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		<title>How to Choose the Right RFID Solution for Your Business Needs</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Izabela Pepelko Farszky]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2026 08:06:10 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>RFID can transform how businesses track assets, inventory, equipment, shipments, and materials — but only when the right solution is selected. This blog explains how RFID works, which RFID technologies fit different use cases, what factors to consider before implementation, and how companies can avoid common mistakes while building a scalable, real-time visibility strategy.</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://inthing.io/how-to-choose-the-right-rfid-solution-for-your-business-needs">How to Choose the Right RFID Solution for Your Business Needs</a> appeared first on <a href="https://inthing.io">InThing</a>.</p>
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				<div class="et_pb_text_inner"><p data-start="414" data-end="785">Choosing the right RFID solution for business needs is one of the most important decisions for companies that want better visibility over assets, inventory, equipment, shipments, and workflows. RFID can reduce manual work, improve accuracy, and help teams make faster decisions based on real-time data. But the best RFID solution for business success is not just about tags and readers; it is about choosing a complete system that fits your processes, environment, integrations, and growth plans.</p></div>
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				<div class="et_pb_text_inner"><h2 data-section-id="md22o9" data-start="1014" data-end="1051">What is RFID and how does it work?</h2>
<p data-start="1053" data-end="1365">RFID stands for Radio Frequency Identification. It uses radio waves to identify and track tagged objects without requiring direct line-of-sight scanning. A typical RFID system includes tags, readers, antennas, software, and integrations with business systems such as ERP, WMS, MES, or asset management platforms.</p>
<p data-start="1367" data-end="1750">Each RFID tag contains a microchip and antenna. When the tag comes within range of a reader, it transmits its unique ID and, depending on the tag type, additional information. The reader captures that data and sends it to software that turns raw reads into useful business events: asset located, shipment verified, inventory updated, item moved, tool returned, or exception detected.</p>
<p data-start="1752" data-end="1923">This is where the real value begins. RFID is not only a tracking technology. When connected to the right software platform, it becomes a visibility layer for the business.</p></div>
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<p data-start="1976" data-end="2053">There are several types of RFID solutions, and each fits different use cases.</p>
<p data-start="2055" data-end="2319"><strong data-start="2055" data-end="2071">Passive RFID</strong> is the most common option for inventory, asset tracking, retail, manufacturing, and warehouse operations. These tags do not have batteries. They are powered by the reader signal, which makes them cost-effective for tracking large numbers of items.</p>
<p data-start="2321" data-end="2535"><strong data-start="2321" data-end="2336">Active RFID</strong> uses battery-powered tags that transmit signals over longer distances. These are useful for high-value assets, vehicles, containers, equipment, or large-site tracking where a longer range is required.</p>
<p data-start="2537" data-end="2693"><strong data-start="2537" data-end="2549">UHF RFID</strong> is widely used in supply chain, logistics, retail, manufacturing, and asset management because it supports longer read ranges and bulk reading.</p>
<p data-start="2695" data-end="2840"><strong data-start="2695" data-end="2714">HF and NFC RFID</strong> are often used for access control, payments, authentication, document tracking, and item-level interactions at shorter ranges.</p>
<p data-start="2842" data-end="3155">The best solution depends on what you need to track. For example, a warehouse may use UHF RFID for pallets and cases. A hospital may use RFID or BLE for medical equipment. A manufacturer may combine RFID with barcode, BLE, or UWB to track tools, WIP, returnable containers, and materials across production stages.</p></div>
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				<div class="et_pb_text_inner"><h2 data-section-id="3h8jmw" data-start="3157" data-end="3210">Factors to consider when choosing an RFID solution</h2>
<p data-start="3212" data-end="3523">The first factor is your business goal. Are you trying to reduce inventory errors, eliminate search time, prevent asset loss, improve shipment accuracy, automate audits, or increase production visibility? A good RFID solution should be selected around measurable business outcomes, not just technology features.</p>
<p data-start="3525" data-end="3768">The second factor is the operating environment. Metal surfaces, liquids, dense shelving, dock doors, production equipment, forklifts, and human movement can all affect RFID performance. Site assessment and proper reader placement are critical.</p>
<p data-start="3770" data-end="3986">Third, consider the asset type. A laptop, pallet, surgical device, returnable container, and production traveler may each require a different tag, reader setup, and workflow. One-size-fits-all RFID rarely works well.</p>
<p data-start="3988" data-end="4221">Fourth, evaluate software capabilities. Hardware captures data, but software creates value. Look for real-time dashboards, exception alerts, duplicate read filtering, location history, audit trails, reporting, APIs, and integrations.</p>
<p data-start="4223" data-end="4495">Fifth, think about deployment speed and scalability. Businesses should avoid solutions that require months of custom development before producing value. A practical RFID platform should start small, prove ROI quickly, and scale across sites, devices, workflows, and users.</p></div>
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<p data-start="4526" data-end="4685">One common mistake is treating RFID as a hardware-only project. Buying readers and tags without a clear workflow creates data noise, not business intelligence.</p>
<p data-start="4687" data-end="4838">Another mistake is skipping a pilot. A small, focused pilot helps validate tag performance, read accuracy, process fit, and ROI before a wider rollout.</p>
<p data-start="4840" data-end="5033">Many companies also underestimate change management. RFID changes how teams receive, move, count, audit, and verify items. Employees need simple workflows and clear reasons to trust the system.</p>
<p data-start="5035" data-end="5218">A fourth mistake is over-customizing too early. Heavy customization increases cost, risk, and deployment time. Whenever possible, start with proven workflows and configure from there.</p>
