Real Time Asset Tracking

In today's competitive global marketplace, supply chain management demands a more effective tracking solution for inventory, materials and workflow. TMG, Inc. can implement these systems for you to deliver quick results and benefits. Asset Tracking Systems (ATS) is new technology that provides a competitive advantage for organizations that plan to adopt it.

In the past, conventional supply-chain management systems had minimal capability in the way of asset tracking. Warehouse Management Systems (WMS)require costly paper and bar coding for most processes, and the success and accuracy of these systems are limited and questionable. Today, new asset tracking technology has pioneered a seamless management solution that delivers instant Supply Chain Visibility –connecting a company’s resources to its information systems in real time.

ATS provides a ground breaking solution for instantaneous location, tracking, and management of supply-chain resources. Using technologies driven by wireless tags, fixed position antennas and web-enabled software, ATS provides low cost, supply-chain visibility with proven efficiency and operating returns. Through perpetual monitoring of the unique wireless tag signal, ATS can pinpoint any item’s exact location 24 hours a day by using Radio Frequency (RF) devices for tracking.

RF devices are attached and act like homing devices to track different types of company assets. When used with containers, pallets, parts, and equipment, the Asset Tracking Systems can be used to manage inventory, track containers, monitor job orders, connect wireless call systems, locate property, ensure quality control, and provide personal safety. These Web-enabled solutions seamlessly connect an enterprise’s resources and assets to its information system in real time.

INTELLIGENT ASSET TRACKING KEEPS YOUR TRAILERS IN CHECK

TMG works to help companies with asset tracking. Whether it's an airline container, ship container, or a 40 foot trailer, you can know in "real time" where shipments and assets are located.

Wherenet's software product, "WhereSoft Yard" introduces the next generation of resource management tools for planning, scheduling and utilization of yard resources. The system enables companies to achieve a new level of efficiency for the movement of trailers and product through supply chains. Common problems such as spoiled cargo, late departures, line shutdowns and demurrage disputes can be avoided using WhereNet¹s YMS. Examples of resources which can be managed by the WhereNet system include:

• Trailers
• Containers
• Switchers
• Dock Doors
• Gates
• Real Estate

Essentially, just about anything that moves throughout a yard can be tagged and tracked in real-time. Because WhereSoft Yard can instantaneously locate yard assets within ten feet, finding time-critical equipment and cargo has never been easier.

WhereNet YMS provides:

Real-time location and status of trailers and switchers through continuous yard location updates
Trailer Inspection
Appointment Scheduling
Resource Utilization and performance reporting
Historical and real-time reporting
Automatic alerts for warning conditions
- Demurrage
- Perishable goods deadlines

Inbound and Outbound gate control
Wireless switcher task assignment
Interface with traffic TMS and WMS
Graphical view of trailer and switcher locations

BENEFITS
The WhereNet YMS has shown increased yard throughput, higher productivity of workers and equipment and reduction in operating costs. The system facilitates efficient supply replenishment and product shipment while minimizing product spoilage and demurrage cost. This adds to increased customer satisfaction and increased profits.

HOW IT WORKS

WhereSoft Yard is a Real-Time Locating System (RTLS) for tracking and managing trailers, switchers and other yard assets. The system works in tandem with wireless local area networks and bar code data capture products to provide users with up-to-the-minute business information from a single, integrated tracking system. WhereSoft Yard enables real-time management of yard assets in locations requiring local area coverage such as outdoor truck yards, distribution centers and manufacturing facilities. It leverages WhereNet¹s Visibility Suite software and WhereNet's RF system; a communications infrastructure of miniature wireless WhereTags, fixed-position antennas, location processors and hand-held tag-communicator terminals. WhereSoft Yard is Web-enabled, allowing users access to yard assets through a Win 32 client or an Internet browser.

• lower operating costs
• improved return-on-assets
• Improved Security
• higher levels of customer service
• streamlined production staging
• better inventory control on finished goods for putaway and retrieval in warehouse and distribution centers

With Asset Tracking System Technology, you have the power to control cost and maximize supply chain efficiency – in real time!