The misplacement of industrial assets such as mobile toolkits, machinery, parts and WIP inventory is a significant issue for manufacturers, sometimes costing companies as much as $1 million per incident. By implementing Cisco's Wi-Fi Asset Tracking solution, manufacturers gain greater visibility into their enterprise, can track the presence and real-time location of high-value manufacturing assets, and substantially increase operational efficiencies by reducing misplacement incidents.
"A Cisco wireless-enabled environment gives manufacturers a highly secure, robust and scalable platform to utilize next-generation mobility services, such as voice over Wi-Fi, location and asset tracking, and contractor and guest access," said Alan Cohen, senior director of mobility solutions at Cisco. "Built on the foundation of a Cisco Unified Wireless Network, the Cisco Wi-Fi Asset Tracking solution yields unparalleled management and control of vital assets throughout the manufacturing process."
Cisco's Wi-Fi Asset Tracking Solution is comprised of the Cisco 2700 Series Wireless Location Appliance, the Cisco Wireless Control System (WCS), Lightweight Access Point Protocol Controller, Cisco Aironet Access Points, AeroScout Wi-Fi-based Active RFID tags and AeroScout MobileView Software. Together, these components deliver a comprehensive RF location architecture that allows organizations to gather location information and track assets in the most demanding environments.
"Asset visibility has always been a business-critical issue within manufacturing, and now there is a convenient network-based solution that has been proven to increase efficiency and save organizations substantial time and money," said Gabi Daniely, vice president of marketing and product strategy at AeroScout. "Together, Cisco and AeroScout address the specific needs of a wide variety of environments with a complete, proven solution for lean and efficient manufacturing."
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