Samsara has launched an enterprise-grade asset tag to track and manage small, high-value assets. The device utilises the Samsara Network to offer increased visibility into the location of equipment and tools.

The new tag is aimed particularly at industries such as transportation, oil and gas, and construction, and assets such as toolboxes, jackhammers, and chemical totes. Samsara’s Asset Tag is designed to provide visibility into assets at scale.

The Pike Corporation is a provider of infrastructure solutions for electric and gas utility companies within the United States. They are using the Samsara platform across Vehicle Telematics, Video-Based Safety, and Asset Tracking to connect their operations. Pike has begun testing Samsara’s Asset Tag to help recover misplaced or lost tools and equipment and track safety PPE to comply with annual OSHA testing requirements.

“We have several high-value assets like service gloves and electrical grounds that don’t have serial numbers, but still need to be tracked, managed, and inspected to remain compliant,” said James Banner, Senior Vice President of Administration at Pike Electric. “Previously misplaced equipment would take us weeks to locate and if lost entirely, cost up to a million dollars to replace annually. With Samsara’s Asset Tags, we are hoping to minimise this downtime, cut costs, and digitise manual inspection processes – all while keeping our employees safe and efficient. We’re just getting started with this technology and I look forward to seeing what else it can do.”

“About a year ago, the Asset Tag was born from a radical idea that we could use the millions of Samsara Gateways we have out in the field to create a network, enabling ‘tags’ to ping off those devices. With this, we’d unlock a level of asset tracking that was previously impossible and solve even more real-world problems for our customers,” said David Gal, Vice President, Product and Engineering at Samsara. “After months of rigorous testing and customer feedback, I’m excited to see this vision become a reality. As we further connect every aspect of physical operations, we can turn massive amounts of data into valuable insights and drive real results.”