Mobile Asset Tracking in the Education Sector

The Challenge:

Finding a cost effective method of tracking all valuable and important assets across a large site or multiple locations.

The Solution:

In response to customer demand ParagoMobile was produced as a simple yet effective system to control and manage all assets and inventory base at a cost that easily meets most school budgets.

ParagoMobile was developed for the education sector to keep track of their fixed assets, such as IT equipment, white boards and presentation equipment. Each asset is uniquely identified with a bar code or RFID tag making an asset audit a simple and straightforward process. The asset details are either uploaded in real time via the wireless connection or once replaced back into its base station between the web-based Parago database and the ParagoMobile device allowing the user to work remotely.

ParagoMobile Features:

• Mobile asset tracking throughout organisation
• Efficient data capture of fixed and removable assets
• Remote or multi-site asset tracking
• Full asset inventory
• PAT testing recording

ParagoMobile Benefits:

• Regular, accurate and up-to-date audits
• Saves time by speeding up manual process
• Efficient decisions about deployment, maintenance, repair or replacement
• Instant information from the centralised reporting facilities
• Reduce procurement costs on replacement and lost items

Example Inventory:

Example of Handheld Device:

PDA handset with WLAN and WPAN (802.11b/g and Bluetooth) and SDIO slot
Smartphone with WWAN, WLAN and WPAN (GPRS/UMTS, 802.11b/g and Bluetooth)

Bar code Reader:

Wireless Bluetooth Laser Scanner
SDIO Laser Scanner

Data uploaded via: PDA Dock, WiFi, GPRS/UMTS