Like all groups working at a high level — athletic teams need to be smart, organized and efficient in order to perform at their best. One of the big challenges for teams that’s often ignored is managing and keeping track of athletic equipment.
Arriving at an athletic event without all of the necessary equipment is clearly not conducive to peak performance and can be a major distraction to the athletes and the coaching staff as they scramble in the remaining minutes to find a solution.
A2B Tracking has developed a better way to manage athletic equipment and make sure that 100% of the team’s equipment is accounted for every time. To learn more watch this quick video that we created to highlight our new RFID feature.
A2B RFID Tracker App
The A2B RFID Tracker app allows you to create an equipment packing list before you go to an event. When you pack-up for a game, or venue, you want to be sure that you have everything that your team needs to be successful. With the use of mobile RFID technology connected to the A2B Tracking platform in the cloud, the RFID Tracker app allows you to create an equipment list that contains all the necessary items for your particular event.
Set-up a Packing List
The process that we have developed starts with the use of an Android Smartphone that is coupled with a Zebra mobile RFID reader. After logging into the A2B RFID Tracker app you can make a complete packing list and store it in the system. Assuming that all of your necessary equipment has been collected in one place and labeled with an RFID tag — you can use the A2B RFID Tracker to scan every item and quickly create a list in the system. Note that this packing list can be used once for a special event or used repeatedly if the items do not change. And you can create as many packings lists as necessary.
Prior to Departure
Once the packing list has been logged in the system, you can view the list and edit and change as needed. Prior to departure, it’s important to verify that your packing list is 100% complete. When it comes time to leave for the event, you simply need to return to the packing list in the Groupings feature. By quickly scanning your equipment with the A2B RFID Tracker app you can immediately know if you have all the items in your packing list.
Within seconds of scanning your equipment you can get a confirmation that you have packed everything on your packing list. The A2B RFID Tracker app will report either 100% complete, or provide details and the precise number of items you are missing or possibly report a new item that was not on the original packing list but found in amongst your equipment.
This powerful tool can save an athletic equipment manager, or a coach, an enormous amount of time — but, more importantly, reduce errors dramatically. To learn more about how Tracking Athletic Equipment with RFID might work for your team watch this short video now.
