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News Release from: Honeywell Control Systems | Subject: Honeywell Asset Locator
Edited by the Manufacturingtalk Editorial
Team on 13 June 2001
Optimise assets, boost productivity and
protect
Honeywell Asset Locator is a comprehensive new solution that tracks the location of critical equipment and people within facilities, so providing improved asset utilisation.
Honeywell Asset Locator is a comprehensive new solution that tracks the location of critical equipment and people within facilities, so providing improved asset utilisation and management, more productive personnel, and enhanced safety and security As an application of Honeywell Enterprise Buildings Integrator (EBI), the position of tagged assets can be graphically displayed on a PC workstation providing simple at-a-glance monitoring
This article was originally published on Manufacturingtalk on 21 Sep 2007 at 8.00am (UK)
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"The new system helps to reduce theft and loss of intellectual property and provides valuable knowledge to help users increase efficiency and profitability," said Roger King, Fire and Security Product Manager with Honeywell.
"It can show who is where.
For physical assets, it reveals were the item is, if it is secure and if it is being used.
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Facility managers can then answer such questions as, 'Do we need more?' and 'Do we have too many in one location and not enough in another?'" Honeywell Asset Locator provides bottom-line benefits to users including: Increased productivity: Honeywell Asset Locator can help reduce the time spent searching for people and equipment.
In a hospital, for example, Honeywell Asset Locator helps medical personnel be more productive by enabling them to locate mobile equipment and patients quickly, anywhere in the hospital, so reducing patient waiting time and ensuring swift access to vital healthcare equipment.
Reduced life-cycle cost of mobile equipment: Utilisation of assets can be accurately tracked and recorded, helping to reduce unnecessary capital expenditures.
Under-utilised or lost assets and equipment with leases that are about to expire can quickly be identified and located.
Loss of intellectual property and theft reduction: Honeywell Asset Locator can be configured to provide an alarm if an attempt is made to remove an item from a designated area providing an invisible and extremely flexible "security curtain" anywhere within the facility or building.
Improved safety and security: Should an after-hours emergency occur, employees can push an alarm button on their personnel tag and immediately alert security to their exact location.
This facility may also eliminate the need for after-hours escorts in garages, labs or classified areas.
Honeywell Asset Locator is a Real-Time Locating System (RTLS) that uses high-performance wireless technologies to provide robust reliable operation.
The equipment tags and personnel badges combine both RF (radio frequency) and IR (infra-red) technologies to provide a superior combination of precision, reliability, and battery life.
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