US: HERE Technologies, a global leader in mapping and location platform services, and Fathom Systems, a global provider of innovative Bluetooth asset tracking services, has announced a comprehensive solution for highly accurate, real-time asset tracking.
The integrated HERE and Fathom solution enables asset managers and the transportation and logistics industry to move from the existing “stage to gate” tracking process to real-time location awareness of an asset with pinpoint accuracy. This is accomplished by the integration of HERE Indoor Positioning software with the Fathom Locatortm cloud-based subscription service, via API, and the Fathom Hubs, Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) scanning hardware devices deployed at the customer site.
“Product and equipment makers can no longer afford to have a general sense of where their assets are located in the age of global supply chains and multi-stage manufacturing,” said Erminio Di Paola, Vice President, Tracking & Positioning at HERE Technologies. “We are excited to work with Fathom to deliver a tracking solution that meets the rigorous demands of today’s business operations.”
The combination of HERE Indoor Positioning software for accurate, indoor and outdoor asset tracking and Fathom’s real-time BLE asset tracking platform provides users every component necessary for end-to-end asset tracking and positioning. A critical function is the solution’s advancement of the “stage to gate” process – where the whereabouts of an asset is relative to when it enters and departs a facility – to real-time, indoor positioning and tracking throughout the journey. The solution also allows customers to geofence assets to automate the “stage to gate” process, and receive alerts if the asset moves beyond the geofence boundaries.
“We are excited to work with HERE and enable common partners and customers to deploy innovative, BLE-based solutions to the rich and diverse asset tracking sectors”, said Guylain Roy MacHabée, CEO of Fathom Systems. “Our unique and patented combination of cloud-based positioning and on-premises BLE scanning equipment offers a cost-effective and scalable option for asset, personel or inventory tracking.”
