Real-time asset tracking and status updates

Purpose

1.1. Automate real-time tracking and status updates for salvage store assets (inventory, restoration equipment, delivery vehicles) to optimize asset visibility, minimize loss, and streamline operations.
1.2. Enable automated monitoring, reporting, and notification of asset location, status, and movement across logistic and operational workflows.
1.3. Facilitate automated asset reconciliation, loss prevention, and maintenance scheduling by integrating location, usage, and status automation streams.
1.4. Provide real-time, mobile-access automated dashboards for tracking and updating asset flows across salvage, restoration, and sales.

Trigger Conditions

2.1. Asset check-in/out activities (manual scan, RFID, barcode, GPS update).
2.2. Status change signal (e.g., asset moves from warehouse to showroom; asset marked for repair or sale).
2.3. Scheduled interval-based polling for asset sensor updates (IoT, vehicle telematics, physical supervisors).
2.4. Exceptions (e.g., asset leaves geofence, unauthorized movement, sensor inactivity).

Platform Variants

3.1. AWS IoT Core
• Feature/Setting: Device shadow sync; configure MQTT topics for asset status, location, and metadata real-time uploads.
3.2. Google Cloud Pub/Sub
• Feature/Setting: Automated data ingest from asset sensors via push subscriptions for state changes.
3.3. Azure IoT Hub
• Feature/Setting: Automated twin property update triggers; routing automated alerts to other services.
3.4. Salesforce Field Service
• Feature/Setting: Mobile asset location tracking automation, workflow triggers on field status updates.
3.5. Twilio SMS
• Feature/Setting: SMS alerts for asset movement; configure automated sending via AssetTrigger API.
3.6. Slack
• Feature/Setting: Automated channel notifications via Slack Incoming Webhooks; status bot setup.
3.7. Zapier
• Feature/Setting: Automate multi-app workflows; configure Google Sheets→Slack→SMS update flows.
3.8. Airtable
• Feature/Setting: Automated table updates for each asset event using Airtable Automations.
3.9. Microsoft Power Automate
• Feature/Setting: Asset movement tracked to automated Teams or Outlook updates.
3.10. RFIDeas rf IDEAS API
• Feature/Setting: Read asset RFID events; push to workflow engine using REST API.
3.11. Particle IoT Cloud
• Feature/Setting: Automate device event subscriptions for asset geolocation status.
3.12. Shopify
• Feature/Setting: App integration to update inventory when salvage asset status changes.
3.13. QuickBooks Online
• Feature/Setting: Automated asset cost updates via Inventory API upon asset move/completion.
3.14. Smartsheet
• Feature/Setting: Automated sheet row updates for asset logs using the REST API.
3.15. Notion
• Feature/Setting: Database updates for assets; automated notifications in project boards.
3.16. Klaviyo
• Feature/Setting: Automated email/SMS status flows for asset handovers.
3.17. Asana
• Feature/Setting: Task assignment automations tied to asset action events.
3.18. Monday.com
• Feature/Setting: Automated board updates and pulse triggers for asset movements.
3.19. Odoo
• Feature/Setting: Asset module automated status update via XML-RPC API integration.
3.20. Trello
• Feature/Setting: Card automation on asset status changes via Trello API.
3.21. Google Sheets
• Feature/Setting: Automated sheet update with Google Apps Script on every asset event.
3.22. Snipe-IT
• Feature/Setting: Asset management triggers automatedly generating asset state change webhooks.

Benefits

4.1. Automates asset location and status tracking, reducing manual errors.
4.2. Enables proactive, automated asset loss prevention and theft mitigation.
4.3. Automatedly optimizes routing, logistics, and resource allocation for retrieval and delivery.
4.4. Improves compliance and reporting accuracy via real-time automated logs.
4.5. Frees workforce for higher-value activities by automating repetitive tracking and update tasks.
4.6. Drives efficiency in salvage operations with automated, instant data flows and actionable alerts.