site to identify preferred receiver placements. We then measure signal strength throughout the required areas, noting propagation and penetration through walls, interference levels and dead zones.

Asset Management

Understanding assets – where they are and how they are used – has always been an area where businesses require more information. struggle. iottag offers comprehensive asset management solutions to allow you to quickly and accurately locate your most important assets and analyse their usage metrics to increase operational efficiency and affect your bottom line.

Save time, streamline operations and reduce expenses.

GPS Tracking

Introduction to GPS technology

GPS technology allows a device to identify its location anywhere in the world. Access to these devices have changed the way we interact with the world around us – for example, rather than calling to check in with each delivery driver, organisations are empowered with technology such that location updates are automatic and autonomous.

The acronym GPS stands for Global Positioning System and operates via 32 satellites in orbit. The satellites circle the Earth at an altitude of 20,180 km and complete two full orbits per day. Each of these satellites provides geolocation and time information to ground devices.

Quick Facts:

– GPS is a space-based positioning navigation and timing system
– GPS is operated by the American Air Force
– There are 4 billion GPS-enabled devices worldwide
– Each satellite weighs 2 tonnes and spans a volume of 2.5m x 2m x 2m
– UTC Time reported within 40 billionths of a second
– New generation – GPS III Satellites in production
– Dual band GPS devices enter the market in 2018
– L5 GPS frequency – 30cm accuracy Other GNSS (Global Navigation Satellite Systems) –
– GPS (USA – Est. 1978)
– BeiDou (China – 35 satellites by 2020)
– Galileo (Europe – Est. 2016; 24+ satellites by 2020)
– GLONASS (Russia – 24+ satellites)
– IRNSS (India – Operational later 2018; 7 satellites; Coverage of India + 1500km)
– QZSS (Japan – Operational later 2018; 7 satellites by 2023; Coverage of East Asia + Oceania)

GPS Aged Care

The Australian population is aging. Over the next 20 years the number of people over 85 will double. At this age range the risk for dementia and other memory related diseases skyrockets – If you reach 85, one in four will have dementia. By the age of 95, it’s one in two. One of the biggest worries for dementia sufferers and their carers are the risks associated with ‘wandering’. As a result, people living with dementia may not be able to find their way back home and become lost. Critical wandering that involves the senior leaving the home or facility where they live is referred to as elopement and is extremely dangerous for the wanderer. Search parties need to be arranged quickly to locate the senior before weather, nightfall or panic set in.

Through the use of GPS technology we can assist in caring for the elders of our community. Simply by carrying a small device (approximately the size of a matchbox) we can determine their location – wherever they have wandered to. Eliminating the need for long search parties and the worry that comes from uncertainty.

Accessible GPS for Dementia

Our device has been designed for purpose as a GPS tracker for Alzheimer’s and dementia. It includes an easy-to-use self locating charge dock, IP65 rating to survive daily use and a two button power down sequence to ensure it is not accidentally turned off.

GPS Alerts:

– Fall Detection
– SOS Button (Panic)
– 2-way communication
– Listen-in (audio check-in)
– Geofencing
and more…

The above features form the core of our alerts suite, ensuring that you are always aware when action is required. Whether it is a fall, panic attack or just checking that the day trip goes as planned – with SEEK GPS you will be empowered with the knowledge enabling prompt responses and peace of mind that everything is alright.

Staff Tracking

Knowing when cleaners arrive to work.

Knowing which areas they spend time in whilst on-site (graphical audit report / real-time on the sitemap)

Activity-based information to share with customers, reporting on works complete

Alerts to clean areas based on time decay between visits

Health of system elements – Gateways (online) / Ref beacons (initial config / battery level) / App (online)

App health management – Use of ‘App Runtime’ to trigger SMS reminders to staff to activate application whilst on shift. Compliance alarm to notify users carrying keys.

Keys / equipment protection – Prevent loss of keys using separation alert / tracking location helps to monitor key whereabouts

Smart Beacons

Bluetooth has been used for marketing and wayfinding purposes for a number of years now. These beacons are fixed in place and programmed to broadcast a constant signal which is picked up by customer’s personal devices, such as mobile phones and tablets. For wayfinding, the signal from multiple beacons is collected and interpreted by an application running on the phone. Through special algorithms involving trilateration and triangulated using signal strengths user position is calculated allowing their current location to be plot on the map and directions to be given.

Another industry that has driven the adoption of beacons in the retail sector. Many stores deploy beacons throughout their locations which are set to broadcast targeted messages based on the requirements of each particular store. For example, it may direct shoppers to a new product, Of course, these systems are not mutually exclusive – locations such as stadiums, shopping centres, museums, department stores would benefit from both marketing and wayfinding beacon solutions.

While we have a strong history and will continue offering these traditional applications we are very excited about the next chapter of Bluetooth within the business market.

Asset Tracking

Professional Services – Full Portal Customisation

When delivering one of the systems outlined above, we work closely with you to ensure that the software meets your requirements perfectly. We create custom portals built to your specification. With a dedicated design team, we work with you to make your interface sleek and intuitive – providing access to the right information without delay. All of our projects are engineered by our experts to be powerful and responsive – ensuring maximum system capability and reliability.

Equipment Tracking

Know what you have and where it is – always. Define safe and danger zones for each tag to receive instant alerts. Analyse heat maps to identify points in your processes that can be optimised.

