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Workers Safety Management
IndoorPlus+ RTLS geolocation and smart sensors is a key component in a workers safety solution.
Workers in large-scale automated facilities are often likely to work in isolation and feel it is difficult to interact with their colleagues from a distance.
In this condition, the centralized and convenient monitoring system proves to be very efficient in immediately detecting a possible safety issue or any emergent problems for the workers on site.
Along with solid safety processes and control, real-time monitoring is the only way to get an immediate overview of the situation and trigger actions with maximum visibility. It is the next step for companies to use technology to save lives and demonstrate a commitment to protecting workers’ safety.
LG Display Paju Factory
Real Time Location Based Worker Safety Management
Needs Analysis
In January 2015, a serious accident caused the death of 2 people as well as several casualties.
Financial liabilities, halted production, damage to brand, and the impact on the confidence of personnel on working and safety conditions were some of the direct or indirect negative consequences for LG Display.
Multiple inspections were carried out and the implementation of remedies was ordered to prevent future accidents.
Along with a risk analysis, strong safety measures, and the current low density of people inside highly automated factories make it very difficult to keep an eye on who is where. In the case of an accident or danger, with few workers in the same area or workspace, there is often little opportunity to get help from a colleague.
The typical questions that LG Display needed to have answered were:
• How many people are in a particular area or floor?
• What is their location, as precisely as possible, in the workspace?
• Who are these people, are they employees? Or are they temporary or long-term subcontractors?
• How long will it take for rescue teams to arrive?
Why was PEOPLE AND TECHNOLOGY selected?
PEOPLE AND TECHNOLOGY performed BMT (Bench Mark Testing). In January 2017, thanks to a successful Proof of Concept lasting 4 weeks, LG Display selected IndoorPlus RTLS as the solution to be deployed. One building was initially entirely equipped with IndoorPlus+ RTLS Solution.
The key differentiators or triggers for this choice were industrial-grade solution, reliability and accuracy, easiness of integration with legacy system, and more over proven technology in the metallic environment of the factory.
Major Features and Benefits
All workers have to wear a particular BLE Beacon Tag when
they enter the zone, the tag is equipped with an emergency
button that can be used in the case of emergency. The use
of telephones is unauthorized in most of the areas.
Typical features provided by PEOPLE AND TECHNOLOGY solutions are :
- Worker count in the each defined workspace
- Dashboard monitoring of each area (i.e. each floor of building including underground facilities)
- Provision of real-time geolocation of workers (data itself is secured with encryption, and access of location data is restricted under the regulations of the country in which it operates in as well as customers wishes)
- SOS emergency signals received from workers with the
automatic display of location - Alerts management when a worker enters a dangerous or unauthorized zone
- Integration with other equipment to send in rescue team
- Display and monitoring of the golden period, time planning for maximizing the chance of saving lives
Future plan and Expansion
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A location tracking hybrid solution enabled by a safety App for smartphones is to be launched for corporate mobile phones after the private LTE has been introduced
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Use from one building to other sites and other company factories
Additional expected benefits
- Sensor fusion: Adding smart sensor information to geolocation through use of BLE sensors (for example presence of hazardous gases such as CO2 and NO in industrial sites) with either standalone sensors or those worn by workers (i.e. providing a real time health check such as heart rate, body temperature and additional measurement features in line with their work)
- Asset tracking
- Analysis of work flow to improve workplace processes.
Security
Real-time location-based access control solution
RTLS-based people tracking solution enhances the physical security of access to secure areas and access controlled areas by locating visitors and internal staff in real-time. Efforts to protect sensitive personal information, customer information, and corporate intellectual property from various security threats are not a choice but a necessity for a company’s survival and development.
By tracking the location of visitors or staff in real-time, RTLS Security, which essentially prevents unauthorized visits and access to controlled and secure areas, will open up a new era of physical security. See the innovation in security with RTLS!
Hyundai Motors Data Center
Access control and security based on workers location and tracking in the Data Center
Needs Analysis
- Prevent security incidents such as the leaking of personal information of credit card companies directly from the server via an unauthorized an USB memory stick.
- Strengthen security around access control through management history of security zone, access and staying time of workers and staff in high level secure facilities and zones.
- Provide predictive insight into where a certain security incident might occur under certain conditions through an analysis the accumulated tracking logs,
Why People and Technology?
- Proven solution to prevent interference from various steel structures to servers and containers
- Positioning accuracy of two server racks (about 1.5m)
Key Features and Expected Benefits
- Tracking and saving of location history of all people in IDC
- Access control to security zones based on real-time location data
- Immediate response in case of security suspicions in connection with CCTV
- Compliance with physical security standards and audit standards of the government laws and regulations
- Raising awareness of visitors and workers in security compliance and increasing prevention of security incidents
Future Plan and Expansion
- Expansion of service to pre-recognition system to detect potential security issues from suspicious worker flow through analysis of accumulated workers’ location tracking data
- Workers and visitor flow based on an access control security system will be a crucial point in high security at sensitive sites
What is the Value of RTLS?