<p data-start="5220" data-end="5448">Finally, businesses often fail to define success metrics. Before implementation, decide what improvement matters: inventory accuracy, audit time, search time, shipment errors, asset utilization, labor savings, or loss reduction.</p></div>
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<p data-start="5483" data-end="5560">RFID has already transformed asset tracking and management across industries.</p>
<p data-start="5562" data-end="5838">In manufacturing and logistics, RFID helps companies verify shipments automatically, reduce wrong shipments, track WIP, and monitor materials from dock to production to dispatch. In asset-heavy environments, RFID improves audits, maintenance visibility, and asset utilization.</p>
<p data-start="5840" data-end="6279">For example, real-time visibility platforms can support assets, materials, goods, containers, consumables, and returnable items. InThing materials highlight applications such as shipping and receiving validation, WIP visibility, worker productivity, inventory improvement, and asset audits. These use cases show that RFID is most powerful when it connects physical movement with operational decisions.</p>
<p data-start="6281" data-end="6564">In warehouse environments, RFID can improve inventory and pick operations by enabling continuous inventory, faster location checks, and more accurate fulfillment. In production environments, RFID can track jobs across workstations and trigger alerts when dwell time becomes too long.</p></div>
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				<a class="et_pb_button et_pb_button_1 et_pb_bg_layout_light" href="https://inthing.io/continental-floral-greens-cfg">Continental Floral Greens Deploys InThing WIP Solution To End-to-End Wreath Production Till Assembly</a>
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<p data-start="6603" data-end="6807">The future of RFID is moving beyond simple identification. Businesses are increasingly combining RFID with BLE, UWB, GPS, sensors, AI, and cloud-native platforms to create richer operational intelligence.</p>
<p data-start="6809" data-end="7079">Expect stronger adoption of real-time location systems, predictive analytics, automated exception handling, edge processing, and AI-supported decision-making. RFID data will increasingly feed dashboards that show not only where something is, but what should happen next.</p>
<p data-start="7081" data-end="7351">For businesses, the key takeaway is simple: the right RFID solution should not add complexity. It should reduce it. Choose a platform that delivers real-time visibility, integrates with your existing ecosystem, scales with your operation, and helps your team act faster.</p>
<p data-start="7353" data-end="7510" data-is-last-node="" data-is-only-node="">The best RFID solution is not the one with the most features. It is the one that solves the right business problem, proves value quickly, and grows with you.</p></div>
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<p>The post <a href="https://inthing.io/how-to-choose-the-right-rfid-solution-for-your-business-needs">How to Choose the Right RFID Solution for Your Business Needs</a> appeared first on <a href="https://inthing.io">InThing</a>.</p>
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		<title>Why Managers Need Operational Insights, Not Just Visibility</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Izabela Pepelko Farszky]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 28 May 2026 07:56:11 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Visibility helps teams see what is happening, but operational reporting helps managers understand what it means. This blog explains why raw tracking data is not enough, which reports matter most across warehouse, operations, compliance, and maintenance teams, and how reporting turns asset, material, workforce, and process events into practical operational intelligence.</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://inthing.io/why-managers-need-operational-insights-not-just-visibility">Why Managers Need Operational Insights, Not Just Visibility</a> appeared first on <a href="https://inthing.io">InThing</a>.</p>
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				<div class="et_pb_text_inner"><p data-start="420" data-end="694">Visibility has become one of the biggest promises in modern operations. Companies want to know where their assets are, how materials move, what teams have received, what has shipped, and what happens across the warehouse, production floor, maintenance area, or supply chain.</p>
<p data-start="696" data-end="994">That visibility matters. When teams cannot see operational activity in real time, they lose time, money, and control. Assets go missing, inventory loses accuracy, shipments leave with errors, equipment sits idle, and managers spend too much of their day trying to understand what actually happened.</p>
<p data-start="996" data-end="1044">But visibility alone does not run the operation.</p>
<p data-start="1046" data-end="1357">A manager does not need more data just for the sake of having more data. A warehouse leader does not want another screen full of raw scans. Operations teams need more than dashboards that show movement without explaining performance. Compliance teams need reliable records, not thousands of disconnected events.</p></div>
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				<div class="et_pb_text_inner"><h2 data-section-id="1827zc6" data-start="1878" data-end="1934"><span role="text"><strong data-start="1881" data-end="1934">Visibility is the starting point, not the outcome</strong></span></h2>
<p data-start="1982" data-end="2343">Tracking data creates the foundation for better operations. RFID reads, barcode scans, location updates, sensor events, and movement logs build a live picture of activity. They can show that a pallet entered a receiving zone, a returnable container left the dock, a tool moved from one department to another, or a finished good passed through a shipping portal.</p>
<p data-start="2345" data-end="2716">However, managers do not manage individual reads and scans. They manage performance. To do that well, they need to know whether receiving runs behind schedule, whether put-away slows down the flow, whether teams confirmed a shipment before it left the dock, whether equipment sits idle, and whether the same issue keeps happening in the same location, shift, or workflow.</p>
<p data-start="2718" data-end="3018">This is the difference between tracking data and operational reporting. Tracking can tell a team that an asset appeared at a specific time and place. Reporting can show that the same asset has stayed idle for 18 days, missed its inspection window, and may not be available for the next scheduled job.</p>
