IOT ASSET TRACKING
Improve and automate business processes by localizing all assets
What is IoT Asset Tracking ?
Connect your equipment via the thingsHub Tracking Cloud and modern asset trackers and tags
Capture all important movement data with asset trackers that are easy and cost-effective to install. With just one click you know the location, condition and status of your load carriers, pallets, tools, vehicles or equipment. Receive automatic alarms and warnings, e.g. when leaving or reaching defined zones,even in factory buildings and on construction sites.
Areas of application of Asset Tracking
Track transports and shipments
Monitor and control load carriers
Monitor construction machinery and tools
Monitor containers and IBC containers
Optimize pool and reusable transport systems.
Find vehicles faster and manage them better
Track transports and shipments
Time and again, goods are lost, stolen, spoiled due to an interruption in the cold chain or damaged by vibrations during delivery. If these problems are detected too late, the delivery date can usually no longer be met. IoT makes the supply chain transparent. Intelligent trackers send their data in real time along the entire delivery route.
Faster and transparent customer delivery
Establish data exchange along the entire supply chain and minimise waiting times at the ramp, for example. Receive information about location, movement, light or temperature fluctuations with intelligent trackers and thus always be able to deliver safely and reliably.
Accelerate processes and increase quality
Avoid empty runs and search costs through a more efficient logistics process chain. Additional traceability increases quality and it can be traced at any time when damage to products or goods has occurred.
Permanently reduce running costs
Respond more flexibly and agilely to extreme competitive conditions as well as other supply bottlenecks. Data for analysis and status and warning messages enable on-time delivery in the desired quality.
Track transports and shipments
Time and again, goods are lost, stolen, spoiled due to an interruption in the cold chain or damaged by vibrations during delivery. If these problems are detected too late, the delivery date can usually no longer be met. IoT makes the supply chain transparent. Intelligent trackers send their data in real time along the entire delivery route.
Faster and transparent customer delivery
Establish data exchange along the entire supply chain and minimise waiting times at the ramp, for example. Receive information about location, movement, light or temperature fluctuations with intelligent trackers and thus always be able to deliver safely and reliably.
Accelerate processes and increase quality
Avoid empty runs and search costs through a more efficient logistics process chain. Additional traceability increases quality and it can be traced at any time when damage to products or goods has occurred.
Permanently reduce running costs
Respond more flexibly and agilely to extreme competitive conditions as well as other supply bottlenecks. Data for analysis and status and warning messages enable on-time delivery in the desired quality.
Monitor and control load carriers
Localize the load carriers in real time and know how many are located at which production sites and in which intralogistics processes. Thanks to IoT , each load carrier can be uniquely identified and assigned its own status. Transparency beyond the interfaces supports optimization.
Prevent shrinkage
Know which load carriers are in use where, for how long and how actively. By analysing the usage history over a longer period of time, predict which load carriers are ready for use again and when, and detect possible damage in good time.
Accelerate return to the pool system
Thanks to the stored IoT data, you know which load carriers have been in use, how often and for how long, and what condition they are currently in. This means that maintenance can be carried out as required instead of according to fixed maintenance periods, ensuring fast and safe reuse.
Avoid expensive investments
Through improved utilisation management of the load carriers and reduced throughput times in the pool system, the usual additional purchases of new and usually expensive special load carriers can be reduced or even avoided.
Monitor and control load carriers
Localize the load carriers in real time and know how many are located at which production sites and in which intralogistics processes. Thanks to IoT , each load carrier can be uniquely identified and assigned its own status. Transparency beyond the interfaces supports optimization.
Prevent shrinkage
Know which load carriers are in use where, for how long and how actively. By analysing the usage history over a longer period of time, predict which load carriers are ready for use again and when, and detect possible damage in good time.
Accelerate return to the pool system
Thanks to the stored IoT data, you know which load carriers have been in use, how often and for how long, and what condition they are currently in. This means that maintenance can be carried out as required instead of according to fixed maintenance periods, ensuring fast and safe reuse.
Avoid expensive investments
Through improved utilisation management of the load carriers and reduced throughput times in the pool system, the usual additional purchases of new and usually expensive special load carriers can be reduced or even avoided.
Monitor construction machinery and tools
Intelligent tracking ensures greater productivity and transparency. This is because IoT makes it easy to find and track devices, machines, tools and equipment, as well as enabling optimum scheduling and targeted deployment of personnel and resources while avoiding bottlenecks.
Improve utilisation and availability
With IoT , employees, machines and buildings are networked, making processes and the use of assets transparent. The tools or equipment required for specific work steps on the construction site can be found and accessed at any time.
Prevent theft
Continuous inventory and automated control of whether and when machines and tools leave your zones combined with long-term usage data enables theft indication and triggers alarms in real time.
