The Six-Technology Architecture
Most enterprises operate with visibility gaps they have grown used to. Trakaid closes them with a foundational layer designed for the realities of global operations.
One foundational layer fuses UHF RFID with fixed readers, GPS, satellite, internet, cloud, and the smartphone — so every asset is seen, every moment, end-to-end.
One foundational layer fuses UHF RFID with fixed readers, GPS, satellite, internet, cloud, and the smartphone — so every asset is seen, every moment, end-to-end.
For most enterprises, visibility is a patchwork: some assets show up in a dashboard, some are tracked by spreadsheet, and the rest disappear the moment they leave the building. Trakaid Visibility is different. It is the foundational layer on which every other supply chain decision is built — one unified, continuous view of every asset, 24 hours a day, in any environment.
Most enterprises operate with visibility gaps they have grown used to. Trakaid closes them with a foundational layer designed for the realities of global operations.
UHF RFID tags, GPS modules, satellite transceivers, and smartphone readers acquire identity, location, and event signals at every point in the journey.
Hybrid devices toggle between Wi-Fi, cellular, and low-earth orbit satellites — whichever is live. No single point of failure, no coverage gaps.
Multi-level encrypted platform fuses signals, enriches with metadata, resolves GS1 Digital Links, and serves a unified source of truth.
Unified dashboard plus clean REST APIs drive your ERP, WMS, and alerting systems. Decisions in seconds, not hours.
Cellular dies in a remote port. GPS struggles inside a warehouse. RFID needs a reader within range. Trakaid fuses six layers so that when one signal drops, another carries the asset's data forward. The user just sees one seamless journey.
Automated, hands-free reads at every door, gate, and choke point. Hundreds of tags per second, no line-of-sight needed. The workhorse for indoor and warehouse asset capture.
Precise outdoor location for vehicles, containers, and field assets — accurate to within meters, refreshed in real time. The reliable backbone for everything moving across the visible map.
Ruggedized transceivers link directly to LEO satellites, bypassing unreliable ground towers. The only layer that delivers connectivity from oceans, deserts, and remote routes — where everything else fails.
Cellular and Wi-Fi backbones for the bulk of in-network traffic. Hybrid devices toggle automatically based on signal strength, ensuring continuous tracking through transit and warehouse zones.
Multi-level encrypted aggregation, enrichment, and API delivery. Every signal lands here, gets stamped with location and time metadata, and becomes one verifiable, queryable source of truth.
Every team member, partner, and customer becomes a mobile reader. Native RFID scan, GS1 Digital Link resolution, instant serialized authentication — no special hardware required.
Four steps that turn signals from six technologies into one decision-ready stream of intelligence — without changing how your team already works.
Tags, transceivers, and smartphones broadcast identity and state at every door, gate, vehicle, and handoff.
Reads travel through the closest live channel — RFID, GPS, satellite, cellular, or Wi-Fi — whichever is available.
The cloud fuses signals, adds time and location metadata, resolves GS1 Digital Links, and authenticates the asset.
A unified dashboard plus a clean REST API drive your ERP, WMS, and alerts. You see deviations and act in seconds.
What changes for your business when visibility is foundational rather than bolted on:
Continuous RFID captures replace periodic manual counts. Discrepancies surface immediately, not at month-end.
Every custody handoff is recorded and authenticated. Loss is identified at the moment it happens, not weeks later.
Service teams answer "where is it?" in seconds. Real-time alerts catch delays before customers do.
Chain of custody is automatically auditable. Digital Product Passport readiness is built in.
Six foundational design principles separate a visibility solution that scales from one that becomes another silo. Every Trakaid deployment is engineered around them.
Multi-level encryption at the device, transport, and application layers. MFA, periodic credential rotation, and data anonymization for global privacy compliance.
Smartphone-grade interfaces, role-based access, and problem-first design. Adoption is the metric — not feature count.
BLE, LoRa, 5G, and GS1 TDS 2.3 — certified for global operation. No "weakest link" custom protocols that disrupt a worldwide chain.
Environment-aware antenna design. Energy-efficient signaling for long-life battery devices. Built for metal shelves, concrete walls, and salt air.
Dedicated Wi-Fi, cellular-backed systems, and satellite fallback. We never assume guest Wi-Fi will carry your enterprise traffic.
Edge for low-latency floor operations. Cloud for global aggregation. Hybrid by default — the most cost-effective balance.
Specification
UHF EPC Gen2v2 (ISO/IEC 18000-63), GS1 TDS 2.3 Digital Link
Up to 12 m, 800+ tag reads per second per portal
2-3 m horizontal, A-GPS assisted for fast time-to-fix
LEO constellation, global coverage including poles
Wi-Fi 6, 4G LTE / 5G, BLE 5, LoRaWAN — hybrid auto-toggle
AES-256 at rest, TLS 1.3 in transit, application-layer signing
MFA, OAuth 2.0, SAML SSO, role-based access control
REST + WebSocket; OpenAPI 3.1 documented; rate-limited and scoped
Multi-tenant or single-tenant; AWS / Azure / on-prem hybrid options
GDPR, HIPAA, SOC 2 Type II ready; Digital Product Passport aligned
Native RFID scan on capable iOS / Android devices; web app fallback
See Trakaid Visibility in action. We'll map your current chain of custody, identify the broken journeys, and propose a 30-to-60-day proof of concept built around your assets and your facility.
30-minute call to map your assets, current visibility gaps, and the corridor where one win will pay for the program.
30 to 60 days. One corridor instrumented end-to-end. Working dashboard, working API, working chain of custody.
Roll the visibility layer across facilities, fleets, and the field. Add satellite and smartphone modules as you go.
Use Visibility to move from fragmented field activity to clear, verified, customer-ready execution with a reliable digital trail.