Explore a Variety of Use Cases
SUPPLY CHAIN
Pallet and Forklift Tracking
Significant time is lost, and cost is incurred locating and retrieving pallets, forklifts and other equipment throughout large warehouse areas at industrial sites, ports and airports. Assets equipped with LoRa Edge-enabled devices can always be located, whether in transit or stationed within a set wide area.
Cold Chain Monitoring
It is imperative for industries such as food and pharmaceuticals to provide continuously refrigerated production, distribution and storage of products. Companies can now have visibility into temperature-controlled supply chain to identify sections which may have already or maybe about to malfunction. LoRa Edge provides full traceability whether indoors, outdoors or in transit with precise location complementing temperature data.
AGRICULTURE
Cattle Tracking
Tracking the health and location of livestock is essential to any cattle rearing business. Farmers can deploy a network of animal trackers to cost-effectively, accurately and remotely monitor their herd that are constantly on the move indoors and outdoors to ensure they are healthy and remain in the safe areas.
Tracking Equipment & Machinery
Livestock farms and croplands can take up incredibly large spaces of up to 2000 acres. For time and efficiency purposes, farmers greatly benefit from smart tracking systems to monitor the whereabouts of their equipment and machinery.
CITIES
Micro Mobility
The need for and access to eco-friendly micro vehicle transportation such as bikes and scooters increases with the rising costs of gasoline, climate initiatives and innovations in batteries and electric motors. Service providers seek ways to locate bikes and scooters even after the battery has depleted for service and battery charging. The ability to track and trigger location-based alerts to mitigate theft is highly desirable by operators and owners alike.
Trash Can Sensors
City services constantly seek ways to improve efficiency and waste management is no exception. With a citywide network of sensors attached to each bin, employees can monitor in real time which are full or empty, enabling them to send collection teams out when and wherever necessary.
RETAIL
Shopping Cart Tracking
Supermarkets lose shopping carts from their premises every year. Business owners can deploy a network of devices enabling the tracking of shopping carts indoors, underground and outside. Create geofences and instant notifications when a cart leaves the area and quickly locate every cart wherever they are. By deploying a private gateway around retail outlet premises, retail owners can benefit from avoiding monthly connectivity fees.
Inventory/Stock Management
Managing inventory in retail or warehouse settings, whether to prevent loss, increase product availability or improve overall customer experience, is crucial to any business. Asset trackers provide complete visibility into location of items indoors, outside and underground with deep penetration connectivity so users always know the exact location of assets and can even calculate the optimal route to collect them.
HEALTHCARE
Tracking Hospital Equipment
Hospital staff lose an inordinate amount of time searching for hospital equipment required to service patients. By deploying a network of tracking devices, users can follow any object throughout the entire hospital premises — indoors, underground and outside. This enables staff to immediately locate everything from hospital beds to wheelchairs while minimizing delays and adding more critical time for patient care.
UTILITIES
Smart Metering
Utilities are heavily reliant on manual readings and lack personnel to provide accurate, real-time data for cost and efficiency optimization. Track and locate assets such as smart gas and water meters for targeted maintenance and automatic readings. With LoRa Edge, users can automate utility management to limit human error and contribute to smarter cities.
INDUSTRIAL
Aerospace &Automotive
To accurately track the location of costly manufacturing assets within automobile or airplane factories, factory managers can deploy a network of asset trackers to trace equipment throughout large facilities, indoors, underground and outdoors. By quickly deploying trackers to monitor assets that are constantly in transit, production lead time is greatly reduced and alerts are sent whenever an asset leaves the factory’s floor.
Construction Employee & Equipment Tracking
Construction sites are wide open and easily accessible areas, which heightens risk of theft and security issues. Monitor and track workers, equipment and tools to improve safety, control entry points and prevent loss or theft of assets. LoRa Edge-enabled trackers help secure entire zones and detect unauthorized access.
BUILDING
Indoor Asset Inventory
To maximize utilization of equipment, building managers can deploy a network of devices to cost-effectively, accurately and remotely locate equipment around a specific location as well as perform regular, automated inventory of both fixed and moving assets. Asset tracking within a building space can involve machinery, documents, amenities in public or private spaces including warehouses, offices and hospitals.
Building Security
The wide areas and vertical structure of buildings make enhancing security beyond the capabilities of camera surveillance systems a challenge. With sensors tracking items, equipment and employee movements both indoors and outdoors, emergencies or issues can be identified automatically and addressed quicker.
CONSUMER
Tracking Personal High Value Assets
General purpose trackers with LoRa Edge can enable consumers to track a variety of their personal high value assets. Whether it’s tracking your bike, a package shipped across the country or tracking garden equipment and tools, simple asset tracking is possible thanks to continuous coverage provided by LoRa Edge.