Minimise maintenance, repair and new acquisition costs
Automated documentation of use and knowledge of non-operational equipment on the construction site.
Necessary loan equipment is available to the employees in a timely manner in the event of a lack of necessary spare parts or operating resources on site.
Monitor construction machinery and tools
Intelligent tracking ensures greater productivity and transparency. This is because IoT makes it easy to find and track devices, machines, tools and equipment, as well as enabling optimum scheduling and targeted deployment of personnel and resources while avoiding bottlenecks.
Improve utilisation and availability
With IoT , employees, machines and buildings are networked, making processes and the use of assets transparent. The tools or equipment required for specific work steps on the construction site can be found and accessed at any time.
Prevent theft
Continuous inventory and automated control of whether and when machines and tools leave your zones combined with long-term usage data enables theft indication and triggers alarms in real time.
Minimise maintenance, repair and new acquisition costs
Automated documentation of use and knowledge of non-operational equipment on the construction site.
Necessary loan equipment is available to the employees in a timely manner in the event of a lack of necessary spare parts or operating resources on site.
Monitor containers and IBC containers
See exactly where the bins are, how full they are and which ones need to be reconditioned or serviced. Get 24/7 visibility of bin data for predictive maintenance and route planning, usage-based billing and new customer services. Increase the efficiency of inventory management with IoT technology.
Avoid buffer stocks
Real-time transparency helps to detect operational standstills due to running empty and incorrect filling in good time and to avoid emergency deliveries. A costly buffer stock can be avoided.
Monitor usage history
Tracking usage history over time to predict refills and identify potential theft or leakage problems in time.
Increased efficiency for drivers and customers
One container or one thousand containers. Sustainability and Co2 reduction, by delivering more tonnage with fewer stops in less time and at less cost.
Monitor containers and IBC containers
See exactly where the bins are, how full they are and which ones need to be reconditioned or serviced. Get 24/7 visibility of bin data for predictive maintenance and route planning, usage-based billing and new customer services. Increase the efficiency of inventory management with IoT technology.
Avoid buffer stocks
Real-time transparency helps to detect operational standstills due to running empty and incorrect filling in good time and to avoid emergency deliveries. A costly buffer stock can be avoided.
Monitor usage history
Tracking usage history over time to predict refills and identify potential theft or leakage problems in time.
Increased efficiency for drivers and customers
One container or one thousand containers. Sustainability and Co2 reduction, by delivering more tonnage with fewer stops in less time and at less cost.
Optimize pool and reusable transport systems.
Reusable transport systems such as containers, crates and load carriers are used in production logistics and goods handling, for example. With intelligent IoT sensor technology, it is possible to reduce their number in the cycle and at the same time optimize throughput times. Disruptions in the supply chain are reduced.
Increase service level
Transparency about stocks at all participants in the cycle as well as about so-called en route stocks at transport service providers enables timely maintenance provision.
Reduce stocks
Intelligent container control makes free stocks visible and they can be immediately returned to the cycle. Turnover rates are permanently measured and optimised.
Eliminate shrinkage risk
Thanks to IoT data, misappropriation and shrinkage can be detected at an early stage and containers can be located. They enable permanent and binding inventory reconciliation.
Optimize pool and reusable transport systems.
Reusable transport systems such as containers, crates and load carriers are used in production logistics and goods handling, for example. With intelligent IoT sensor technology, it is possible to reduce their number in the cycle and at the same time optimize throughput times. Disruptions in the supply chain are reduced.
Increase service level
Transparency about stocks at all participants in the cycle as well as about so-called en route stocks at transport service providers enables timely maintenance provision.
Reduce stocks
Intelligent container control makes free stocks visible and they can be immediately returned to the cycle. Turnover rates are permanently measured and optimised.
Eliminate shrinkage risk
Thanks to IoT data, misappropriation and shrinkage can be detected at an early stage and containers can be located. They enable permanent and binding inventory reconciliation.
Find vehicles faster and manage them better
By using smart IoT trackers in vehicles, any vehicle can be located anywhere on the premises and in buildings at any time within a few minutes without any installation effort. Reliable and secure data makes it possible to increase efficiency in business processes.
Reduce search times
Reduce costs through reduced time spent searching. Always find the right customer vehicle and know vehicle movements between the individual work steps.
Optimise throughput times
After each vehicle movement, the tracker independently determines its position to within a few metres. With reliable data, decisions for process analyses are made possible.
In workshop buildings & showrooms
Intelligently combined outdoor and indoor use ensures seamless tracking even inside buildings. Arrival and dwell time are transmitted for further process analysis.
