Global supply chain disruptions from Covid-19, like any crisis, have presented companies with challenges and opportunities. The potential business interruption from a virus outbreak has created a new market for an old tracking device from THLight Co., a Taiwan-based company.
A beacon is a small device that can track a user’s location on a micro-level. First introduced by Apple in 2013, beacon technology was meant to advance proximity marketing, which enables accurate location detection of a customer for retailers to time and target their advertisements. Airports and airlines have also used beacons to improve operational efficiency.
THLight, an industry leader in positioning technology, recently found new purposes beyond marketing and location tracking for its beacon products. The new THLight beacon devices are small enough to attach to an employee’s work badge. Local factories in Taiwan are using this technology for contact history tracing to minimize the risk of a total shutdown in case of coronavirus infections.