Tool Tracking

Tracking equipment such as tools can be tricky because of their size and value. The cost of tracking has traditionally outweighed the benefits for lower value assets (up to $1000), as over time the costs outweigh replacement. However, downtime and operational productivity can quickly become a larger factors. So finding a balance in return on investment calls for a next-generation solution, various technologies that can meet all requirements.

iottag tool tracking systems include low-cost asset tags and smart software which safeguard your assets starting with a professional sign-out system, alerts when business rules are broken and ensuring that the equipment is never left unprotected without staff and management knowing.

Ask our specialist for a product demonstration, to learn more about system features designed to protect your tools on site and out in the field.

Key Tracking

Key management systems have traditionally been limited to the recording the names of staff who require the asset for an estimated period time. This is primarily an honesty system which may not take into account the many variables and accidents involving loss or misplacement, caused by human error and low accountability.

A streamline process is required to improve record keeping and assist staff and contractors who carry sensitive company assets, to be more accountable.

The iottag key tracking solution offers an enterprise level inventory management system, designed to track and protect thousands of keys both on and off-site. Starting with a professional and efficient key sign out system, whereby the custodian accepts responsibility to track the key, via a streamline process of scanning the QR code on the back of the Asset Tag and selecting ‘sign-out’ within the Atlas app.

If the user does not select sign-out and walks away with the keys, the ‘non-compliance’ alarm on the Asset Tag will sound, reminding the user to stop and complete the official process.

Whilst in the field the system provides feedback of risk detected via alerts when business rules are broken, ensuring that the equipment is never left unprotected, lost or misplaced, if so the custodian and management are immediately notified via the Atlas app and Online Portal.

RFID technology

We are long-standing advocates of leveraging RFID technology such as Bluetooth for enterprise applications. Bluetooth is entering new markets due to the robust structure and ubiquity of the protocol throughout electronic devices today. With the recent release of Bluetooth 5, the range, power draw and bandwidth of Bluetooth devices have all been improved. These benefits will be reflected in new hardware revisions which will utilise new RF chips to enable greater coverage for receivers, longer battery life and faster peak data transfer rates.

RFID radio frequency identification – an abridged history

RFID is an acronym meaning Radio Frequency Identification. This technology branch has a rich history across many diverse industries – from retail security to manufacturing and even timing of athletics races –in all of these scenarios radio waves are used to automate the collection of the required information. These traditional applications used a form of RFID called ‘passive’. Put simply, passive RFID tags have no battery, instead of sourcing power from incoming radio waves. Once receiving the power the tag then reflects a uniquely identifiable radio wave. As there is no battery the tags are a simple printed circuit and thus very cheap to manufacture. The limitation of passive RFID is that in order to work there must be an ‘exciter’ and a ‘reader’ in close proximity – these elements are often very expensive and locked inside proprietary ecosystems.

Fast forward and we reach the advent of active RFID tags. Active tags address the constraints of exciter presence and low read range by including an onboard battery. This means that the tag has a local power reserve and can transmit a predefined message many times (thousands – millions) before expanding its battery. Active RFID tags opened up a whole world of new applications which worked to establish the technology as a mainstay for those familiar as well as bring it to many industries for the first time.

Active RFID forms the basis of our RTLS systems and unlocks a multitude of efficiencies for organisations across the world.

RF tracking asset tag

Asset tags are one of the key components of an RFID system, and also the most recognisable. In traditional systems this is a passive RFID circuit that relies on exciters to energise them, while active RTLS asset tags contain their own battery and can operate anywhere, eliminating the need for exciters.

Bring on the IOT

While these beacon-based technologies are exciting, we are just scratching the surface of the possibilities of Bluetooth powered systems. We see a future where manufacturing, construction, corporate, education, government – are all using Bluetooth based systems to achieve new levels of productivity. We are on the cusp of a digital industrial revolution where everything is becoming connected. This new ecosystem has been termed the ‘Internet of Things’ (IoT), and is set to have the biggest impact on the industry we have seen since the introduction of personal computers.

We are on the frontline of this paradigm shift and it is at the core of our identity – so much so that it defines our company name iottag (tags for the IoT). Our mission is to provide the hardware and software necessary for you to join the IoT wave.

The most advanced RTLS

Gain new visibility and insight into your assets, processes, and procedures. Our core products are a suite of tracking solutions that leverage an array of technologies, including Bluetooth as well as proprietary bands. We have reversed traditional beacon behaviour – rather than simply broadcasting messages, our beacons are designed to also receive signals. This means that we are able to pinpoint the location of your customers, assets, staff, vehicles, machinery and much more. By attaching one of our asset tags, you are able to track anything throughout your facility. Our tags operate on the 2.4 GHz band allowing ultra-low power consumption over a large broadcast range. The battery will last for up to 36 months providing a solution which is both long life and low maintenance.

There are numerous benefits to using Bluetooth-based RTLS systems. The true power of Bluetooth comes through the ubiquity of the technology – with over 8 billion devices in use and still growing, Bluetooth is already a part of our daily life. This widespread adoption allows unprecedented integration with seamless interoperability. The benefits of this integration manifest in many ways;

-Remote sensing of assets using an App
-Tracking of third-party Bluetooth devices throughout your facility
-Easy setup and configuration of hardware

-Crowd sourcing data
-Leveraging existing hardware to launch infrastructure-free RTLS (use your BT enabled Wi-Fi access points as receivers)

RTLS Applications

-Asset tracking, Equipment tracking
-Personnel tracking, Staff tracking
-Automatic timesheeting
-Wandering management
-Patient flow monitoring
-Security systems
-Paperless Check-in / Check-out
-Key management systems