Find vehicles faster and manage them better
By using smart IoT trackers in vehicles, any vehicle can be located anywhere on the premises and in buildings at any time within a few minutes without any installation effort. Reliable and secure data makes it possible to increase efficiency in business processes.
Reduce search times
Reduce costs through reduced time spent searching. Always find the right customer vehicle and know vehicle movements between the individual work steps.
Optimise throughput times
After each vehicle movement, the tracker independently determines its position to within a few metres. With reliable data, decisions for process analyses are made possible.
In workshop buildings & showrooms
Intelligently combined outdoor and indoor use ensures seamless tracking even inside buildings. Arrival and dwell time are transmitted for further process analysis.
Locate assets in any situation
Functions of the thingsHub Tracking Cloud
Everything in view with one click
With the modern web interface of thingsHub Tracking you always keep track of all assets from your area of responsibility. On your workstation, tablet or via mobile phone.
- Locating your assets indoors and outdoors (indoor and outdoor location)
- Low power asset tracker with battery life of up to 10 years
- Geographical full text search to find resources quickly and reliably
- Detection of problems and anomalies according to a freely definable set of rules
- Recognize and react to quality problems at an early stage
- Automatic acquisition of condition values over long periods of time.
- No more manual effort required
- Demonstrate compliance to customers and regulators
- Direct notification in the event of non-compliance
Know the condition of goods and merchandise at all times
With condition monitoring, you can monitor and document the condition of your equipment and goods anytime and anywhere. Whether they are being transported, are at your supplier's or arrive at the goods receiving department. You know all the important condition values such as temperature, humidity or whether there have been strong impacts during transport.
- Recognize and react to quality problems at an early stage
- Automatic recording of condition values over long periods of time. Reduce manual efforts
- Demonstrate compliance to customers and regulators
- Direct notification in the event of non-compliance
- Recognize and react to quality problems at an early stage
- Automatic acquisition of condition values over long periods of time.
- No more manual effort required
- Demonstrate compliance to customers and regulators
- Direct notification in the event of non-compliance
Recognize problems in order to be able to react earlier
Create your own rules and alerts according to which thingsHub Tracking monitors your assets. If there is a problem, the system will notify you via SMS, email or any other digital channel of your choice. With just a few clicks, create custom areas on your digital map that your assets are not allowed to leave or where definable actions should occur.
- Set up your own alarm rules and be notified of problems via SMS, email and other digital channels.
- Cockpit overview of all active and past messages
- Delegate problems directly to teams and individuals who can solve the problem most quickly
- Identify recurring problems in workflows and processes
- Recognize and react to quality problems at an early stage
- Automatic acquisition of condition values over long periods of time.
- No more manual effort required
- Demonstrate compliance to customers and regulators
- Direct notification in the event of non-compliance
Understand how extensively resources are used
There is often a lack of real data and a constantly updated overview to determine the deployment and utilization of operational centers such as load carriers, construction vehicles and equipment. ThingsHub Tracking provides you with this data and enables you to make better data-driven decisions.
- Know the degree of utilization of load carriers, vehicles and equipment
- Understand how long assets stay in defined geo-zones and if there are too many load carriers
- Be notified if stock levels are too low or too high
- Recognize and react to quality problems at an early stage
- Automatic acquisition of condition values over long periods of time.
- No more manual effort required
- Demonstrate compliance to customers and regulators
- Direct notification in the event of non-compliance
Digital Twin Maps: Map business processes with your own maps
It's a bit like hiking. Without a good map with lots of information, you can't navigate even with the best GPS location. For this reason, you can add your own maps and information about your locations to the digital maps in thingsHub Tracking. So that in the end your load carrier shows the location "Factory Hall 4.1" and not only Munich South.
- Add your own site plans and floor plans to digital maps
- Define new zones and geo-fences for own, supplier or customer locations with just a few mouse clicks
- Filter by locations and zones to find resources faster
- Recognize and react to quality problems at an early stage
- Automatic acquisition of condition values over long periods of time.
- No more manual effort required
- Demonstrate compliance to customers and regulators
- Direct notification in the event of non-compliance
Find out for yourself why our customers are delighted
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Whitepaper
Automation in logistics
Automation in logistics is one of the key strategies for making production chains more efficient and resilient. Especially in the manufacturing industry, where precise schedules, high quality and cost control are crucial, automation offers significant advantages.
Whitepaper
Savings potential
Discover the savings potential offered by the use of IoT in container cycles.Use digitalization to say goodbye to manual processes. Eliminate excessive personnel costs, shrinkage and production disruptions.
webinar
Tracking of reusable transport containers
You can find out how IoT ensures transparency and simplifies the management of 15% of load carriers in just one week in our webinar, which Mr. Stute presented at the RFID & Wireless IoT Tomorrow DIGITAL.
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