Link Labs

Tracking physical assets in factories and logistics operations is the work of Link Labs, which builds location technology for it. The AirFinder platform reveals the location of tagged items, their condition and their movements, indoors and on the road, all in a single interface. The company says its platform gives enterprises real-time visibility of their assets across sites.

AirFinder OnSite for indoor tracking of work in progress

AirFinder OnSite is an indoor real-time location system built on Bluetooth Low Energy and phase ranging, which the company says keeps latency low within a defined geofence. It tracks work in progress, inventory, equipment, tools, packages and personnel inside a warehouse or facility. Link Labs says the system is the first Bluetooth-based RTLS to offer up to meter-level indoor accuracy, and that its tags run on batteries for up to seven years.

AirFinder Everywhere across sites, zones and routes

AirFinder Everywhere tracks and monitors assets indoors and outdoors, between geographic locations and zones, with records of historical and current positions. It combines four location technologies, which the firm says lowers costs and extends battery life. Geofencing sends an alert when a tagged item leaves, enters or crosses a zone, and the platform locates assets wherever they sit on the planet. Access points in the facility send tag data to a Link Labs gateway, which passes it on to the cloud.

Sensor tags for compliance and safety

Link Labs says some companies need more than location, particularly for compliance or safety. Its tags carry sensors that monitor temperature, humidity, shock and tampering, and they can work alongside other Bluetooth Low Energy sensors.

Alerts, dwell times and route monitoring

Customers can set alerts for when an asset leaves a facility, and they can monitor dwell times to inform process improvements. For assets on the road, the platform shows routes and transit information and notifies the customer when an asset has been left behind.

Accuracy, patents and scale as the company reports them

The company puts location accuracy at up to 30 centimeters. It says its platform tracks more than 2 billion location, condition and behavior monitoring events each month, and it cites 29 patents in the United States alone, with further international patents. The firm also reports that its solution has won awards. All of these figures are the company's own.