<p data-start="3020" data-end="3148">One gives a data point. The other gives context. Managers rely on that context when they need to make fast, practical decisions.</p></div>
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				<a class="et_pb_button et_pb_button_2 et_pb_bg_layout_light" href="https://inthing.io/rfid-can-detect-assets-but-can-your-team-actually-find-them">RFID Can Detect Assets — But Can Your Team Actually Find Them?</a>
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				<div class="et_pb_text_inner"><h2 data-section-id="1paqrnd" data-start="3089" data-end="3129"><span role="text"><strong data-start="3092" data-end="3129">The reports managers actually use</strong></span></h2>
<p data-start="3192" data-end="3390">The most useful reports usually answer the questions teams already ask every day. They do not need to be overly complex. They need to be clear, reliable, and connected to real operational decisions.</p>
<p data-start="3392" data-end="3866">In a warehouse, managers care about receiving accuracy, shipment validation, inventory movement, cycle counts, stock discrepancies, and pick accuracy. They need to understand what arrived, what went missing, what moved to storage, what can ship, and where errors appeared. Without reporting, these questions often require manual checks, spreadsheets, messages, and end-of-shift updates. With reporting, teams access the information faster and act on it with more confidence.</p>
<p data-start="3868" data-end="4296">On the production floor, flow matters most. Supervisors need insight into WIP status, dwell time, bottlenecks, process delays, material availability, and job movement between stages. If a batch sits too long at one workstation, or a traveler disappears between steps, the issue needs to surface quickly. A good report gives supervisors a chance to act before a delay turns into downtime, missed output, or a customer escalation.</p>
<p data-start="4298" data-end="4708">Maintenance teams use reporting to move from reactive work to planned action. Managers can see which assets need service, which tools require certification, which equipment gets used most often, and which items create recurring issues. Instead of waiting for equipment to fail or relying only on calendar-based schedules, teams can plan maintenance based on actual usage, movement history, and asset condition.</p>
<p data-start="4710" data-end="5064">For compliance and audit teams, reporting creates evidence. It gives teams timestamped records, movement history, chain of custody, maintenance logs, and proof that workers completed required steps. In regulated environments, “we think it was done” is not enough. Teams need to show exactly what happened, when it happened, and what the process involved.</p>
<p data-start="5066" data-end="5164">These reports are not nice-to-have extras. They help managers move from assumptions to confidence.</p></div>
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<p data-start="5220" data-end="5522">In many operations, managers spend too much time chasing updates. Someone checks whether an item arrived. Another person confirms whether a shipment has left. A supervisor searches through spreadsheets to see whether a tool came back. At the end of the shift, teams still try to understand what went wrong.</p>
<p data-start="5524" data-end="5787">This way of working creates friction because the operation keeps moving while the information lags behind. By the time the issue becomes clear, the team may already face a delayed shipment, a missing asset, a production interruption, or an incomplete audit trail.</p>
<p data-start="5789" data-end="6050">Operational reporting changes that rhythm. When the system captures events automatically and turns them into clear reports, teams no longer need to manually piece the story together. They can see what happened, where it happened, and what still needs attention.</p>
<p data-start="6052" data-end="6383">This creates accountability without adding more work. Warehouse teams can see which shipments passed verification and which need review. Maintenance teams can see overdue equipment. Supervisors can spot jobs that have waited too long. Compliance managers can pull an audit trail without asking five people for supporting documents.</p>
<p data-start="6385" data-end="6492">The value does not sit only in the report itself. It comes from giving everyone the same operational truth.</p></div>
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				<div class="et_pb_text_inner"><h2 data-section-id="6e3uvi" data-start="6480" data-end="6534"><span role="text"><strong data-start="6483" data-end="6534">From raw visibility to real operational insight</strong></span></h2>
<p data-start="6550" data-end="6650">The strongest reporting does more than summarize the past. It helps teams improve what happens next.</p>
<p data-start="6652" data-end="7024">A shipment exception report can show where wrong shipments happen most often. A dwell-time report can reveal where materials get stuck. Utilization reports show which assets teams overuse, underuse, or cannot find. Maintenance reports expose equipment that quietly creates downtime. Audit reports can turn days of manual preparation into a faster and more reliable review.</p>
<p data-start="7026" data-end="7152">This is where reporting becomes more than a platform feature. It becomes a window into the way the business actually operates.</p>
<p data-start="7154" data-end="7443">With better reports, managers can ask better questions. Where do teams lose time? Which processes create the most exceptions? Which assets fail to support productivity? Which areas need more control? Why do some locations perform better than others? Where do small problems keep repeating?</p>
<p data-start="7445" data-end="7750">Those questions move the conversation beyond simple tracking. They connect assets, materials, workflows, people, and systems into a broader operational intelligence strategy. The goal is not only to know where something is. The goal is to understand how the operation behaves and how teams can improve it.</p></div>
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				<a class="et_pb_button et_pb_button_3 et_pb_bg_layout_light" href="https://inthing.io/sensor-technology-for-inventory-management-benefits">Sensor Technology for Inventory Management: 5 Business Benefits of Real-Time Visibility</a>
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<p data-start="7803" data-end="8167">This is also what makes the value of visibility easier to explain in real business terms. Most customers already understand the pain of missing assets, inaccurate inventory, delayed shipments, manual audits, and slow reconciliation. They live with these problems every day. What they need is a practical way to connect the solution to the outcomes they care about.</p>
<p data-start="8169" data-end="8266">Reporting creates that connection. It turns a visibility project into a performance conversation.</p>