Productivity
Real Time Asset Tracking and Asset Intelligence
RTLS-based Asset Tracking can significantly improve the productivity of teams, organizations and businesses. Studies show that in many business segments, staff wastes several hours a week just looking for tools or goods to perform their day-to-day tasks. By getting an immediate response to the question “Where is that stuff?” they can regain time to accomplish crucial and important tasks.
Beyond Asset tracking, management can also build Asset Intelligence – meaning that knowing how the assets move inside the company, they can obtain more business intelligence to optimize processes, use data-driven decisions on whether to purchase additional equipment or not, renegotiate their maintenance contracts with suppliers, and refine the management of some key elements of their inventory
Kangbuk Samsung Hospital
Tracking and managing mobile assets in hospitals
Needs Analysis
- Cope with a dire shortage of nursing staff since the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome coronavirus (MERS) outbreak in 2015
- Increase productivity of nurses before hiring new ones. Internal studies show that nurses could spend between 30 min to 1 hour per day looking for “assets”
- Understand how and which important assets are used (from medical devices to beds or wheelchairs)
- Utilize the replacement of the old Wi-Fi AP with the new IoT Access Point combining Wi-Fi and Bluetooth
Why PEOPLE AND TECHNOLOGY?
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Strong understanding of hospital environment and requirements based on PEOPLE AND TECHNOLOGY’s solution’s deployment to more than 8 hospitals
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Scalability of a solution that utilizes built-in Bluetooth chip in Wi-Fi Access Point to deliver real-time geolocation with required accuracy
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Easy to deploy solution with application of nurses and staff to the management dashboard
Key features and expected benefits
- Easy way to register assets (used by nurses), search, set favorite “assets” for repetitive use
- Receive notifications on particular changes to location to prevent theft and/or loss
- Full mobility with mobile application available on Android based smart devices used by the nurses and web application available for management and IT department
- Immediate freeing up of previous wasted search time (just a few seconds away from knowing where to get things)
- Development of new purchases and maintenance plans based on data insight
Future Plan and Expansion
- Extension of the number and type of assets tracked
- Finalizing OEM supply of RTLS solution to Samsung Electronics Enterprise Division
- Collaboration with other major Wi-Fi AP vendors
What is the value of RTLS(Real Time Location and Sensor Monitoring)?
Others
Real Time Location and Smart Sensor Solution is a key element technology for Industry 4.0, including Smart Factory, Business
Analytics, IoT Sensor Analytics, and Location Tracking. Find a solution for your organization through case studies of IndoorPlus+
RTLS solution from PEOPLE AND TECHNOLOGY based on security, safety and productivity.
Hanwha Techwin Aero Engines factory
Efficiency and optimization of process through tracking of part positions in processes
Needs Analysis
- Up to 100 days of processes are required for the production of one finished product. Due to the nature of aviation engine parts, accurate lead-time should be kept (for evidence in case of accidents)
- Currently, the bar code reader is used but it is difficult to trust the total process time measurement due to human error.
- The RTLS system enables the user to find engine parts quickly if they scattered here and there. It will optimize the labor working time, and determine the proper quantity of stock. Moreover, it will prevent the loss of parts
Why PEOPLE AND TECHNOLOGY?
- Provides the only solution that has passed PoC in a tough environment such as various steel structures in the factory, chemical washing process and chemical treatment
- Provides stable framework for interworking with various legacy systems such as SAP ERP including external event linkage
- Provides high accuracy compared to RFID and stable performance compared to UWB for optimized solution in Smart Factory
CJ Korea Express
By reducing the total turnaround time through efficient vehicle control within the logistics center enabled two deliveries per day
Needs Analysis
- Locate and control the indoor vehicle for optimization and automation of operations at the largest logistics center in Asia scheduled to open in July 2018
- Automated Process. Due to the nature of the logistics industry, if the END to END process is not automated, it will result in a mid-roll phenomenon, which will adversely affect the efficiency of existing IT investments such as automated sorting system.
- Efficiency. If the system can assign a vehicle to the right parking area, such as nearest empty space, it will reduce turnaround time by 5 ~ 10 minutes for each vehicle, it will result in dramatically fast express deliveries.
Why PEOPLE AND TECHNOLOGY?
- Utilizes proven, reliable technologies applied to dozens of customer sites
- Optimizes cell planning and directional antenna for vehicle control, providing location accuracy of around 3m in the Benchmarking Test.
- Provides Massive Signal Handling Engine to locate 1,000 vehicles simultaneously.
- Provides the algorithm to find out the fastest vehicle routing path and the total time required from a certain location to target parking place for loading operation.
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