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SOLUTION · Asset & inventory

WIP & material flow.

Know exactly where work-in-progress is, station to station — and where it gets stuck.

WIP & material flow · Shop floorLIVETote WIP-30 stalled18 min between cellsFlow alert raisedLive, right nowWIP units live1,240WIP accuracy99.2%Lost totes0Tote WIP-30 stalled 18 min between cellsPassive RFID + UWB
How it works

WIP & material flow: how it works, and what it pays back.

The right radio for the job — chosen, never sold — mapped to your use case. That is what makes the ROI fast.

1 · Tag & gate

Parts, totes or carriers get a Passive RFID tag; fixed read gates sit at every station hand-off.

2 · Time each station

Every read timestamps the move, so the system knows real dwell, queue depth and cycle time — not a planning assumption.

3 · Surface the constraint

Bottlenecks, ageing WIP and starved stations are flagged live and pushed to your MES / andon.

65 → 99%
WIP visibility
+6–9 pts
OEE
−cycle time
Throughput
~14 mo
Payback

Passive RFID → WIP · UWB → cells & tools

Vendor-neutral

Which technology actually fits.

We have no hardware to sell, so the recommendation serves your outcome — not a price book.

Passive RFID

Item-level WIP at low cost per tag.

UWB

Cell- and tool-level precision.

Analytics

Dwell & bottleneck insight.

Where it pays back

Industries this solution suits

In practice

See the job, not the guess.

An automotive supplier tags every work-in-progress carrier and reads it at each station. Planners see real dwell and queue per station live, pinpoint the bottleneck, and re-balance the line — lifting throughput without buying new machines.

Typically bought by: Plant managers, production / IE engineers, MES owners, COO.

USE CASES

Where this solution wins — examples by sector.

Automotive assembly line (automotive)

UWB or RTLS-grade RFID on every body and engine; MES integration drives bottleneck-busting decisions in real time.

Aerospace engine MRO (aerospace)

Thousands of parts move through teardown-inspect-repair-rebuild; Passive RFID prevents loss and shortens turnaround.

Pharma drug-product manufacturing (pharma)

Batch-tracking through every process step ensures GMP compliance and audit-ready records.

Electronics SMT and assembly (manufacturing)

PCB tracking through pick-and-place, reflow, AOI and test enables yield management at unit level.

Heavy-machinery final assembly (manufacturing)

Multi-week build cycles benefit hugely from real-time visibility of where every order is.

FAQ

Frequently asked questions

What does tracking WIP and material flow reveal?

Where work actually sits and waits - queue times, bottlenecks, and WIP levels by stage - so you can cut lead time and lift on-time delivery on evidence, not guesswork.

How is it captured on a busy shop floor?

Tags on parts, totes or carriers report location automatically at each stage - no manual scanning - even in metal-rich plants once the RF design is validated.

What accuracy and technology fit?

Zone or station level is enough for most flow tracking (RFID or BLE); UWB where precise position matters. We design around the plant's RF environment.

How does it integrate with MES or ERP?

WIP status and timing feed your MES or ERP so flow connects to OEE, scheduling and traceability rather than living in isolation.

What is the payback?

Shorter lead times, lower WIP and expediting, better on-time delivery, and faster problem-solving when a job goes missing on the floor.

Ready to scope it?

30 minutes on the use case, the technology and the numbers.

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