<p data-start="8268" data-end="8617">Instead of focusing only on location tracking, the discussion becomes much more concrete. Can the team reduce search time? Can they catch shipment issues earlier? Can they prove compliance faster? Can they reduce manual reconciliation? Can they understand why materials get delayed? Can they make better decisions with the data they already capture?</p>
<p data-start="8619" data-end="8980">That kind of story earns trust because it reflects the real pressure inside daily operations. It speaks to the manager who has to explain a missing asset, the supervisor who has to recover a delayed job, the warehouse team that has to fix a short shipment, the maintenance lead who has to prevent downtime, and the compliance team that has to prove the process.</p>
<p data-start="8982" data-end="9062">Good reporting gives these teams more than visibility. It gives them confidence.</p></div>
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				<div class="et_pb_text_inner"><h2 data-section-id="15eivqf" data-start="9089" data-end="9149"><span role="text"><strong data-start="9092" data-end="9149">Operational intelligence starts with better reporting</strong></span></h2>
<p data-start="9126" data-end="9262">Visibility remains the foundation. Without accurate, real-time data, reporting cannot work. But visibility should not be the final goal.</p>
<p data-start="9264" data-end="9563">Managers need reporting that helps them monitor performance, spot issues sooner, improve accountability, and make better decisions across the entire operation. Strong reports show what moves, what slows down, what goes missing, what needs maintenance, what creates risk, and what deserves attention.</p>
<p data-start="9565" data-end="9888">That is where InThing creates value beyond tracking. By turning asset, material, workforce, and process events into actionable reports, InThing gives teams insight into the operations behind the data. It helps managers move from simply seeing events to understanding patterns, exceptions, and opportunities for improvement.</p>
<p data-start="9890" data-end="9951">This is the step from visibility to operational intelligence.</p>
<p data-start="9953" data-end="10130" data-is-last-node="" data-is-only-node="">In real operations, that step matters. Knowing where something is can solve one problem. Knowing what that means for the business helps managers solve the right problems sooner.</p></div>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Izabela Pepelko Farszky]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2026 07:01:21 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Sensor technology helps companies replace manual checks and inventory blind spots with real-time visibility, automated tracking and better operational control.</p>
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				<div class="et_pb_text_inner"><p data-start="831" data-end="942">Inventory problems rarely start with one big mistake. More often, they begin with small moments of uncertainty.</p>
<p data-start="944" data-end="1213">A pallet arrives, but no one updates the system. A team moves a critical part to another area, but no one knows where it went. A returnable container leaves the facility and never comes back. A warehouse team packs a customer order with one missing item and discovers the mistake too late.</p>
<p data-start="1215" data-end="1351">On paper, inventory exists. In reality, teams may not know exactly where it is, what condition it is in, or whether it is ready to move.</p>
<p data-start="1353" data-end="1552">That gap between the digital system and the physical world creates real costs: manual searches, wrong shipments, production delays, duplicate purchases, stockouts, shrinkage, and frustrated customers.</p>
<p data-start="1554" data-end="1881">This is where <strong data-start="1568" data-end="1614">sensor technology for inventory management</strong> creates measurable business value. By using technologies such as RFID, BLE, UWB, GPS, LoRaWAN, barcode scanning, environmental sensors, and connected industrial systems, companies can turn inventory from a static record into a live source of operational intelligence.</p></div>
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				<div class="et_pb_text_inner"><h2 data-section-id="197yhxg" data-start="1883" data-end="1936">What Is Sensor Technology in Inventory Management?</h2>
<p data-start="1938" data-end="2032">Sensor technology connects physical items, assets, materials, and locations to digital systems.</p>
<p data-start="2034" data-end="2244">In traditional inventory management, teams depend heavily on manual action. Someone scans a barcode, updates a spreadsheet, enters a transaction into an ERP system, or reports a movement after it happens.</p>
<p data-start="2246" data-end="2325">That approach works until operations become too fast, too large, or too complex.</p>
<p data-start="2327" data-end="2904">Sensor-based inventory management automatically captures events from the physical world. RFID can confirm that a pallet passed through a dock door. BLE can show that an asset is inside a specific zone. UWB can provide precise indoor location for high-value items. GPS can track shipments or outdoor assets. LoRaWAN can support long-range, low-power tracking across yards or distributed facilities. Barcode scanning can support controlled workflows where human confirmation still adds value. Environmental sensors can monitor temperature, humidity, vibration, or other conditions.</p>
<p data-start="2906" data-end="3077">The technology captures the signal. The platform turns that signal into useful actions: inventory updates, alerts, dashboards, reports, audit trails, and workflow triggers.</p>
<p data-start="3079" data-end="3235">That is the real value of <strong data-start="3105" data-end="3151">sensor technology for inventory management</strong>. It not only collects data. It helps teams act faster and with more confidence.</p></div>
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				<a class="et_pb_button et_pb_button_4 et_pb_bg_layout_light" href="https://inthing.io/rfid-enterprise-system-integration">Integrating RFID into Existing Enterprise Systems</a>
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				<div class="et_pb_text_inner"><h2 data-section-id="17pdrgz" data-start="3237" data-end="3294">Benefit 1: Real-Time Inventory Tracking and Visibility</h2>
<p data-start="3296" data-end="3430">Most companies already have inventory data. The problem is that this data often arrives late, misses context or depends on manual updates.</p>
<p data-start="3432" data-end="3703">A system may say a material is available, but the team still has to search for it. A warehouse may show enough stock, but some of it may sit in the wrong location. A shipment may appear prepared in the system, but nobody has confirmed whether every item is actually on the pallet.</p>
<p data-start="3705" data-end="3739">Sensor technology closes this gap.</p>
