RFID Asset Tracking Benefits 

ericjgough • September 10, 2015

5 Benefits of Using RFID for IT Asset Tracking

RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) is becoming more and more popular. There is an increasing number of companies interested in using these tags over traditional barcodes for keeping track of their valuable fixed assets, as well as inventory levels.


RFID offers many benefits to users over other systems. Here are the 5 major benefits:

RFID offers many benefits to users over other systems. Here are the 5 major benefits:

  1. Unlike barcodes and other tags, RFID doesn’t require line of sight to be read, so they are much faster and easier to obtain.

  2. As well, they can read multiple ID tags or serial numbers simultaneously for increased speed and accuracy.

  3. Allows for ease of physically locating and tracking assets, thus reducing wasted time and additional resources, and paperwork.

  4. Reduced errors and inventory efficiency – Allows for real-time accurate asset tracking that can be easily accessed and data utilized by multiple departments and operations, for inventory tracking, asset accounting, historical data, life cycle management, security, and reporting.

  5. Ability to design efficient workflows based on data collected – eliminating identified bottlenecks and inefficiencies, thus improving productivity and increasing revenues.

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