LiveTrac™: Revolutionizing Product and Equipment Tracking for Efficiency and Savings
LiveTrac™: Revolutionizing Product and Equipment Tracking for Efficiency and Savings
July 26, 2023
Have you ever faced the challenge of locating scattered products or equipment across large yards or campuses? It can be a time-consuming task that eats up countless hours. Well, that’s where LiveTrac™ comes in. It’s an innovative technology platform developed by the Valmont® Innovation Team to track and locate products, equipment and, most recently, semitrailers, making our operations more efficient and enhancing the customer experience with digital solutions. We’re taking future technology and making it useful in the real world, adding value where it matters.
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So, how does LiveTrac work? It utilizes a combination of cutting-edge technologies like cellular communication, Global Positioning System (GPS), Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) and cloud computing. We attach RFID tags to the product and equipment, allowing us to continuously track the items throughout our entire site. This means we have campus-wide visibility through all key stages of manufacturing. With the help of LiveTrac, we can plan better, coordinate efficiently and optimize our resources, no matter where our products and equipment are.
Wendall Pascarelli, a Valmont logistics specialist, detailed a recent conversation with a Hinz driver needing to locate their trailer. Armed with the bill-of-lading number, Wendall pulled up the information on LiveTrac’s map and effortlessly guided the driver to their trailer’s precise location. The driver said, “That’s really cool; I don’t make money driving in circles.”
But that’s not all. We’ve gone the extra mile to ensure accuracy and convenience. Our mobile equipment is outfitted with an RFID scanner, enhancing tracking accuracy and giving us a comprehensive view of product and equipment movements. Meanwhile, we are also able to capture products entering and exiting our gates with the help of our solar-powered RFID scanner. These boxes save energy and provide us with real-time data on product and equipment flow. It’s all about keeping things organized and ensuring everything is in the right place at the right time.
“We’re excited with the early results we’re seeing from LiveTrac and how it’s transforming how our teams best serve our customers,” said Mike Michalski, vice president of innovative disruption at Valmont. “We have plans to further revolutionize LiveTrac by developing a user-friendly web app that will work from any device and any web browser anywhere. This will open the door for our customers to have visibility of assets throughout our operations.”
Now, let’s talk about how LiveTrac makes it easy for us and our customers to find specific products across our expansive campus. LiveTrac retrieves the precise location and other relevant information from the system and visually displays the product’s location on a Bing site map. It’s as simple as that. No more manual searches or wasting time, effort or fuel trying to figure out where a product is in the manufacturing process. Everything is at your fingertips.
An FCC driver commented that she used to spend 45 minutes on-site looking for her trailer, finally locating it in an out-lot. She was happy to know precisely where to go.
At the end of the day, LiveTrac showcases our commitment to leveraging advanced technologies to conserve resources and improve life. By combining RFID, cellular communication, GPS and cloud computing, we’ve turned product tracking into a practical and valuable solution. With LiveTrac, we leverage technology throughout the company to stay ahead of the game and deliver innovative product solutions to drive digital transformation for our customers.
That’s the value we add.TM
Wendall Pascarelli, a Valmont logistics specialist, detailed a recent conversation with a Hinz driver needing to locate their trailer. Armed with the bill-of-lading number, Wendall pulled up the information on LiveTrac’s map and effortlessly guided the driver to their trailer’s precise location. The driver said, “That’s really cool; I don’t make money driving in circles.”
But that’s not all. We’ve gone the extra mile to ensure accuracy and convenience. Our mobile equipment is outfitted with an RFID scanner, enhancing tracking accuracy and giving us a comprehensive view of product and equipment movements. Meanwhile, we are also able to capture products entering and exiting our gates with the help of our solar-powered RFID scanner. These boxes save energy and provide us with real-time data on product and equipment flow. It’s all about keeping things organized and ensuring everything is in the right place at the right time.
“We’re excited with the early results we’re seeing from LiveTrac and how it’s transforming how our teams best serve our customers,” said Mike Michalski, vice president of innovative disruption at Valmont. “We have plans to further revolutionize LiveTrac by developing a user-friendly web app that will work from any device and any web browser anywhere. This will open the door for our customers to have visibility of assets throughout our operations.”
Now, let’s talk about how LiveTrac makes it easy for us and our customers to find specific products across our expansive campus. LiveTrac retrieves the precise location and other relevant information from the system and visually displays the product’s location on a Bing site map. It’s as simple as that. No more manual searches or wasting time, effort or fuel trying to figure out where a product is in the manufacturing process. Everything is at your fingertips.
An FCC driver commented that she used to spend 45 minutes on-site looking for her trailer, finally locating it in an out-lot. She was happy to know precisely where to go.
At the end of the day, LiveTrac showcases our commitment to leveraging advanced technologies to conserve resources and improve life. By combining RFID, cellular communication, GPS and cloud computing, we’ve turned product tracking into a practical and valuable solution. With LiveTrac, we leverage technology throughout the company to stay ahead of the game and deliver innovative product solutions to drive digital transformation for our customers.
That’s the value we add.TM