As a supplier or defense contractor, your ability to properly mark and report government property is paramount to your success. Fortunately, we have written a comprehensive guide — The Guide to Marking and Reporting Government Property The purpose of this guide is to help you understand the process and the steps that are involved when [...]
In today's business world, Information Technology (IT) equipment is one of the more valuable and critical assets that an organization has to manage. As organizations add more and more IT equipment to help their employees, the logistical challenges of all of this equipment has become a significant problem. Tracking the location and movement of all [...]
Asset Recovery Specialists (or ARS) is a global resell and reverse logistics provider offering a full range of supply chain solutions for their partners. They maintain four return centers strategically located throughout the Continental US with their main headquarters located in San Diego, CA. Randy Dillon and his team in San Diego had been using [...]
Identifying the best RFID tags for a particular application is a critical step toward making an RFID Asset Tracking system work efficiently. But, filtering through the sea of tag options can be quite daunting. There are hundreds of different types of RFID tags all with unique attributes that make them suitable for different applications. Choosing [...]
North Sails has always taken advantage of Technology. North was the first sailmaker to leverage computer modelling to perform structural analysis using a computer-simulated wind tunnel — which saved them time and money. They were also the first sailmaker to develop a computer controlled laser plotter/cutter to increase the efficiencies of their production floor. North [...]
Welcome to the era of Annual Defense Audits. At this point, everyone operating in the defense industry should be aware of the Financial Improvement and Audit Readiness (FIAR) Mandate, which is the Department of Defense’s (DOD) established plan for improving asset and inventory accountability. Last year (2018) marked the first-ever full financial statement audit of [...]
Our flagship Asset Management software platform, UC! Web, was specifically designed to help support Government Property Managers to achieve Audit Readiness. It was designed from the ground up for military compliance to asset and shipment identification (IUID and RFID), as well as, direct data exchange for reporting to WAWF and the IUID Registry. For this post, [...]
Announcing the A2B RFID Tracker App A2B Tracking announces that it has added an improved Android App for mobile RFID asset tracking to its already robust asset management software platform. The new A2B RFID Tracker App connects to the A2B Tracking Asset Management platform in the cloud for faster and more accurate asset management and tracking [...]
Audits in the Defense Industry have become the new normal. It’s more important than ever for Defense Contractors to maintain accurate asset data and visibility to comply with government contracts and achieve Audit Readiness. Gone are the days when organizations can manage their IUID Compliance with a spreadsheet. Today’s Defense Contractors need to leverage technology [...]
Sharrieff Christmas and I recently held a webinar where we discussed Reporting Assets to the IUID Registry. Being compliant with MIL-STD-130 and DFARS clause 252.211-7003 in marking your assets with an IUID label is crucial in order to secure future contract awards with the DoD. What is equally important is reporting those assets to the [...]
