Tracking solutions
In virtually every industry assets and resources are lost because of unknown positions or inefficient positioning of assets. Track & trace solutions have been in the market for years but often are limited to a single hardware vendor leaving the potential solution for the problem limited. In our goal to help minimise waste of resources we set out to develop a platform that is agnostic to devices, connectivity and positioning technologies, to tackle any usecase.
TDOA
Zone detection
Satelite/GPS
Triangulation
Trilateration
...and more!
As there are multiple ways of positioning, a diverse selection of different devices is needed. With a large catalogue of already onboarded devices which can be used out-of-the-box, and a 'Bring your own device' program, we can make sure the right device -- or combination of devices -- can be used to fit the use case at its best.
And we can assist with this selection!
A small selection of compatible devices
As we are device and connectivity agnostic, any use case always will have a fit
Equally important to a catalogue of devices is the openness to different connectivity protocols. Therefore we built our ingest to be agnostic to it, allowing for any connectivity protocol to be connected to our platform.
Indoor positioning
Real time localisation indoors
Knowing where something is indoors is done different than outdoors, as your device will not have visibility to satellites and therefore can not use its GPS positioning. Indoor positioning can be done using a variety of solutions:
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Proximity detection to a certain anchor or beacon
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Triangulation between beacons
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Trilateration towards anchors
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Dead reckoning with calibration points
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And various technologies used can be like BLE, WiFi, UWB, ...
Instead of introducing a new network and new hardware -- like the competition was suggesting -- we were able to connect to the existing infrastructure and hardware that was already available. Without the high implementation costs the competitors were offering, the ROI skyrocketed for the end-customer.
An industrial site on which we track vehicles indoor using BLE technology and outdoor using GPS over LoRaWAN
Indoor/Outdoor tracking
Protocol Agnostic RTLS
This is where things start to become interesting. The combination of - for example - BLE technology for indoor triangulation and GPS over LoRaWAN in a private network, for when the devices move outside of range of the BLE, can make the visibility of an asset constant throughout the entire facility.
Our platform is not limited to 1 technology and use cases can mix different types of hardware and different types of connectivity technologies.
By doing so we unlock a much wider set of projects. This could be based on the cost of the solution; one could decide to use more cost effective devices with a few more expensive masters. It can also be based on what's available at the facility.
Tracking & telematics
Monitoring while moving
When your transport needs more follow up than just the position of it, applications can be extended to host other measurements and details. Extra metadata can be added at any time to an app, and integrations to TMS or ERP systems can feed the reports that we generate.
Sometimes devices have multiple extra sensors on them, sometimes we combine different devices into a single application.
For example, monitoring the conditions (temperature, humidity, ...) of your food while in transit, even across multiple different handlers or monitoring of the tilt level of the breakable cargo on the back of your trailer.
A rules is set up to monitor if a G-force is felt larger than 1.2G, because it would damage the cargo.
Tracking / tracing / fleet
Keeping a close eye
Depending on the value of your assets, and even more -how it is being used- the right device can be selected to give you the info that you need. If historical data is important, the apps can be set up to show you that history, but also the conclusions made from it.
From the illustration you can see the route of the last 7 days that a vehicle has taken. But it doesn’t stop there; with all info several conclusion can be made such as loaded cargo, standstill times in geofences, speed, engine on/off statusses, ...
All helping in optimising the process at hand and informing how to save on resources used.
Set management
Static or dynamic sets
Taking the tracking of an asset one step further, we have developed applications in which you can set assets to be parents and other assets to be children. This way you can be alerted when your set is not complete -- in static set management, where your set is fixed.
For more inventory use cases dynamic set management can be used where the set differs from day-to-day.
Use cases are infinite, starting from cargo follow up, construction workers that leave the site with all tools in the van, ambulances, and in general ‘material readiness’ reports for any organisation.
In this example each truck has a predefined cargo set. The doughnut chart visualises the missing ones, the ones on site and the ones that are actually in flight.
Even a simple label can become a tracker
Turning a device into a tracker
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When using positioning intelligence of the network, like TDOA in LoRaWAN, Location probabilistic calculation in Sigfox, or cellular triangulation on cell towers, the device itself does not need to have a GPS antenna (and bulky battery) anymore.
Some of the use cases do not require the detailed positioning and can do with a much more-budget-friendly device or much more-interesting-form-factor.
In the example here, a label is sending temperature measurements to the network and our application can add positioning to the use case.
Trolley management
Lost & found
One of the larger problems in trolley management is the displacement or even theft of the trolleys. Laundry companies, Delivery companies, Airports and Retailers are facing issues with their inventory of their assets as colleagues, competitors or clients scatter or even confiscate them.
To retrieve these more advanced applications generate reports based on a multitude of factors such as:
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positioning
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history of the track
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geofence checkins and checkouts
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the sequence of what position technology is used over time
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and input from the people handling the asset
High secure transport
Geofence based locking/unlocking
When the value of the cargo is of the utmost importance penlocks are used to seal off the container holding this cargo.
With integration into police control room systems we can foresee a continuous eye on the target and a warning and alerting system .
This solution is used for use cases such as Nucleair and Monetair cargo.
The configuration of the lock, the constant monitoring of the network, workflow setups and checkups, the SLA of the servers we run on, ... all are of the highest industry standards to ensure our customer meet their obliged targets.
Proximity detection
Bi-directional positioning
A good example, of how far our application development technology can take a use case is this social distancing application. In stead of positioning a person (GDPR - Personal Data), we logged their proximity to another person, the duration of it, and the frequency.
Our reporting tools generated reports that could identify possible future impacts, and also follow up tools to see how the pandemic was spreading within the facility
