Document storage and protection company Recall Holdings Limited announced the implementation of a wearable RFID scanner program at its Information Center in Atlanta, GA. If all goes well, the program is scheduled for deployment at several more of its facilities worldwide later this year.
As Recall employees move around the Information Center, a belt-mounted RFID scanner collects and audits tagged assets automatically. Recall said the automatic auditing process speeds up the time it takes to complete full audits, which now can be completed in days rather than weeks.
Recall said it oversees more than 50 million RFID tags across all its Information Centers and generates an additional 500,000 new tags each month. “In addition to reducing auditing time and costs, wearable RFID scanners and their continuous auditing can fundamentally change what we are able to provide in terms of ‘real-time’ visibility and reporting for our customers,” Jon Poole, who runs operating technologies and innovation at Recall, said in a statement.
Recall has been working on RFID technology since launching its pilot program in 2005. In 2013, the company offered printable tags for in-house tracking and by 2014 an online portal for customers to create their own on-demand RFID reports.
Many companies offer real-time record tracking for auditing and compliance as way to exert better control over files in their care and give customers better insight into documents stored off-site. Records management firm Iron Mountain is a proponent of RFID technology and uses it as part of its governance solution. Perhaps Recall’s dedication to the same tech is part of the reason behind Iron Mountain’s proposed acquisition of Recall.
From:http://www.fiercecontentmanagement.com/
