FOD prevented. Tools accounted for. Maintenance turns measured.
TRACIO delivers AS9100D-aware tool-lifecycle programmes for aerospace MRO. UWB precision where it counts (hangar, line, dispatch) and RAIN RFID where it scales (tool crib, GSE, stores).
What we keep seeing in Aerospace programmes.
FOD risk on the line
One missing tool grounds an aircraft. The cost dwarfs the entire RTLS programme. But human-only audit at shift end isn't enough.
Tool calibration drift
Tools rotate between bays. Calibration windows slip without a system enforcing them.
Heavy Maintenance Visit overruns
HMV is expensive. Days saved compound across the fleet. Visibility on technician location, tool location, and parts location compresses the cycle.
GSE chaos on the apron
Ground support equipment scattered, often misplaced. Tugs, belt loaders, GPUs — high-value mobile assets without continuous visibility.
The use cases that consistently pay back.
Tool-lifecycle control
UWB-tagged tools with audit-grade check-out / check-in. Every tool, every shift, accounted for or flagged.
FOD prevention
Sub-metre tool location across the hangar. Tool last seen aircraft-side at end of shift triggers an investigation in minutes.
GSE tracking
BLE / GPS-hybrid tags on tugs, belt loaders, kits. Apron-wide visibility for ground operations.
HMV choreography
RTLS-driven HMV planning. Technician, tool, and part location feeding the planning system. Visible bottlenecks, faster turns.
Line maintenance teams
Real-time crew location during turnarounds. Diversion, delay, and shift-handover reduction.
Parts traceability
Item-level RFID through receiving, kitting, install. ATA Spec 2000 Chapter 9 conformant.
Hardware & software ecosystem
Impinj · Zebra · Ubisense · Sewio · Identec · Iridium / Astrocast for apron-wide GPS-hybrid · MiR / Otto for materials movement
Where we plug in
SAP S/4HANA · Trax / AMOS / Ramco MRO · GE Digital aviation · Maximo for fleet maintenance
We control thousands of tools across heavy maintenance, and a single missing item can ground an aircraft. UWB tool control gave us zero recorded FOD events in 18 months and took about six days off the average heavy-maintenance-visit cycle. It stuck because TRACIO tied it straight into our SAP and AS9100 tool-lifecycle process, so engineers didn’t have to change how they work.Tooling & FOD Lead · aerospace heavy-maintenance operator · EMEAAnonymised at the client’s request. Reference available on request.
What we design and document to
AS9100D · AS9120 · ATA Spec 2000 Chapter 9 · MIL-STD-129R · MIL-STD-130N · ISO 9001
Aerospace & MRO — where the payback shows up.
Tool control & FOD prevention
AS9100 tool-for-tool accountability on the line and the apron; foreign-object-debris incidents cut by around 71%.
Ground support equipment (GSE)
Locate tugs, ground power units and stairs across the apron — utilisation up, search time and idle assets down.
MRO parts & rotable traceability
Rotable and AOG-critical parts tracked through heavy maintenance visits, integrated with SAP — HMV cycle cut by days.