What is Virtual Asset Trackers (VAT)

Increased transparency in supply chains and the need to track personal as well as physical assets has led to the development of Virtual Asset Trackers (VAT). VAT-based technologies allow for hosted users to automatically received updates on inventories on their RFID handhelds and Web Asset Managers. VAT is a type of application of active RFID tagging that allows healthcare practitioners to enhance security to patients, residents, and hospital staff while providing better patient and resident-care services. Ideally, proper leveraging of VAT-based technologies allow management within the healthcare setting to simultaneously improve regulatory compliance, preventing or reducing inventory shrinkage, reduce labor intensive staff assignments, and lessen spoilage of perishables. These are mainly operational advantages that are commonly associated with active RFID applications.

Green Supply Chains and Enabling RFID Technology

Alan D. Smith (Robert Morris University, USA)