Optimise Workflows Smartly With Professional IoT Software From Timly

IoT Software: These Are the Benefits of Smart Sensors

One of the most common functions of IoT solutions is GPS tracking. In the commercial environment, a GPS tracker built into work equipment can fulfil several functions at once. The location can be determined at any time. Annoying searches, but also the risk of theft, can be reduced.

For example, an area can be defined in which the device may be used. If it leaves this area, the responsible persons are notified immediately. The collection of driving data is used for control purposes and is helpful for the billing of commercial rentals.

Another field of application is level control by distance measuring device. In warehousing, but also for predictive maintenance in the maintenance area, work steps can be simplified in this way.

Wherever sensitive equipment is used or high-value goods are stored, monitoring of air quality, temperatures and moisture ingress ensure greater safety. If limit values are exceeded, smart IoT software like Timly automatically warns.

Timly cooperates with the Swiss provider adnexo. Its IoT platform ax-track processes all data sent by sensors. Timly’s IoT software uses real-time analyses of the received data via internal interfaces.

Finding Suitable Software Products for IoT Integration: Timly as an Established Solution

On the market, Timly’s inventory solution is perfectly complemented by the integration of IoT analysis. Timly’s IoT software can manage any inventory, from static fixtures to dynamically deployed construction machinery. For work equipment with divergent locations, GPS sensors make it possible to determine locations in real time.

This facilitates disposition, as the database is permanently updated. The manual recording of work locations and persons responsible is no longer necessary. Intelligent functions such as the recording of operating hours help with maintenance planning. Fill levels of operating materials of high-quality machines can be monitored via distance sensor.

The IoT software from Timly uses the collected data for documentation, but also to inform contact persons or external service providers by email in the event of low fill levels. The same applies to the battery status of electrical appliances. If the assets to be managed are consumables, it is possible to completely automate the level control for many goods by initiating orders.

Cloud as the Basis for Companies of All Sizes

To be able to work effectively with IoT data, the data stock must be flexibly accessible. Timly implements its IoT software as a cloud-based service. This means that work can be done with any internet-enabled end device. The cloud servers are administered by Timly’s experts. By design, they are ultimately scalable as desired.

Therefore, Timly’s software-as-a-service solution is just as suitable for small companies as it is for businesses with several locations. Even DAX-listed corporations are among Timly’s satisfied users. The web inventory app from Timly adapts to the end device used. It can be operated just as easily on a smartphone on the construction site as on a PC in the administration.

The holistic IoT system ensures that information is always available where it is needed for the tasks at hand. The notification system of the integrated smart monitoring options can be implemented seamlessly in this way.

IoT as a Scalable Element

The systematic recording of a company’s inventory ensures clarity. Equipment such as furniture, IT infrastructure and work equipment are valuable resources of the business. Timly makes it possible to create logical containers. This can concern individual rooms, machines and customer service vehicles. On the one hand, these represent an independent object.

In addition, further assets can be assigned to a container object. In the case of a customer service vehicle, for example, these are the installations and the tools contained. Consumables can also be linked to the vehicle and are subject to automatic monitoring if desired.

Linked to the IoT software, a complete picture of where work equipment and materials are located and their current condition is created in the administration and scheduling. Expansion or the integration of additional locations is no problem. Assets can also be transferred flexibly between container objects. This creates complete transparency with regard to all assets of a company.

The Smart Building Site as a Standard for the Future

In addition to inventory management in industry, Timly has always focused on designing solutions for the skilled trades and the construction industry. Particularly the sometimes very high-value working machines on unclear large construction sites can be managed very effectively with sensors of the IoT.

Timly’s long-standing customers include numerous companies from the construction and trades sector, such as the construction company Lang from Bodenheim or the cooling technology specialist Hauser from Linz. Work equipment management on large construction sites is also coordinated with Timly in practice. An example of this is the consortium of the Bern main station construction project, in which the companies Kibag, Wirz, Walo and Kästli are involved. IoT sensors complement the functions of Timly perfectly.

IoT Platform Open Source – Not Suitable for Commercial Use

The functionalities of cloud services are becoming more and more prevalent in practice. In most cases, costs are incurred for the use of cloud servers. Those responsible in companies are faced with the task of finding cost-effective solutions. Nevertheless, for legal reasons it must be clear where the cloud storage used is hosted. This is often not the case with freeware products and inexpensive IoT components.

If open source products are to be used, the infrastructure itself must be configured and administered. This ultimately causes costs and workload. If hosted cloud solutions such as Azure IoT come into consideration, these also incur costs. With Timly’s IoT software, the system works “out of the box”. Thereby, the DSGVO-compliant processing of the data is guaranteed.

For example, only servers in Germany are used and data is transmitted exclusively in encrypted form. The guarantee also extends to the legally compliant processing of IoT data.