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I finally saw the real failure rate on RFID tool tracking systems
I was at a construction tech expo in Phoenix last month and a vendor let me peek at their internal data. They had 47 active job sites using their system and 22% of the readers failed within 6 months from dust and vibration damage. Not the tags, the actual readers bolted to gang boxes and tool cribs. I figured the failure rate would be maybe 5% tops. Has anyone else seen their tool tracking hardware just stop working mid-project for no obvious reason?
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eric_knight75d ago
22% sounds bad but probably just bad batch.
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val_williams5d ago
22% is still pretty solid uptime for job site electronics, most barcode scanners I've seen don't last half that long in the dust.
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