How to choose the best identification technology for a digital solution?

14/09/2021 by Bluugo

Choosing a suitable identification technology or technologies is one of the most crucial aspects of implementing a new digital solution – how to make sure you pick the best one for your business case?

Identifying objects effectively is a pivotal part of digitalized business

With the rapid development of technology, business digitalization, and the 4th industrial revolution, the ability to identify objects automatically & effectively has become a necessity in all modern B2B environments.

The identified objects can be anything from huge trucks to single products or spare parts, but they all share a common factor: what used to be done manually with a pen and paper, can nowadays be completed much more efficiently with technologies like, RFID, NFC, Computer Vision, QR codes, and Barcodes.

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Choosing an identification technology can make or break you

Choosing a suitable identification technology or technologies is one of the most crucial aspects of implementing a new digital solution. In most use cases, there are multiple plausible technologies or combinations of technologies to consider – the best solutions often combine multiple enabling technologies. So, how to make sure you pick the best one for your business case?

There are numerous pivotal factors that must be considered when choosing the best identification technology for a specific use case. This does not only require expertise in the technology and hardware but a deep understanding of the business processes also.

Keep reading in our latest whitepaper “9 things to consider when choosing an identification technology”

In this whitepaper, we thoroughly analyze the pivotal factors that must be considered when choosing an identification technology for a digital solution. We have also included introductions of the most commonly used identification technologies with their pros and cons: RFID, NFC, Computer Vision, QR Codes, and Barcodes.

Download the whitepaper here.

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At Bluugo, we help companies digitalize their business processes in procurement, manufacturing, logistics, and aftermarket services with our Tracking Cloud® platform.

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