A Damaged Barcode Doesn't Have To Mean Losing Track of Your Assets

Even the most hard-wearing and durable barcodes occasionally get torn, damaged or become unreadable. It’s not only an inconvenience but it could, quite literally, be a logistical nightmare.

Unleash TrackAbout’s Scanning Potential Through Your Smartphone

Anyone who has ever had to log hundreds of containers or cylinders after a delivery will know only too well just how quick and easy the task is with a handheld laser scanner. Problem is, these devices tend to cost thousands of dollars each – making it impractical and expensive to provide one for each of your employees.

Benefits of Asset Tracking Software for Returnable Containers

Losing containers or failing to replace damaged and aging assets can result in lost business, unhappy customers, costly delays, and downtime.

Asset management is hugely important in the modern marketplace – and with costs rising, there has never been a better time to embrace these tools and technologies.

The Inside Track: TrackAbout Support Team Shares Favorite Features

Alex Neubert, the newest member of the TrackAbout Support and Implementation Team, polls her co-workers about their favorite TrackAbout feature they think our customers will love.

Feature Spotlight - Truck Manifests

Our ongoing Feature Spotlight series highlights one important tool in the TrackAbout arsenal to help you operate more efficiently and maximize the utilization of your assets.

Truck Manifests

TrackAbout helps with government compliance by generating truck manifests for assets loaded on your trucks.  Prevent errors due to manual entry while getting your drivers out the door faster.

Government agencies such as the Department of Transportation (DOT) in the US require trucks to maintain accurate manifests of their cargo.

This feature is available to TrackAbout Core Tracking clients who subscribe to our Truck Load and Manifest module.

The History (and Future) of Cylinder Tracking

I was very honored to be asked to write an article on the history of gas cylinder tracking systems for the 25th Anniversary Issue of CryoGas International Magazine. I'm proud that TrackAbout has been a leader in developing asset tracking technology for the industrial gas industry for the past 15 years. That experience has given me a chance to watch this technology grow from its infancy.

I am especially excited that TrackAbout, together with our affiliate company Lockhouse, is helping to build the future industrial supply chain. So the article is also about the future of cylinder tracking, and how technology in use now both creates and solves the increasing demands for better information in real time, all along the supply chain.

This article originally appeared in the September 2015 issue of gasworld. It is reprinted with permission.