Your People and Assets -Visible, Safe and Secure
RFID Solutionfor Asset Tracking
IBM Global Business Services
Highlights
Automaticallyidentify,locateandaccountforworkers,contractorsandvisitorsinhazardousareas
Strengthensafetyandsecurityfacility-widebyidentifyingandlocatingpersonnelinemergencies
Tightenaccesscontrolforsecuredareas
Locatehigh-valueequipmentandstrategicproductionmaterials
Integrateinformationwithsecurity,humanresourcesandothersystems
The chemical and petroleum industries are steadfast in theircommitment to the safety of their personnel and the efficiencyof their operations. And yet these facilities often encompasslarge areas, multiple levels and complex layouts. Workers, con-tractors and visitors are often surrounded by highly flammable,corrosive or other potentially dangerous materials. In emer-gency or safety drill situations, it can be exceedingly difficult toquickly learn who has been evacuated, who is still missing andwhere the missing persons were last seen. While this criticalinformation is gathered, rapid response can be delayed, andincorrect and potentially time-consuming decisions made in di-recting rescue and accountability activities.Even under routine operating conditions, costly, critical equip-ment and materials can all too easily be lost or misplaced.Efficiency can drop and needless resources spent finding orreplacing the needed items.
A comprehensive solution
To address these issues, IBM has developed a solution com-posed of hardware, software and services that can provide yourfacility with a customized way to improve personnel safety andsecurity in critical areas–while also helping you increase theproductivity of high-value capital assets and materials.IBM’s solution is based on advanced radio frequency identifica-tion (RFID) technology, an area that IBM helped develop andone in which we continue to be a worldwide leader. Althoughdesigned initially for petroleum and chemical sites, this solu-tion can also be used effectively in other potentially hazardous,high-security or complex facilities, such as healthcare facilities,manufacturing plants, pulp and paper mills.This new solution–the IBM RFID Solution for asset tracking,location awareness and safety for chemical and petroleumindustries–uses sophisticated identification badges and assettags to meet your facilities’ unique safety, security and asset-location needs. For safety and security applications, employees,contractors and visitors to hazardous or secure areas of yoursites can be provided with a badge containing an integratedRFID transponder. To constantly monitor the location of keytools, equipment and materials, an RFID tag can be affixed tothe assets.A network of receivers throughout the site picks up the uniquesignal transmitted by each specially tagged ID badge or assettag. Areas where privacy issues outweigh safety concerns canbe screened from monitoring. A computer then monitors theexact location of the tag and provides identification and loca-tion information to the dashboard, as well as identifies eventsthat deserve attention by facility personnel. Watching a displayshowing a site plan of your facility, your safety team can knowthe exact location of each person wearing a “location aware”badge. Likewise, production personnel can track the location ofkey assets throughout the monitored areas of the facility.
Safety first
Traditional methods of managing access and accounting for thelocation of personnel in hazardous or secure areas are oftendifficult to manage, prone to human error and neglect, and slow
IBM’s leadership in RFID technologies now extends to a solutionthat can bolster personnel safety and security by making it mucheasier to know where employees, visitors and key physicalresources are located.
Beyond safety and security
IBM’s location awareness and safety solution can enable you toremotely track the location of many different kinds of high-valueassets. Because you can flexibly manage your monitored areas,you can attach RFID tags to critical tools, machinery, materialsand other items as your processes and priorities change. Youcan gauge where and how often particular assets are beingused, thereby acquiring a valuable new tool to use in managingcapital and operating expenditures to your best advantage.By making it easier to locate and redeploy critical assets, theIBM solution can also improve the scheduling and efficiencyof turnarounds and routine maintenance. Tools and equipmentare quickly accounted for; their mobility can be managed withinareas of proximity to key elements of your physical plant, yourrolling stock or trained maintenance and security personnel.Tools and instruments can be quickly found and deployed tomeet planned as well as unexpected requirements.Plant safety rule compliance can be more effectively managed,too. For example, you would no longer have to rely on equip-ment location information provided by manual tracking process-es and filtered through layers of paperwork. Your plant main-tenance, regulatory and security officers would have real-timevisibility to location and availability of equipment and trainedpersonnel during regular operating conditions as well as duringemergency situations.to yield critical information. Regulatory bodies have becomeinvolved and are stepping up demands for facility managers tofind better ways of addressing the problem.With IBM’s solution, you can know which approved ID badgesare in a problem area and which are not. Should an emergencytake place, rescue personnel not only can be directed to iso-lated parties more quickly, but the locations of the rescuers andplant service personnel themselves can be tracked in real time.Mobile receivers can provide rescuers with both historic andreal-time information that can help them avoid danger, or findpersonnel and lead them to safety.You can also use IBM’s solution to immediately detect when aperson carrying an unauthorized identification badge enters acritical area or fails to leave. The appropriate parties can thenbe immediately alerted.
Built-in flexibility
Different areas of your facility may need different levels of safetyand security resources at different times, so IBM makes it easyto modify the solution accordingly. The solution coverage zonescan be redrawn or expanded as your needs change.In addition, the IBM solution can be integrated with humanresources and other enterprise solutions to automaticallyupdate personnel certifications, access authorizations andother security information being managed elsewhere in otherbusiness systems.
IBM builds customized solutions for clientsaround proven components; flexible, robustinfrastructure; and comprehensive planning,design, implementation and support services.Companies can also monitor the location andutilization of high-value equipment andmaterials, thereby reducing capital and operatingexpenses while improving operational efficiency.
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