Grant: Applied Research and Development Grants - Level 3
Southern Alberta Institute of Technology
$150,000.00
Radio-frequency identification for yard inventory management
FY 2017-18
Summary
The Southern Alberta Institute of Technology (SAIT) is requesting support from the NSERC Applied Research and Development grant program for an applied research project with Cenovus Energy Inc. to determine if fixed radio-frequency identification (RFID) infrastructure combined with an RFID-enabled unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) provides improved inventory accuracy in a remote laydown yard setting. Inventory management is a big challenge for companies that keep large, valuable assets in expansive yards at a wide variety of often remote locations. Manual inventory management processes are commonly used but are labour intensive, prone to human error during tracking, recording and data management, and result in misplacing or losing a significant number of very valuable assets annually. The current economic climate of fiscal restraint has made this the right time to test automated solutions to this problem. The project will benefit from and build on applied research expertise and infrastructure at SAIT. It will be led by the Centre for Innovative Information Technology Solutions (CIITS) in the Applied Research and Innovation Services (ARIS) department.
Program
Applied Research and Development Grants - Level 3
Location
Alberta, Canada
Recipient Type
Academia
Type
Grant
Source
NSERC's Awards Data
As published
Application id
514812-2017
Name nom
Tofani, Rick
Department département
Applied Research and Innovation Services
Organization id
10
Institution établissement
Southern Alberta Institute of Technology
Province en
Alberta
Province fr
Alberta
Country en
CANADA
Country fr
CANADA
Fiscal year exercice financier
2017
Competition year année de concours
2017
Award amount
150000
Program id
CARD3
Program name en
Applied Research and Development Grants - Level 3
Program name fr
Subventions de recherche et développement appliquée - niveau 3
Group en
Research partnerships programs
Group fr
Programmes de partenariat
Committee code
1561
Committee name en
Applied Research and Development Grants
Committee name fr
Subventions de recherche et développement appliquée
Area of application code
802
Area of application group en
Information and communication services
Area of application group fr
Services d'information et de télécommunications
Area of application en
Information systems and technology
Area of application fr
Systèmes d'information et technologie de l'information
Research subject code
2705
Research subject group en
Information technology
Research subject group fr
Technologie de l'information
Research subject en
Software and development
Research subject fr
Logiciels et développement
Partie
1
Nb partie
1
Application title
Radio-frequency identification for yard inventory management
Keyword
NSERC
Application summary
The Southern Alberta Institute of Technology (SAIT) is requesting support from the NSERC Applied Research and Development grant program for an applied research project with Cenovus Energy Inc. to determine if fixed radio-frequency identification (RFID) infrastructure combined with an RFID-enabled unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) provides improved inventory accuracy in a remote laydown yard setting. Inventory management is a big challenge for companies that keep large, valuable assets in expansive yards at a wide variety of often remote locations. Manual inventory management processes are commonly used but are labour intensive, prone to human error during tracking, recording and data management, and result in misplacing or losing a significant number of very valuable assets annually. The current economic climate of fiscal restraint has made this the right time to test automated solutions to this problem. The project will benefit from and build on applied research expertise and infrastructure at SAIT. It will be led by the Centre for Innovative Information Technology Solutions (CIITS) in the Applied Research and Innovation Services (ARIS) department.
