IoT and RFID traceability: tracking your logistics assets in real time (pallets, containers, tools)
RFID, BLE, GPS, LoRa: which technology for which asset? A practical guide to reducing losses and tying up less capital.
Every year companies lose 5 to 15% of their reusable packaging, tools and mobile equipment. These losses, invisible in the accounts, translate into repurchases, delays and disputes with partners. IoT traceability makes these assets visible.
Choosing the right technology
Passive RFID for high-volume flows through gates (pallets, bins); BLE beacons with 5-year battery life for tools and equipment moving within sites; GPS/LTE for containers and trailers on the road; LoRa for large industrial sites without cellular coverage. A platform like Logitag aggregates these sources in a single view.
What you see
Position and history of each asset, zone-exit alerts, idle time, rotation rate, automatic inventory in seconds instead of days. Managers identify the customers holding packaging and the sites where losses concentrate.
Observed results
Our clients see −70% asset losses in the first year, a 15 to 20% reduction of the packaging pool through better rotation, and the end of manual inventories. For logistics providers, traceability becomes a contractual selling point.
Implementation
A pilot on one asset family and one site is enough to validate technology and ROI in eight to twelve weeks. OMNIYAT, Zebra Technologies partner, supplies beacons, readers and the software platform, integrated with your ERP.
