Rugged Asset Barcode Becomes the Key to Building an Ideal Equipment Tracking System
An Equipment Tracking System Born From Combat Logisitics
Moving expensive equipment from home base to training exercises to deployments was challenging.
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There were lots of moving parts in unforgiving conditions, and many ways for equipment and materials to get lost in transit.
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Traditional equipment tracking systems with printers, asset barcodes, barcode scanners, and clunky software work well in air-conditioned warehouses, but what about in places like construction yards?
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Places where equipment gets banged around, moved continuously, and handled by folks who can't be weighed down with a bunch of expensive tracking devices.
Barcode Tracking Without the Excess
Our founder believed in shedding waste. He wanted to stick to the CORE of what an equipment tracking system needed.
The wish list ...
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No Printers. Make Asset Barcodes that are preprinted, ruggedized, and out the box.
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No "Hardwired" Barcodes. Make a Smart Barcode that could be assigned to any piece of equipment.
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No Barcode Scanners. There's no need for them when we carry smartphones that can do better.
No GPS Tags or RFID tags. Use the GPS that's already baked into our smartphones.
No Clunky Software. Stick to the essentials - where's my stuff, what information needs to go with it. A user scans a label and sees exactly what they need to see.
A Real-Time Dashboard showing where your Equipment is, who has it, and has it been Maintained Properly.
This is the dream.
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Knowing everything on one easy-to-navigate dashboard.
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Knowing the status of your assets, seeing inspections uploaded to one place, and getting immediately alerted when things aren't right.
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Finally - an equipment tracking system that could be fully tried out without having to pay thousands in upfront fees and training.
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This is BitRip.