<p data-start="3741" data-end="4078">With connected tags, readers, handheld devices, and location sensors, companies can see inventory movement as it happens. A material can trigger an update when it arrives. A worker can locate a tool without walking the entire floor. A team can verify a pallet before it leaves the dock. A shipment can remain visible even after it leaves the facility.</p>
<p data-start="4080" data-end="4238">This changes daily operations. Instead of spending time asking where something is, teams can see its last known location, movement history, and current status.</p>
<p data-start="4240" data-end="4314">The benefit is not just knowing more. The benefit is reducing uncertainty.</p></div>
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				<div class="et_pb_text_inner"><h2 data-section-id="1tcf4cl" data-start="4316" data-end="4362">Benefit 2: Improved Accuracy and Efficiency</h2>
<p data-start="4364" data-end="4441">Inventory accuracy is not only a reporting issue. It is an operational issue.</p>
<p data-start="4443" data-end="4743">If the system says an item is available and it is not, the business may make the wrong promise. If the system says something is missing, and it is actually on-site, the business may reorder unnecessarily. If teams correct inventory counts only during audits, they may operate with bad data for weeks.</p>
<p data-start="4745" data-end="4827">Sensor technology improves accuracy because it captures real events automatically.</p>
<p data-start="4829" data-end="5094">When an item moves through a reader zone, the system can update its status. When a worker scans a barcode at a process step, the system knows where that item is in the workflow. When a team verifies a shipment before departure, they can catch errors before those errors reach the customer.</p>
<p data-start="5096" data-end="5165">This reduces the gap between physical inventory and system inventory.</p>
<p data-start="5167" data-end="5445">A simple example is chemical tracking. In chemical environments, it is not enough to know that a container exists. Teams need to know when it arrived, where they stored it, whether someone moved it into an approved area, how long it stayed there and whether it requires special handling.</p>
<p data-start="5447" data-end="5640">Sensor-based tracking creates a continuous digital trail. The same principle applies to raw materials, tools, medical equipment, finished goods, returnable containers, and production components.</p></div>
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<p data-start="5703" data-end="5792">One of the highest hidden costs in inventory management is the time spent looking for things.</p>
<p data-start="5794" data-end="6010">People search for missing tools. Warehouse teams recount items that should already be accurate. Production supervisors walk the floor to check where jobs are stuck. Employees manually verify shipments under pressure.</p>
<p data-start="6012" data-end="6086">This is not strategic work. It is recovery work caused by poor visibility.</p>
<p data-start="6088" data-end="6300">Sensor technology reduces this burden by automating the collection of inventory and movement data. Instead of relying only on people to report every change, the environment itself becomes a source of information.</p>
<p data-start="6302" data-end="6589">A warehouse worker can find the right item faster. A supervisor can see which jobs are delayed without calling every station. A maintenance team can locate equipment before service windows are missed. A shipping team can validate an outbound order before it becomes a customer complaint.</p>
<p data-start="6591" data-end="6699">The productivity gain does not come from replacing people. It comes from removing unnecessary manual effort.</p></div>
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				<a class="et_pb_button et_pb_button_5 et_pb_bg_layout_light" href="https://inthing.io/asset-tracking-essential-for-small-businesses">5 Reasons Why Asset Tracking Is Essential for Small Businesses</a>
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<p data-start="6743" data-end="6834">Customers do not see the internal complexity of inventory management. They see the outcome.</p>
<p data-start="6836" data-end="6962">Did the order arrive complete? Did it arrive on time? Did the company ship the right product? Can someone answer where the shipment is?</p>
<p data-start="6964" data-end="7080">Better inventory visibility directly improves customer experience because it reduces the errors customers feel most.</p>
<p data-start="7082" data-end="7453">Before a shipment leaves the dock, RFID or barcode validation can confirm that the expected items are present. During fulfillment, location data helps teams pick faster and more accurately. During transit, GPS or long-range tracking can provide visibility beyond the warehouse. For returns, sensor-based workflows can identify items as soon as they re-enter the facility.</p>
<p data-start="7455" data-end="7587">Teams reduce wrong shipments. <br data-start="8161" data-end="8164" />They prevent stockouts more easily. <br data-start="8220" data-end="8223" />They answer delivery questions faster. <br data-start="8282" data-end="8285" />They process returns with less delay. </p>
<p data-start="7589" data-end="7767">The result is trust. A customer may never know which sensor technology works in the background, but they will notice that the company feels more reliable and easier to work with.</p></div>
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<p data-start="7825" data-end="7920">Shrinkage is often described as loss, but in many operations, it is really a visibility problem.</p>
<p data-start="7922" data-end="8167">Items disappear because nobody knows where they last appeared. Assets leave approved areas without triggering an alert. Companies lose returnable containers when they do not monitor the full journey. Teams move high-value equipment without creating a reliable record.</p>
<p data-start="8169" data-end="8258">Sensor technology helps reduce shrinkage by creating a stronger digital chain of custody.</p>
<p data-start="8260" data-end="8489">The system can capture every movement. <br data-start="9181" data-end="9184" />It can record every zone entry or exit. <br data-start="9244" data-end="9247" />It can trigger alerts for exceptions. <br data-start="9305" data-end="9308" />It can show each item’s last-known location. <br data-start="9373" data-end="9376" />It can give audit historical movement data instead of forcing teams to rely on memory.</p>
<p data-start="8491" data-end="8672">This matters for companies managing high-value tools, regulated inventory, medical devices, chemicals, IT equipment, documents, reusable containers, or critical production materials.</p>
