This week’s interview features Blue Vector, a company specializing in supply chain tracking and automation for applications in manufacturing, retail, and distribution. Many companies today use automation for manufacturing quality control, inventory tracking, shipping management, and other applications, but this typically involves expensive custom software to manage all the data. Blue Vector’s network infrastructure manages this data at a fraction of the cost, and provides a web-based interface for ease of monitoring. Their system is capable of integrating data from RFID, barcode, temperature/weight, GPS, photosensors, and motion sensors, and can be used with a company’s existing sensor setup.

Anurag Mendhekar, Founder of Blue Vector, explains the various features of their software, gives an overview of RFID technology, and describes several examples of the company’s system in action, including a client’s use of their software to interface with RFID sensors on shipping docks, and another client’s use of their web-based features to monitor the temperature history of an inventory of pharmaceutical products in a refrigerator. He also gives his thoughts on futuristic applications of RFID tracking for personal inventory management…hmm, imagine if sensors could be used to automatically track and manage your inventory of groceries! Or the last time you watered your house plants! The possibilities are endless…

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