You’ve implemented a Real-Time Locating System throughout your facility to help with Contact Tracing, now how do you continue to see a return on investment?

Many facilities have chosen to tag assets. Not only does putting a RTLS tag on an asset allow you to quickly locate that piece of equipment, but Manufacturing facilities for example, are turning to RTLS to create workflows for their equipment moving around the facility and through an assembly line. Creating workflows allow an organization to understand where equipment is spending time throughout their facility, identify bottlenecks and create efficiencies.

ZulaFly’s RTLS solution was designed to service any industry. We believe workflow is associated with getting a better understanding of where people and equipment are, have been, and if they’re getting through the system efficiently. But there’s more…

For staff members, the ability to understand natural workflows and being able to analyze that data, allows anyone to understand how long someone or something spent in a certain area performing certain tasks. A system like ZulaFly metaphorically serves like a track coach’s stopwatch, indicating how efficiently the race was run from start to finish. At that point, improvements can be made to create tighter efficiencies if needed.

We’ve covered patient workflow in other articles on ZulaFly.com, but how does workflow answer other pertinent questions within your organization? Here are a few examples below:

How many trips are staff making to supply areas? Are they located in correct and efficient places?

When finishing a job on time is an important aspect of your business, running back and forth to fetch supplies can create a major strain on critical time wasted. Do more supplies need to be purchased? Should supplies be stocked in two areas instead of one? ZulaFly provides data that helps generate these important decisions.

Where are staff spending time during shifts? Are they needing to cover areas to help deliver a finished product on time?

Knowing the answers to these questions can lead to better resource scheduling when you understand where the issues are. In any facility, the balance of attention can often shift from one area to another over time. As equipment is shifted in and out of areas or locations, ZulaFly provides the reports and trends that help you remain more productive, ensuring the highest concentration of employees remain in the correct areas during peak times.

How can we ensure ‘other’ important tasks are being completed?

Throughout any facility, there are a number of tasks that RTLS ensures are being executed upon (safety checks, for example). Setting up workflows ensure these tasks are done properly.

Tasks and workflow can vary from facility to facility. ZulaFly is built with the type of customization that ensures your workflows can be set up, tracked, and managed just the way you need them.

How can we keep track of unusable or recalled equipment?

Cleanliness is toward the top of the list when it comes to operational procedures that need to be proactively managed. When dirty, unusable or broken equipment enters a location, alerts can be sent notifying the correct team members that equipment needs to be attended to. By incorporating a process for equipment that is not available for use, a facility can ensure that available equipment that is ready to be used is available at all times.

Real-time data creates efficiencies

The benefits of using real-time data can do so much more than simply help locate a piece of equipment. As noted, ZulaFly’s Real-Time Locating System is an example of how an organization can, from top to bottom, experience benefits by leveraging the ZulaFly workflow engine to realize more holistic results.

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