<p data-start="8674" data-end="8899">Security improves because teams can act sooner. Instead of discovering a missing item during the next audit, they can see when it moved, where the system last detected it and whether it crossed a boundary it should not have crossed.</p></div>
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<p data-start="8960" data-end="9070">Inventory management used to focus on records: what teams received, shipped, counted or entered into the system.</p>
<p data-start="9072" data-end="9151">Modern operations need more than that. They need to know what is happening now.</p>
<p data-start="9153" data-end="9379">That is the promise of <strong data-start="9176" data-end="9222">sensor technology for inventory management</strong>. It gives teams real-time visibility, improves accuracy, reduces manual work, strengthens customer trust, and helps prevent loss before it becomes expensive.</p>
<p data-start="9381" data-end="9569">RFID, BLE, UWB, GPS, LoRaWAN, barcode scanning, and connected sensors all play a role. But these technologies create the most value when they work together through one connected operational view.</p>
<p data-start="9571" data-end="9649">Because the future of inventory management is not simply knowing what you own.</p>
<p data-start="9651" data-end="9780" data-is-last-node="" data-is-only-node="">It is knowing where it is, what is happening to it, whether it is ready, whether it is safe, and what action should happen next.</p></div>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Izabela Pepelko Farszky]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Mar 2026 09:38:56 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Warehouse RFID projects often focus on tag reads, device selection, and accuracy. But detection alone does not create value if teams still struggle to locate pallets, totes, or roll cages in the right operational context. Real value comes when RFID data helps operators find assets faster and act with confidence.</p>
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				<div class="et_pb_text_inner"><p data-start="318" data-end="598">When warehouse companies begin evaluating an RFID project, the first questions are usually about speed, hardware, and accuracy. How quickly can tagged pallets be read? Which device is the right fit? How much time can RFID save in receiving, inventory, or dispatch workflows?</p>
<p data-start="600" data-end="681">These are important questions. But they are rarely the complete set of questions.</p>
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<p data-start="683" data-end="904">One of the most overlooked questions in warehouse RFID projects is also one of the most important: <strong data-start="782" data-end="904">once an asset has been detected, how will operators actually find it and act on that information inside the warehouse?</strong></p>
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<p data-start="906" data-end="1258">That question matters because in real warehouse environments, visibility only creates value when it supports action. It is not enough for the system to confirm that a pallet, roll cage, tote, or other tagged asset exists somewhere in the process. Warehouse teams need to understand where it is in a meaningful operational context, and what to do next.</p>
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<p data-start="1296" data-end="1522">In many RFID discussions, the focus naturally starts with tag reads. Customers want to know how reliably assets can be detected, how quickly data can be captured, and what hardware setup will perform best in their environment.</p>
<p data-start="1524" data-end="1597">That is the right starting point. Reliable RFID performance is essential.</p>
<p data-start="1599" data-end="1653">But warehouse workflows do not end when a tag is read.</p>
<p data-start="1655" data-end="1966">A pallet may already be registered in the system, available for the next step, and technically visible. Yet operators may still lose valuable time trying to determine whether it is in the correct staging area, near the right dock door, in the right aisle, or waiting in a buffer zone elsewhere in the warehouse.</p>
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<p data-start="1968" data-end="2119">This is where many RFID projects face an important gap: <strong data-start="2024" data-end="2119">“asset detected” does not automatically mean “asset found, verified, and ready for action.”</strong></p>
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<p data-start="2161" data-end="2264">That gap may seem small at first, but in day-to-day warehouse operations, it quickly becomes expensive.</p>
<p data-start="2266" data-end="2580">When teams do not have enough context around asset location, the result is often familiar: unnecessary walking, extra manual checks, slower dispatch preparation, and more friction in exception handling. The asset may exist in the system, but if locating it still takes too long, the operational benefit is limited.</p>
<p data-start="2582" data-end="2656">The issue is not a lack of data. The issue is a lack of usable visibility.</p>
<p data-start="2658" data-end="2860">This is why warehouse companies should ask a broader question before launching an RFID project: <strong data-start="2754" data-end="2860">what kind of visibility will operators actually need in order to work faster and with more confidence?</strong></p>
<p data-start="2862" data-end="3133">Knowing that an item is “in the warehouse” is rarely enough. In practice, teams often need location context that aligns with the warehouse workflow, receiving, staging, picking, storage, or shipping. They need visibility that is easier to interpret and easier to act on.</p></div>
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<p data-start="3180" data-end="3229"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">This is where RFID projects become even more valuable. The true strength of RFID isn&#8217;t just in capturing data quickly; it&#8217;s in transforming that data into actionable insights for operational teams. This helps users understand the location of assets, whether they are in the right place, and how they can respond promptly. Map-based visibility also becomes essential here. </span></p>
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<p data-start="3180" data-end="3229"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Maps shouldn&#8217;t be seen as merely a visual addition or secondary feature. In warehouse operations, they can serve as a practical layer between RFID data and human decisions. Instead of simply indicating that a tagged asset has been detected, map-based visibility provides spatial context, helping operators identify the relevant zone, navigate more efficiently, verify asset placement, and resolve issues with less guesswork. </span></p>
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<p data-start="3180" data-end="3229"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">That’s what smart visibility looks like in practice. It’s not just about knowing an item was read; it’s about making RFID data more actionable, intuitive, and useful within everyday warehouse workflows.</span></p></div>
