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TOLL Rolls Out Focus™ RFID IT Asset Management System

Idealab has rolled out its Focus™ RFID IT asset management system at Toll Global Logistics’ offices in Singapore. Toll has few hundred IT assets across the whole company, it has always been a problem to track and manage them.With RFID IT asset management system, all the IT assets will be registered in the system; IT department can visualize all the transactions and track the location of the assets. So how does RFID technology helps to manage notebooks, PCs and server components?

First, a small RFID tag is assigned to each IT asset.

A handheld RFID reader is then used to commission the tag. The tag is assigned to the asset by scanning the asset barcode.

RFID gantries installed in each office entrance automatically detect movement of assets in and out of the room.

The information is then sent to the Focus™ cloud server, where transactions can be viewed via a web portal in real-time.

By tracking the movement of IT assets, whenever the IT assets are missing or misplaced, users will be able to locate them by viewing last transactions records. 

An additional feature is the use of RFID staff passes. By linking an asset to an RFID staff pass, the system is able to detect when an asset is not handled by its rightful owner.

Thus when an IT asset tag and staff pass that pass through a gantry does not match; an alarm will be triggered.

Other functions currently supported include RFID stocktaking and asset write-off.

The system is a constantly evolving with new features being added, so watch this space for more updates!