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<p>The value of RFID increases significantly when visibility aligns with the way warehouse teams actually work. Operators do not think in terms of raw read events. They think in terms of tasks, locations, and next steps. Is the pallet in the correct staging lane? Has it reached the right shipping zone? Is it still waiting in receiving, or has it already moved forward in the process?</p>
<p>This is why visibility should be designed around workflow context, not only around detection logic. When RFID data is presented in a way that reflects real warehouse zones and operational movement, teams can interpret information faster, make better decisions, and respond with less delay. That is what turns RFID from a data-capture tool into a practical operational system.</p></div>
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				<div class="et_pb_text_inner"><h2 data-section-id="f7htot" data-start="5184" data-end="5233">The best RFID projects go beyond tag detection</h2>
<p data-start="5235" data-end="5448">The most effective warehouse RFID projects are not the ones that simply read more tags. They are the ones that help teams locate assets faster, reduce friction in daily operations, and turn visibility into action.</p>
<p data-start="5450" data-end="5517">Before starting an RFID project, the question is worth asking:</p>
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<p data-start="5519" data-end="5659"><strong data-start="5519" data-end="5659">Not only can the system detect the asset, but can the operator quickly find it, understand its location, and act on it with confidence?</strong></p>
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<p data-start="5661" data-end="5708">That is where RFID moves beyond identification.</p>
<p data-start="5710" data-end="5768">That is where it starts delivering intelligent visibility.</p></div>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>For decades, manufacturing has been defined by machines, automation, and output.<br />
But the next chapter — the real transformation — will be about people.</p>
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				<div class="et_pb_text_inner"><p>RFID has matured. The technology is proven, widely understood, and increasingly expected across manufacturing, logistics, retail, and government operations. Yet despite this maturity, many RFID initiatives still struggle to move beyond pilots or early deployments.</p>
<p>The reason is rarely the technology itself.</p>
<p>More often, success or failure comes down to a fundamental choice made early on:<br />Is the RFID solution being delivered as a project or as a product?</p>
<p>That distinction quietly determines whether an RFID initiative scales smoothly or becomes difficult to justify, expand, and repeat.</p>
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<h2>What a “Project-Based” RFID Deployment Looks Like</h2>
<p>In a project-based model, each RFID deployment is treated as a unique engagement.</p>
<p>The solution is designed around a specific customer environment, often requiring:</p>
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<li aria-level="1">Custom software development</li>
<li aria-level="1">Significant configuration and integration work</li>
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<p>While this approach can solve a specific problem, it also introduces risk. Costs are harder to predict, timelines stretch, and outcomes depend heavily on the people delivering the project rather than the solution itself.</p>
<p>The project often succeeds technically but struggles commercially.</p>
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<h2>Why Custom Services Increase Risk</h2>
<p>Custom services shift the center of gravity away from the solution and toward human effort.</p>
<p>As services grow, several challenges are emerging:</p>
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<li aria-level="1">Unclear ROI: When software and services dominate the budget, it becomes harder to define when value will be realized.</li>
<li aria-level="1">Longer sales cycles: Each deal feels like a new negotiation rather than a repeatable offering.</li>
<li aria-level="1">Scaling friction: Expanding to new sites or workflows often means restarting the design process.</li>
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<p>The result is hesitation, both from customers evaluating risk and from partners deciding whether a solution is worth backing long-term.</p>
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<h2>What Productized RFID Software Means</h2>
<p>A product-based RFID approach is flipping this model.</p>
<p>Instead of building custom solutions for each customer, the software is:</p>
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<li aria-level="1">Designed as a standard, repeatable platform</li>
<li aria-level="1">Configurable without extensive custom development</li>
<li aria-level="1">Ready to support common RFID use cases out of the box</li>
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<p>Productized software is absorbing complexity internally, allowing deployments to adapt to different environments without changing the core system.</p>
<p>This doesn’t eliminate the need for services, but it ensures services support the product rather than define it.</p>
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<h2>Repeatability, Predictability, and Scale</h2>
<p>The biggest advantage of a product-based approach is repeatability.</p>
<p>When the same platform can be deployed across customers, sites, and industries:</p>
<ul>
<li aria-level="1">Costs become predictable</li>
<li aria-level="1">Timelines shorten</li>
<li aria-level="1">ROI is easier to explain and justify</li>
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<p>Scale is becoming additive instead of disruptive. New assets, workflows, or locations are layered onto the same foundation, rather than forcing a redesign.</p>
<p>This predictability is allowing RFID to move from experimentation to operational maturity.</p>
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<h2>Why Channels Prefer Products Over Projects</h2>
<p>Channel partners are often closest to the market reality. They see firsthand which solutions move forward and which stall.</p>
<p>Products align naturally with how channels operate because they:</p>
<ul>
<li aria-level="1">Can be sold repeatedly without re-engineering</li>
<li aria-level="1">Reduce delivery risk for partners</li>
<li aria-level="1">Create confidence during customer conversations</li>
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<p>Projects, by contrast, are harder to package, price, and replicate. Each engagement feels bespoke, making it difficult for partners to scale their own businesses around them.</p>
<p>This is why channel-ready RFID solutions tend to see higher adoption and broader expansion over time.</p>
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<h1>Long-Term Impact on Customers and Partners</h1>
<p>For customers, the difference between product and project shapes their long-term experience.</p>
<p>Product-based solutions:</p>
<ul>
<li aria-level="1">Deliver value earlier</li>
<li aria-level="1">Adapt as operations evolve</li>
<li aria-level="1">Avoid locking customers into perpetual customization cycles</li>
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<p>For partners, the impact is equally significant. Products create momentum. They allow partners to build expertise once and apply it many times, strengthening trust and long-term relationships.</p>
<p>Ultimately, successful RFID initiatives aren’t defined by how impressive the first deployment looks but by how easily the solution grows with the business.</p>
<h2>Closing Thought</h2>
<p>RFID success isn’t determined solely by tags, readers, or performance metrics. It’s determined by whether the solution is built to be delivered once or repeatedly.</p>
<p>The future of RFID belongs to platforms designed as products, solutions that scale, repeat, and deliver predictable value. In a market where interest is high but conversion is hard, that distinction makes all the difference.</p></div>
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		<title>Why Manual Contact Tracing Fails &#038; And Why an Automated Solution Succeeds</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 25 Jul 2020 01:32:42 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>As you can see, meat processors have installed physical barriers between employees. </p>
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  Manual contact tracing and social distance monitoring can be expensive. Companies have spent thousands of dollars reallocating labor, especially management, to the task of social distance monitoring. It can cost a company hundreds of dollars per day for the time, effort, and personnel needed to monitor the workspace. Often, upper-level managers have to take time out of their days to monitor where people are working and record every possible contact. And, as discussed in a previous blog post, manual contact tracing does not effectively mitigate the potential for a shutdown, as the collected data is often unreliable. The best way to perform contact tracing and social distance monitoring utilizes automated data collection and analysis.
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<p>Manual contact tracing involves one employee, or a group of employees, determining who had close contact with an infected colleague.   It relies on the infected employee remembering exactly who they had contact with 48 hours before testing positive, even if they brushed by someone in a hallway or had a short conversation at the water fountain. Then, the employer must interview those close contacts. This process is highly labor-intensive, and accuracy depends on employees’ diligence to remember and record their activities. </p> 
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	<p>Manual social distance monitoring is when a team of employees monitors and ensures that workers are practicing social distancing, wearing PPE, maintaining personal hygiene, and not coming to work when sick. Some companies are requiring employees and their supervisors to record the daily activities and movements of their workforce. This monitoring is difficult to achieve on a continuous, real-time, building-wide basis as manual monitoring can only be periodic and occurring within a specified area.</p> 
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<p>These costs come out to $390 per day and per work area/entry point. When multiplied by 31, the total cost equals $12,090 per month per work area. If one worker did all four of these functions, the cost would be $120 per day and $3,720 per month. 

Regardless of the number of workers performing a task, the totals still underestimate the true cost of social distance monitoring. There are many hidden costs.</p> 

<p>Taking into account these hidden costs, there is an additional $135/day variable cost, or $4,185 per month. Adding the loaded costs, the total doubles to $8,370. Additionally, there is the possibility of an extreme cost: a complete 1-2 day shutdown for cleaning.</p> 
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<p>According to a June 2020 McKinsey survey of 100 US-based companies, 75% have implemented video conferences and eliminated large gatherings. 56% have already reduced the number of employees on-site at one time. 75% already check employees’ temperatures or plan to do so in the future.</p> 

<p>As you can see, employers have taken measures to keep their employees safe. However, these protections do not include contact tracing. But, employers are still responsible for protecting their workforce as defined by OSHA’s General Duty Clause, and firms have an advantage if they choose to employ contact tracing. They can further protect their company from costly shutdowns while keeping employees safe. They can also show proof of their efforts to ensure social distancing and quarantine potentially infected workers.  </p> 
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<p>An automated solution not only costs less than a manual solution but is more accurate and effective. By using a fixed location as an anchor point, employers can monitor employees’ relative distances in real-time. Companies do not need to wait until they have an outbreak; they can prevent one by optimizing employee movements and monitoring physical distances. In addition, the software is customizable not only to a building’s layout but also to an employer’s preferences or changing regulations. Companies can choose to focus on the level of risk for certain areas by monitoring how long an infected person stayed in an area. A company can also focus on high-touch points, such as door handles or elevator buttons.
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<p>Overall, an automated solution can perform all of the tasks that a monitoring person would do, to a greater degree of accuracy.  The instant review of real-time data means management could detect problems as they occur and immediately remove a risk. </p> 
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<p>Manual contact tracing and social distance monitoring are expensive and time-consuming, but they do not have to be that way. Tagit’s automated solution uses top of the line tracking technology to ensure both social distance monitoring AND contact tracing for less than $1 per employee per day. While some app-based solutions rely on inaccurate low-energy Bluetooth technology, Tagit’s automated solution enhances accuracy to three feet. </p> 
  
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